The competition in the low-end market is really getting intense with Chinese smartphone companies releasing handsets that offer much more value than the price you pay. Today, after much waiting, Meizu released a brand new device, the Meizu M3S. This particular device will be a slight upgrade as compared to the Meizu M3 that was released back in April, coming with a metal body and adding fingerprint ID as well as a couple more features in the specs department.

First of all, Meizu has upgraded the body on the Meizu M3S to metal, which makes the device look much more premium than the polycarbonate Meizu M3. The overall dimensions will remain the same as before, i.e. 141.9 x 69.9 x 8.3mm but the owing to the metal body, the weight is slightly increased to 138 grams. In comparison, the Meizu M3 weighed 132 grams, so not a big increase in this department.

Given that the phone now comes in a metal built, Meizu has also added the popular rose gold color option along with the grey, silver, and gold options. For a smartphone that costs just 699 Yuan or $106, these are some pretty great options.

Apart from upgrading the body to metal, Meizu has now incorporated a home button enabled fingerprint sensor on the Meizu M3S. The phone is using the company’s mTouch 2.1, which can be used to unlock the device with fingerprint, make payments, encrypt apps and comes with other mBack features. Another upgrade is seen in the battery department, increasing the capacity from 2870mAh to 3020mAh on the new M3S model.

Rest of the specs are the same as the Meizu M3. So, the phone comes with a 5-inch 720p display with 2.5D curved glass and Mediatek’s MT6750 octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz inside. There will be 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM and 3GB + 32GB ROM options which are eMMC 5.0 storages along with MicroSD expansion. Coming to the camera, the phone features a 13MP f/2.2 aperture lens at the back with color temperature flash and PDAF. Up front, you get a 5MP shooter with 4P lens, f/2.0 aperture, and FotoNation 2.0 Intelligent beautify software.

The rest of the specs are standard such as dual SIM dual standby, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 etc. As for software, the phone runs on Flyme based on Android 5.1.

The Meizu M3S starts at 699 Yuan ($106) for the 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM version and goes up to 899 Yuan ($136) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage version.

Registrations for the first sale are already underway in China and the phone will go on sale via major sellers in China on June 18.

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UPDATE: More Images Have Come Up Online, They Have Been Added In the article!

After releasing three new devices in April, Meizu is all set to announce a brand new device on June 13. Well, this smartphone isn’t going to be from a new series, instead, it is going to be yet another update in the company’s budget Blue Charm range. Out of the three phones announced in April, two were from the Blue Charm range, which would make this one, the third model in the series in a matter of a couple of months. From what we have heard, the phone is going to be called as the Meizu M3S and will come with a metal body, unlike the other two models which feature polycarbonate back.

Now, new images of the Meizu M3S have been leaked online, confirming its name as well as the basic design. A couple of images of the retail box of the phone confirms that it will be called as the M3S. Further, we have some real life images as well, which shows a compact body as well as a design similar to the Meizu M3 Note that was released before. The oval physical home button is also present on this device.

As for the specs, the Meizu M3S is going to come with an octa-core chipset clocked at 1.5GHz, which should most likely be MT6750. The screen should be compact, measuring 5-inches with 720p resolution. For memory, you can expect 2GB RAM + 16GB storage and 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variants. At the back, expect the same 13MP sensor as the M3 Note, while up front, you will find a 5MP shooter. Finally, for battery, the phone features 3000mAh capacity.

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Now, you must be wondering, the specs are quite the same as the M3, then why is the company specially releasing the Meizu M3S. Well, like we saw in the image yesterday, the phone will most likely upgrade the body from polycarbonate to metal. We still have no idea if Meizu has upgraded other things on the new handset, but considering the phone is getting a separate conference, we hope that there are a few more upgrades as well.

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