Meizu M3s Mini. A novelty in an elegant metal case with sandblasting 3D processing and high-quality finishing polishing. The smartphone works on the operating system Android, equipped with a large 2.5D screen, powerful processor and battery large tank. Mase M3S Mini supports two SIM cards of the Nano-SIM format, works in 4G LTE networks and provides reliable protection due to the preprint of fingers in the phone.
Maintenance characteristics Meizu M3S MINI: 2 SIM cards, HD screen diagonal 5 inches, Android 5.1 operating system, powerful battery With a capacity of 3020 Mah, an eight-cherished processor, support for microSD memory cards up to 128 GB, the main camera resolution of 13 megapixel and front 5 meters camera.
You can buy MAZ M3S M3S in two versions with 32 GB built-in and 3GB RAM or 16 GB built-in and 2 GB RAM, both versions support memory cards. Meizu M3S Mini It will depend on the version you selected. Smartphone in four colors: gold, gray, silver and pink metallic.
Powerful processor and large MEIZU M3S MINI memory will cope with any task, work with several open applications on the big screen with a protective 2.5D glass or play the newest android games without brakes and freezes.
Work with two SIM cards Allows the user MEZ M3S mini saves on communication services, select favorable tariffs For the Internet and calls. Fingerprint scanners ensures reliable protection of a smartphone from unauthorized persons, now it is not necessary to memorize complex passwords, to unlock the smartphone, it is enough to touch the sensor and the phone will quickly determine the owner and unlocks the screen.
The Meizu M3S Mini user will be able to install two SIM cards or one SIM card and memory card. Use high-speed Internet thanks to 4G LTE support from both SIM cards. When choosing 4G Internet with one of the SIM cards, the second will operate in 3G networks.
Long work of the smartphone is one of of the most important characteristics any device. MEZ M3S mini got powerful battery With a capacity of 3020 Mah and provides up to 240 hours in standby mode and up to 13 hours of talk mode.
Full Features Meizu M3S Mini. MEZ M3S mini features
- Number of SIM-Cards: 2 with 4G support
- Sim card type: 2 Nano-SIM or 1 Nano-SIM card + MicroSD
- Case Material: Metal
- Operating system: Android 5.1
- Processor: 8-core / MTK MT6750
- Graphics processor: Arm Mali-T860
- Display: Diagonal 5.0 "2.5D / HD 1280 x 720 Pixes. / Pixel density per inch 296 / Full lamination
- Main chamber: 13 mp. / 5-element lenses / Double Flash / Autofocus
- Front camera: 5 mp / 4-element lenses
- Video Camera: Video recording in FullHD format 1920 x 1080 pixels
- 4G LTE: Supports
- Wi-Fi: WLAN IEEE 802.11 B / G / N
- Point access Wi-Fi: Yes
- Bluetooth: 4.0.
- Battery: 3020 Mah / Function fast charging
- Talk time: up to 13 hours
- Standby time: up to 240 hours
- Operational memory: 2 GB / 3 GB
- Memory Built-in: 16 GB / 32GB
- Memory Card: MicroSD up to 128 GB
- Audio connector: 3.5 mm
- MicroUSB: USB 2.0, USB-OTG, USB-Host
- NAVIGATION: GPS / A-GPS / GLONASS
- Sensors: accelerometer / gyroscope / light / gravity / compass / IR sensor
- Fingerprint Scanner: Yes / Capacity up to 5 prints
- Flashlight function: yes
- Color: Golden / Silver / Gray / Pink Metal
- Size: (Sh.V.T.) 69.9 mm x 141.9 mm x 8.3 mm
- Weight: 138 grams
Smartphone that I have in my hands, was ordered on Aliexpress and arrived directly from China. Then the seller offered the white Meizu M3S mini with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of permanent memory for eight with a penny of thousand rubles. Chinese phone firmware, but the Russian language is. Simply put, no problems with the use of such a version of the smartphone did not occur.
At the time of writing a review, the same seller offered the White Meizu M3S MINI with 2 GB of RAM and 16-gigabyte storage already with an international firmware and at a price of 7,620 rubles. Black smartphone cost 7,957 rubles, gold - 8,221 rubles. Pink on sale has not yet been.
