In addition to the M3S launched today, Meizu also anounced a new router. The router is an upgrade to last year’s hockey puck-design Meizu Mini and Mini Pro Compact Wireless Routers. The new router is said to feature 4 antennas (2 built-in and 2 external), support for 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Wi- Fi, and has a coverage area of 200 square meters.

The Meizu router is priced at 199 Yuan ($30) but buyers who purchase it alongside the M3S will get a 40 Yuan discount. It will be available for purchase on JD Mall and Meizu’s official website on the 20th of June.

Will Meizu’s new router be able to compete with Xiaomi’s Mini Mi Router as the latter sells for less?

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Along with the launch of the Meizu Pro 5 flagship, the company also launched mini routers in two versions that are priced at 99 Yuan and 169 Yuan. The basic version is designed for a 2.4GHz WiFi while the more advanced pro version supports 5GHz WiFi connectivity. The home router has a sparkling white housing from a simple round design made by a double injection molding process. Purchasing the Meizu Mini router can be obtained at a discount of 69 and 119 Yuan when bought in a bundle package with a Meizu phones.

The plug on the rear offers a 2 pin connection to be directly connected to a wall outlet. The router also includes WiFi 802.11ac features at a maximum speed of 433Mbps. Both versions of the router have concealed built-in FPC flexible antennas and connection is achieved via a dedicated Meizu application. The Mini Router is equipped with dual band high performance MT7628AN processor clocked at 2.4GHz or with MT7610E processor clocked at 5GHz.

Overall, competent products, but it will be interesting to see if the router manages to threaten the current No.1 position of the Mi router in the smart home router segment.

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We have seen couple of smart routers from Xiaomi, including a 1TB version. Given that most manufacturers tend to follow Xiaomi, it won’t be surprising to see a router from Xiaomi’s closest rival, Meizu. And now, a known leakster from Weibo, KJuma has just released a few set of images which is reportedly of the patent application of the Meizu router.

The Meizu router is supposed to feature a similar design to Xiaomi’s smart router. However, its more of a cuboid rather than cyclindrical. The sides are not as round as the Xiaomi router, but the company’s design may have been partially inspired from Xiaomi’s device.

It looks like all of the buttons and the ports are at the lower region of the router. The other sides are most likely clean.

Unfortunately, at this juncture, we have no other information about this Meizu router. But given that the company has applied for patents, we can expect to see more information in the coming days

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According to a weibo post of Meizu’s senior manager Zhang Heng, Meizu will announce its new products on January 27. The chart that appeared with words “lucky three” gave the evidence that it will be three products.

Now, the latest sources show that the three new products that are going to be launched this January are Meizu Blue Charm M1 Note CDMA edition, Meizu router as well as Blue Charm 5-inch Meizu phone.

As you can see, all the three devices are expected to targeted at the mid-range segment which means Meizu is all set to compete with the two launches that Xiaomi has confirmed today. However, judging from the features and the design, the upcoming Xiaomi flagship, possibly the Redmi Note 2 looks like a much premium device than any other mid-range offerings that we have seen recently. As a result, it would be interesting to see how Meizu’s M1 Note as well as the 5-inch phone competes with this device. There’s another phone/ device which will be announced at the 15 January event, but we don’t know what it will be. We’ll have to wait for more teasers from the company or for the final event to finally unravel this mystery.

Anyways, it looks like Meizu and Xiaomi are going to dominate the first month of 2015. We hope they are priced aggressively in the market.

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Recently, Meizu engineer cefanty made the following announcement in Meizu’s forums. “Our smart router is currently at the developing stage and there should be news about it next month.” Like Xiaomi, Meizu plans to enter the smart router market. It has already created a brand of smart furniture in Shenzhen. The following is a screenshot of the dialogue, followed by its translation.

Cefanty: (9/15) Thanks for your support. Our Shenzhen branch has already developed a series of smart home appliances and are wrapping up the Meizu ecosystem.

Nolongerafan: I don’t know what you are laughing about.

Cefanty: Our smart router is already in the developing process and there should be news about it next month.

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