Review Meizu U20: (un) typical Maze

Last couple of years Meizu smartphone lineup is growing at such a rate as if it was not a small Chinese company and Samsung a couple of years ago. But not all approve of the manufacturer, especially when half a year after the announcement of a successor model comes with almost the same characteristics and identical design. Apparently, the Chinese also realized that we needed to somehow divide their smartphones and created an alternative to its mass M-Series – U10 and the Meizu U20 review model. Today acquainted with the elder.

CONTENTS OF DELIVERY

Meizu U20 review comes in a standard cardboard box sizes with modest minimum contents: cable, charger, branded beautiful clip and documentation.

DESIGN AND USABILITY

At the time of the announcement of the Meizu M3 Note it became apparent that would not hurt to somehow diversify the design of smartphones Meizu because even the company’s flagship “become familiar”. Relatively fresh Meizu U20 review is precisely this diversity, and we can immediately say that the attempt failed.

Against the background of different combinations of plastic and metal that dominate the design of the rest of the Meizu U20 review glass panel with a metal frame between them look pretty cool. The smartphone is available in a completely white, black and gold, as well as in the version with a pink “back” and a white front panel.

Otherwise, the phone Meizu U20 review is made in the spirit of the Meizu. Front panel tends to symmetry. Below the display is the only control button with the built-in fingerprint reader, which also acts as a key “Home” and “Back”. Sensors and front camera are located on either side of the earpiece, and the white light of missed events hidden under the glass and invisible when turned off.

On the left is a tray for two or NanoSIM one SIM and memory cards. Right – the volume on and keys. The top of the hole can be found only a second microphone, and all connectors and speaker calling collected from the bottom.

In terms of build quality machine it does not quite live up to the ideal characteristics, but in general everything is done well. The metal frame is actually assembled from smaller segments, overlays that are ubiquitous in the conditional inexpensive smartphones, but then the panels are made and fitted fairly high quality, with a minimum of seams.

For ease of use Meizu U20 review can be called average. The smartphone is beautiful, but the body shape is closer to a rectangle, rounded corners and a minimum version of the design can hardly be called the most ergonomic for the 5.5-inch smartphone.

On the other hand, it is the very convenient physical button below the display and support gestures for opening the notifications panel compensate the roughness. By and large, the phone only troubled the side keys – in our smartphone were some “sluggish”. Poor felt a click, push comes at a time when the button is hidden in the frame.

SCREEN

Most of the front of the smartphone Meizu U20 review takes a 5.5-inch IPS display with Full HD resolution. It covers safety glass with rounded edges and oleophobic coating. The manufacturer is not trying to achieve the effect of the screen from edge to edge, so the matrix surrounds the barely visible thin black frame and the basic white front panel.Take variant design looks quite neat.

According to our measurements, the brightness of the display varies from 2 to 344 cd / m², contrast ratio – 1 to 740. The numbers are not a record, but it is quite good for its class. They mean that in baseline characteristics bad display, the user can choose a comfortable level of brightness to be used in the dark and in the sun.

From the viewpoint of color, fidelity can be called a good matrix. The picture does not look too oversaturated, compared to many modern smartphones closer to the natural color. automatic brightness control sensor is not working correctly with respect, but with slight delays. Overall, Meizu U20 good display.

HARDWARE PLATFORM, OPERATING TIME

Specifications Meizu U20 review nearly 100% repeat Meizu M3 Note. The smartphone is based on MediaTek Helio P10 platform and is available in two configurations with 2 and 16 GB or 32 GB and 3. Instead of the second SIM card can be installed. The rest of “iron” appropriate dual-band Wi-Fi module, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS. The absence of FM-radio and a selection MicroUSB connector instead of the USB Type-C can be seen as a means of saving, which is forgivable for these smartphones.

In general, the lack of available equipment to the smartphone worked quickly and did not fall face in the dirt in the games. It is comfortable for everyday use, social networking and so on.

Reducing the capacity of the battery with 4100 mAh to 3260 (compared to the Meizu M3 Note), predictable impact on the smartphone operating time. With an average load, the machine is light day-night if you are using the mobile Internet, instant messengers and social networks, a little phone call, and a little photograph. Working hours can be considered normal, but if Meizu better optimizes the performance of their smartphones, the device could work longer.

In terms of the quality of the speakers and play music on headphones smartphone is also a little different from M3 Note. Ringing loud speaker, good quality. The spoken speaker also has a decent volume of stock, but I thought it sounds a bit harsh, so the voices of some interviewees perceived worse than usual. Music playback quality headphones common and suit most users. The manufacturer did not provide a separate sound chip or something like that, so in that sense, the model is noticeably inferior to the flagship Meizu.

SOFTWARE PLATFORM

The smartphone Meizu U20 review runs on Android 6.0 and proprietary shell Flyme 5.2.4.0G. We got a device intended for the Chinese market, but the seller carefully prepared him for use in Ukraine, set the firmware with the appropriate localization and Google.

As is the case with MIUI on smartphones Xiaomi, Flyme on Meizu makes these devices the most different from most others in terms of software. Android version has minimal impact on the functionality and use of the experience because these factors are determined Flyme OS.

The shell has a simple and concise design, that can be attributed to its merits. Very conveniently organized management system. MTouch Touch keys work as “Back” button – “Home”, and hold your smartphone locks. To access the list of running applications need soapnuts from the bottom edge of the display.

Advanced users can irritate the other little things. For example, poorly integrated firmware assistant Google Now, notice may come with a delay, and the icons of the majority of third party applications look much worse than the built-in programs.

CAMS

Similarly, the “hardware” in terms of features similar camera Meizu U20 review and M3 Note. It features a 13-megapixel main unit with aperture f / 2.2, auto focus and a two-section flash, front-facing camera to 5 megapixels with the wide-angle lens with f / 2.0 aperture.

In the absolute sense, the camera is not anything special – it’s the usual modules specific affordable modern smartphones. They are comparable to that offered by competitors for the same money. With good lighting, the camera will make good pictures, work relatively quickly and accurately. In all other, more complex shooting conditions or have to put up with not very high-quality photos, or refuse to use the camera. In the context of the cost of the camera of the smartphone can be considered normal. In some situations, it may be useful manual shooting mode that allows you to control shutter speed, ISO, focus, etc.

PROS: DESIGN AND HOUSING MATERIALS; COMPETITIVE PRICE; GOOD DISPLAY; NORMAL PERFORMANCE; FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND EASY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME PHYSICAL KEYS

CONS: ROUGHNESS (CAN BE CRITICAL FOR ADVANCED USERS); VAGUE COURSE OF PHYSICAL KEYS IN THE TEST SMARTPHONE; BLUFF SOUND EARPIECE

CONCLUSION

Meizu U20 review can be called adequate assortment offer producer. For most of  it, is similar to the previously submitted M3 Note and leaves a similar impression, with the only difference that the smartphone got  the interesting design. In Ukraine, the price of both models differs minimally, U20 several hundred  more expensive. So if the design when choosing a smartphone is one of the primary criteria, you should pay attention to the machine.

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