Cost senior model Meizu M3S MINI with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of permanent memory was 10,097 rubles per black version and 10,493 rubles per white or gold. Pink was also not.
In the official Russian online store MyMeizu.ru, the White and Black M3S Mini was equally equally, namely 11,990 rubles per model 2/16 GB and 13,990 rubles per model 3/32 GB. Golden and pink options were absent.
What is such a overpayment in the official Russian store? First, for saving time. Choosing free shipping on Aliexpress, you need to morally prepare for the monthly waiting for the parcel. Buying in Russia to wait much less.
Secondly, Meizu has no international guarantee. Buying a device intended for the internal market of China, you stay without any consumer rights and you will solve any problems arising with your smartphone. When buying in the official Russian store you get a guarantee and service.
I will not paint in detail each trifle of the tested device. You can read long tedious reviews with a bunch of useless for regular user information on other sites, and everything is in the case.
Design and execution
M3S MINI is the only relevant on this moment Metal MEIZU smartphone with a 5-inch screen. Behind him should be a newly tested Lifechaker Melomansky Deader flagship with a diagonal of 5.2 inches.
All other MEIZU models, including M3 Note, Pro 5, MX5 and newly announced MX6, are equipped with a 5.5-inch diagonal screen and more, that is, they are full-impressive sizes and is far from all.
For a good tradition, Meizu engineers made for M3S Mini incredibly similar to the iPhone aluminum case.
From aesthetic point of view, do not complain about execution. The mass of the smartphone is only 138 grams with a thickness of 8.3 millimeters. Neat sophisticated lines with rounded corners look excellent. If you like the iPhone design, then appearance Meizu will also have to taste.
From a technical point of view, there are no complaints to the M3S Mini case. Not only that Meizu engineers closed this budget to the metal, so they have not yet scattered and accurately adjusted the details. Surprisingly, the super-master M3s mini is assembled as well as the flagship Pro 6.
For the sake of reduction, aluminum corners of the body and sophisticated plugs, hiding antennas, went under the knife. The upper and lower parts of the rear panel M3S mini are made of plastic.
The photo shows that it is quite difficult to distinguish plastic elements from the metal. The color is identical, the difference in the texture is not felt even when touched, and only shiny decorative extracies give the place of transition of the metal in plastic.
On the front panel there is a single mechanical button, which is also a Dactyloscopic Mtouch 2.1 scanner. Touching the button is equivalent to the action of "back", and pressing returns the user to the home screen or duplicates the power button when the display is turned off.
The frontal location of the scanner is definitely more convenient if you often apply to a smartphone lying on the table. The scanner accepts the imprint at any angle and triggers a fraction of a second.
Power button and volume rocker are located on the right. If you do not press them, but only slightly touch them, a tiny backlash will be noticeable. In general, there are no complaints to the buttons.
On the left there is a hybrid slot into two Nanosim cards, one of which can be replaced by a microSD card with a capacity of up to 128 GB inclusive.
External speaker, microphone and microUSB port are located below.
The only thing that designers and Meizu M3S mini engineers were appointed, is the position of the headphone nests.
Well, why do it from above? After all, we send a smartphone in your pocket at the top of the first. With this nest location, an additional mechanical load on the plug and a wire occurs, which means non-brought bends and premature failure.
Another minus, peculiar to all MEIZU smartphones, is the lack of water protection. It's time to catch up with Samsung and produce a technique that meets at least IP67 standard, and better immediately IP68.
Screen
Meizu M3S Mini is equipped with a 5-inch IPS HD display with a resolution of 1,280 × 720 pixels.
If it seems to you that the lack of Full HD in 2016 can not be forgiven even a budget smartphone, then just look at the value of the PPI, which is 296 pixels per inch. Jobs said that at 300 ppi pixels already, and hardly undepended in 4 PPI strongly influenced the quality of the picture. At the very least, my eyes could not detect pixels on the M3S Mini screen.
Using IPS gives a characteristic of this type of displays the accuracy of color reproduction without wild, unnatural shades and white distortions. It is clear that to count on the top matrix in the smartphone for 8 thousand would be naive, but the picture looks acceptable even with a strong slope of the screen, the color is only slightly distorted towards yellow and purple.
The presence of an anti-reflective coating allows you to comfortably work with a smartphone with a bright summer sun, and the use of fashionable 25D-glasses today adds an even more encouraging.
I never found information about used in M3S Mini type protective glass. But it is exactly here, and good, because in two weeks the active use of the smartphone on the screen there is no scratch.
Filling
Inside M3S Mini is an eight-year MTK MT6750 (four Cortex-A53 by 1.5 GHz and four Cortex-A53 per GHz) and MALI-T860 graphics. MEDIATEK chips are not very suitable for heavy three-dimensional games, but superbly show themselves from the point of view of speed and smoothness of the system, especially when instead of Full HD is installed less resource-sensitive HD display.
In combination, even with 2 GB of the LPDDR3 SCRs, the smartphone shows impressive results in synthetics and at the level of sensations when working with the device.
The system flies, applications fly. No friezes, no slowdowns.
I did not have the opportunity to look at the older model with 3 GB of RAM, but it is logical to assume that an enlarged memory will manifest itself while simultaneously work and switching between several hypers. However, the youngest M3S mini copes perfectly with everyday scenarios.
The presence of a slot under the memory card actually deprives any reasoning about the size of the built-in storage, and therefore choose between the older and younger M3S MINI model only on the basis of the number and resource intensity of the applications used.
Unfortunately, there is no NFC in Meizu M3S mini, but there is support for all other topical types of communication, including 5 GHz Wi-Fi, 4G and Bluetooth 4.0.
- Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC.
- 2G GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1 800/1 900 MHz).
- 3G WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2 100 MHz).
- 4G FDD-LTE (1 800/2 100/2 600 MHz).
- 3G TD-SCDMA.
- 4G TD-LTE.
- Bluetooth 4.0, support BLE.
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS.
Cameras
Obviously, no outstanding sensors in such a cheap smartphone do not have to expect. But those that are, provide acceptable quality of shooting in automatic mode under favorable conditions. And the lack of light can be compensated by manual mode, HDR and branded circular two-color flash Meizu. Due to the powerful filling of the camera work very quickly.
The main camera here is exactly the same as in Meizu M3 Note: 13 MP, F / 2.2, a powerful flash, there is a PDAF. The quality of the photo you can appreciate yourself.
Frontal 5-megapixel camera with aperture F / 2.0 and software improvement of pictures gives wonderful selfie and writes Full HD video.
System
M3S MINI works on Android 5.1, on top of which the branded shell is installed Meizu Flyme. 5.1.
Flyme almost completely changes the default android interfaceBut you get used to it fast enough.
In Flyme there is no extra software, only the most necessary preset applications and utility to optimize and support the system in normal condition. With its help, you can start the integrated diagnostics of the smartphone in one tap, to bring order in memory, debug energy consumption, check for viruses and so on.
At the beginning of the review, I talked about just one system button on the front panel, which takes on the "Back" and "home" functions. Are you curious how the application manager is called in this case? To do this, it is enough to make a swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Why didn't Google did not think to this?
Flyme is perfectly optimized, and in combination with a powerful stuffing it turns out an extremely smart system that is pleasant to use.
Battery
In M3S Mini, a caution battery is installed with a capacity of 3 020 mAh. With moderate use of the battery, there is enough two days. In more active scenarios with a visit to YouTube, Play Music, a frequent browser leaf and socialki, a smartphone lives 18-22 hours.
Best statemate 2016?
I hope that when reading this review, you kept the value of M3S Mini in my head, that is, everything described above can be obtained in less than 8 thousand rubles. Meizu M3S MINI is a compact and beautiful aluminum smartphone with an excellent screen, a fingerprint scanner, a powerful stuffing and memory expansion, all current communication types worthy of cameras and a well-defined system. Don't you think that Meizu M3S MINI looks like the best state budget 2016?
- Case Materials: Metal, Plastic, Glass
- Operating system: Android 5.x, Flyme
- Networks: GSM / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA, LTE (two Nanosim slots)
- Screen: IPS LCD, Diagonal 5 ", resolution 1280x720 Points (HD), PPI 294
- Platform: MediaTek MT6750
- Processor: eight-core, 64-bit, Cortex-A53 at a frequency up to 1.5 GHz (two clusters of 4 kernels)
- Graphics: Mali-T860 MP2
- RAM: 2/3 GB
- Data storage memory: 16/32 GB
- Slot under the memory card: yes, microSD (instead of the second SIM card)
- Main Camera: 13 Megapixels, F / 2.2, Phase Autofocus, Double LED Flash
- Front camera: 5 megapixel, f / 2.0
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi Dual Band, Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP, LE), MicroUSB connector (USB-OTG, USB-Host) for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm connector for headset / headphones
- NAVIGATION: GPS (A-GPS support), GLONASS
- Optional: fingerprint scanner, accelerometer, light sensor, approximation sensor
- Battery: 3020 mAh
- Dimensions: 141.9 x 69.9 x 8.3 mm
- Weight: 138 grams
Introduction
W. chinese companywho had time to become in Russia is relatively popular (to some extent, thanks to us, do not consider in indiscrimination), another metal smartphone came out. This time the metal has become more in the budget (for China) or the average price category (for Russia). The collection of Meizu M3S Mini is replenished. Here, such a finished name was decided to give a gadget for us, because at home, the likely one is called simply - M3. However, it is worth understanding that M3S Mini and M3 still differ: version for russian market has a metal case and operating system Android, the battery capacity slightly increased.
With the price have not yet been determined, but by rumors, the smartphone for 2/16 GB will cost 12,000 rubles, and the gadget for 3/32 GB is 14,000 rubles. Personally, it seems to me that it will be like this: 12 990 and 14,990 rubles. Sales in August.
Design, dimensions, control elements
This time, Meizu's designers were especially bought over the design of the novelty, so M3S Mini looks almost one in one with Pro 6: Lowned edges, smooth rear surface, metal case, scanner plus sensory-mechanical button, location of some elements, etc. The only global difference: the back of the PRO 6 is completely from aluminum, and in the case of M3S mini, plastic inserts are present above and below. A similar solution is used in many gadgets with a non-planic panel.
The front side is protected by glass with a form 2.5D, a thin chrome knot is still made of plastic. By the way, the device came to me with a pretty dead edging. On the one hand, it is not very good because it will have to be photographed precisely in such an inesttic form, on the other, you can immediately imagine what happens to the smartphone through the annex number of time.
The glass is durable, during testing not "planted" not a single scratch. Oleophobic coating is present. The quality is good, the finger slides on the screen surface easily.
Due to the compact dimensions and the extremely successful form of the body, to keep and use Meizu M3S Mini is a pleasure, especially after "shovel". The device is assembled tight, no backlash, creak, melting to the battery.
Colors for Meizu are quite a lot: dark gray, silver, gold and pink metallic. I hope that all of them will definitely be available to our consumers.
From above on the front panel there are lighting and approximation sensors (work quite slowly), the transmitted event indicator (bright, white), camera and speakerRaked metal mesh. His loudness is high, the timbre is pleasant, the interlocutor is heard clearly and picking up.
Under the screen - the sensory-mechanical button that is responsible for accessing the home screen, "back".
It is also a dactylconus sensor. The trigger speed fully satisfied me. Using the MTouch 2.1 scanner, you can not only block the enable smartphone, but also limit access to any applications on the device according to your print, including the program and games you are installed.
The scanner works no worse and no better than others.
In the lower end - the microphone (left), microUSB and speaker speaker. Volume control swing and power button - right. Their stroke is minimal, pressing solid, there is a pleasant sound "click", like on the iPhone.
Left is located a metal tray for sharing Nanosim + Nanosim or Nanosim + MicroSD.
FROM back side - The camera lens, recessed into the housing, below is a two-color LED flash, the inscription Meizu.
Meizu M3s Mini and Apple iPhone.
Display
MEIZU M3S MINI uses a screen, the diagonal of which is 5 inches. Let's remind you that in M1 / \u200b\u200bM2 Note Diagonal 5.5 ", in MX4 - 5.36", and in MX4 Pro - 5.5 ", in Pro 5 - 5.7", in Pro 6 - 5.2 ". Physical size of the M3S MINI display - 64x110 mm, frame From above - 15.5 mm, below - 15, on the right and left - a little less than 4 mm. There is an anti-reflective coating.
MEIZU M3S MINI - HD display resolution, that is, 720x1280 points, density - 294 pixels per inch. The matrix is \u200b\u200bmade using IPS technology without air layer.
Maximum white brightness - 400 cd / m2 (official data - 380), black - 0.59 cd / m2. Contrast - 677: 1 (officially - 1000: 1).
White line is the target we are trying to achieve. Yellow line - actual screen data. You can see that we are practically directly under the target curve at values \u200b\u200bfrom 0 to 100%, which means that each time the image is not highlighted. Yellow line - in fact, the average amount of red, green and blue.
The average gamma value is 2.12.
Judging by the level of levels, blue color in excess, and the red is shortened.
On the minimum brightness temperature closer to 7800 K, on \u200b\u200baverage - 7200 K
Judging by the diagram, the data obtained does not exceed the triangle SRGB, especially in the zone of green, red and blue.
Many points of gray are placed in the Deltae \u003d 10 radius, which indicates that other shades will not be present in gray colors.
The viewing angles are maximized, under certain slopes of the screen, the picture is greatly yellow and pilyette. This suggests that the matrix is \u200b\u200bone of the most budget.
Behavior on light
Corners review
White color
Battery
In this model used failure battery Capacity 3020 mAh.
When working with the battery device, it was enough for about 16-18 hours: about 20-30 minutes of conversations per day, about 7 hours of use 3G / 4G (permanent mail synchronization, twitter, ottsappa, skype, and so on), approximately 6 hours Wi-Fi , a few dozen photos, listening to music.
In a more gentle mode, the gadget works up to 24 hours. If you leave only data synchronization (Wi-Fi), you can count on two days. Up to 13 hours in constant conversations.
In a movie viewer (HD) mode, the battery comes after about 9 hours, in the battery game mode, there is enough about 3.5 hours, in the sound playback mode at the maximum volume - up to 50 hours.
PC Mark Work Battery Life showed the result of 10 hours 37 minutes.
Unlike top models, there are no fast charging in M3S mini. Network adapter - 5 V and 2 A.
Communication capabilities
The device is equipped with two Nanosim slots. Both connectors support work on the 3G / 4G network (LTE CAT 6) in Russian frequencies: FDD-LTE / TD-LTE / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GSM.
Network Types:
- 2G GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
- 3G WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2100 MHz)
- 4G FDD-LTE (1800/2100/2600 MHz)
- 3G TD-SCDMA
- 4G TD-LTE
The rest is standard: Wi-Fi (AC and B / G / N / AC) Dual-Band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz / 5GHz) - Sensitivity at the level Samsung Galaxy S6, Bluetooth 4.0, MicroUSB connector (USB 2.0 with OTG support) for charge / synchronization. GPS navigation works without problems.
Memory and memory card
Smartphone will be available in two versions:
- 2 GB random access memory (LPDDR3) and 16 GB built-in
- 3 GB of RAM (LPDDR3) and 32 GB built-in
Reading speed internal memory (16 GB LPDDR3) - 72 Mbps, recording - 16 Mbps.
There are support for microSD cards up to 128 GB.
Cameras
Main module for 13 megapixel with phase focusing (5 lenses, diaphragm F2.2, lens protected glass Gorilla. Glass 3), and front-line - 5 MP (4 lenses, aperture F2.0). There is a double LED flash with warm and cold glow.
Quality Pictures During the day, I fully satisfies: the exact balance of white, good dynamic rangerelatively sharp picture. Focus speed is high thanks to phase autofocus. Accuracy is also at the height.
As for the shooting at dusk or simply in conditions of insufficient lighting, the camera show an extremely bad result: a lot of noise, the image becomes a non-trim, white balance is often "walking." However, in a similar way, almost all modules behave in the price category of devices up to 15,000 rubles.
The front module is not too wide angle. Photos are not bad, sharp.
The video is normal - FullHD at 30 k / s day and 20 k / s at night. The picture is average, focus also medium. The sound is loud, clean, the intelligibility is excellent, the sensitivity is good. The self-camera writes FullHD - for the vlogov it is quite suitable.
The usual hand parameters of ISO, excerpt, focus, exposure remained. Otherwise, nothing new.
Examples of photos
Performance and software platform
MEIZU M3S MINI uses MediaTek MT6750 chipset. Information about the chip appeared at the beginning of this year. This processor was created as cheap solution With LTE Cat 6, as well as Volte, Vilte and VowiFi. 8-nuclear chip: one cluster consists of four Cortex-A53 cores operating at 1 GHz frequency and is intended for simple tasks; The second cluster consists of four Cortex-A53 productive cores operating at a frequency of 1.5 GHz, designed for demanding applications. ARM MALI-T860MP2 is responsible for the schedule with OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCl 1.2 and DirectX 11.1 support, it is capable of working at a frequency up to 700 MHz. In the MT6750 it works at a frequency of 650 MHz.
With the load of the processor, the body is heated not so much (maximum 41-42 degrees), in normal condition (music, camera, pictures, network use) - 32-35 degrees.
Smartphone is very fast, no microlags or system brands. In Meizu, the Flyme shell was well honed, though not so much functions in it.
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MEIZU or Xiaomi smartphones are hard to call perfect, because in all you can find flaws. But on the background of competitors, they look winning and because of the best price / quality ratio, and because many roughness play a minimal role for their audience. Today we will deal with the advantages and disadvantages of Meizu M3S - the most affordable apparatus in the company's lineup.
The editors thanks the store "Socket" For the MEIZU M3S smartphone provided for testing
Equipment
As always, the smartphone comes in a miniature box with a modest content: charging, cable, pair of paper and beautiful branded paper clips.
Design
Meizu updates the design of its smartphones about once a year. Earlier reminded and competing xiaomi, and their own Meizu pro. 5, and budget M3S is simply a reduced version.
The design is familiar for each second model of any manufacturer - the backrest made of metal sheet, plastic inserts on top and bottom for the antennas operation, 2,5d glass of the front panel and the MTouch brand key to control the system.
In addition to the obvious difference in sizes with 5.5 inches M3 Note, we found exactly two differences. The first - a chrome frame appeared around the glass now, more peculiar Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung, the second - to silver, dark gray and gold colors of the housing added pink.
Despite the secondary, the design produces a good impression. Meizu M3S is normally assembled, the materials of the hull quality and in general it looks more expensive than worth it.
Dimensions Standard for 5 inch models, around the screen there are a framework of medium width. The device should like fans small devices - Compared with big smartphones, they are more convenient to use.
The controls are located familiar and conveniently - these are two physical keys to the right, the connectors are 3.5 mm and microUSB from above and below, a hybrid tray for two Nanosim on the left.
There is no manufacturer's logo on the front panel, it is almost perfectly symmetrical. On the right of the dynamics under the glass hidden the missing event indicator.
Screen
As we have said, from Meizu M3 Note, the younger model is characterized by a reduced to 5 inches with a HD-resolution screen. The backlight brightness of the IPS matrix varies from 7.7 to 397 kD / m², measured contrast 1 to 698.
As for the budget smartphone, the screen is not badly calibrated and is distinguished by a calm natural color reproduction. Adjusting the color temperature it can be adjusted for yourself.
Let the screen and got more modest characteristics, but the image still remains smooth. The angles of reviews are not maximum, but sufficient, as well as the levels of brightness. Good display, as for a budget smartphone. I did not like except that a weak reaction to pressing on the edges of the screen, but I hope that this is the problem of an exceptionally test sample.
Platform
As the M3S hardware platform, the company chose a new MEDIATEK 6750 budget chip - in it 8 Cortex-A53 kernels operate in two clusters with frequencies 1 and 1.5 GHz, respectively. Built-in graphics - Mali T860. The smartphone is available in two configurations, with 16 and 2 GB of memory and 32 and 3 GB. You can install the memory card instead of the second Nanosim - you have to think what configuration to choose and what is more important.
The smartphone does not show any special results in the benchmarks, but for its class it works smartly - there are no lags in everyday mode, and the insufficient performance of the platform becomes noticeable only with the active switching between the programs or the launch of heavy games.
If you want to get the highest possible speed, it is better to choose the "Productive" power supply in the settings.
There are also critical comments to the rest of the functionality. Wi-Fi and GPS work as expected, and speakers can boast quite normal sound. The calling is not distinguished by super-quality, expensive models of the company sound noticeably better, but they won't call it bad - this is a normal level of budgetary devices. A similar situation when listening to music in headphones is quite loud and pure.
The fingerprint scanner is built into the screen key. The accuracy of his work is comparable to more expensive smartphonesBut the triggering occurs a little slower - most likely the performance of the platform.
In addition to blocking the device, it is possible to protect the password or the print launch of individual applications.
Working hours
The battery of a smaller capacity is another simplification of the model, but taking into account the diagonal of the screen, its permissions and performance of the 3020 machine platform of the built-in battery look quite convincing.
Most will be able to achieve about two days of work from it, and in serious mode of use, the smartphone will do the day without any problems.
Shell
As an operating system, it is familiar to all owners of Meizu Flyme OS version 5.1, built on android database 5.1. It has no application menu, normal assistant integration Google Now.But there is a pretty cute concise design.
To manage the system uses a single mechanical key. Simple touch works as "back", the press is responsible for returning to the home screen ("home"), and the list running applications Caused by swipe from the bottom edge of the screen. Such a control scheme requires a slight addiction, but it happens quickly and then the rest of the smartphones becomes not so convenient.
According to the Chinese fork in the box, it is possible to understand that the international version of the smartphone came to test. Nevertheless, the seller has already managed to establish a "global" firmware with localization and google services (Flyme 5.1.5.0g). So this Meizu can be reflashing (there are instructions on profile forums).
At the same time, a couple of extra box appeared out of the box preset programs, including annoying Clean Master. You can delete them using third-party and built-in root rights. Similar nuances of use are characteristic of many Chinese smartphones.
Cameras
The main camera of the smartphone is similar to the MEIZU M3 NOTE installed in Meizu M3 - the same 13 megapixels and light f / 2.2. If the camera was weak for the older model, then it looks more appropriate in the device.
With proper ability, it is possible to make a conditional good photo. The main thing is less to pull your hands and do not rush, especially since the autofocus is medium in speed. At night it is best to use manual mode, then there is a chance to stay with a photo, and not with something remotely resembling it. As in the rest of Meizu, the HDR mode is unsuitable for use, because it often makes blurred photos.
The front camera on 5 MP removes quite nothing, especially with a loaf on the price of a smartphone.
The editors thanks the store "Socket" For the MEIZU M3S smartphone provided for testing
Meizu M3S is a high-quality smartphone related to the budget class. The device has got a metal housing and decent characteristics. His official announcement held in June 2016.
Appearance and Ergonomics
Thanks to the elegant metal case and elegantly rounded corners, MAZ M3S looks very stylish. You can see in front of the spectacular 2,5d glass, which covers the entire facial side of the device. Under the display is the MTouch 2.1 mechanical button. It is not only responsible for navigating, but also allows you to instantly unlock the smartphone using the built-in scanner of prints. The screen framed a thin chrome frame that makes the device even more attractive. The symmetrical lower end has multimedia speaker grids and a microUSB connector. The rear is implemented from durable aluminum, but there are plastic inserts for antenna from above and below. But the audio connector is located on the upper end. It is worth highlighting high-quality materials of the case and a good assembly. At the same time, the smartphone looks quite expensive, and thanks to the compact sizes, it is really convenient to use it. Inside a built-in battery with 3020 mAh, which demonstrates excellent autonomy indicators. Available colors: silver, gold, pink and gray. Dimensions: height - 141.9 mm, thickness - 8.3 mm, width - 69.9 mm, weight - 138 g.
Display
M3S got a compact 5-inch screen with excellent contrast. The permission of the IPS matrix is \u200b\u200b1280 by 720 points. When creating such a display, a total lamination technology was used. There is no air layer here, so the picture is characterized by naturalness. There is an advanced oleophobic coating, which is an excellent means of scratches and traces. Maximum viewing angles are complemented by a saturated image. Color temperature can be freely adjusted in special settings.
Iron and productivity
The M3C apparatus has an eight-year MediaTek MT6750 processor, which is very economically spending energy. Such a chip can work at a frequency of 1500 MHz. There is a graphics accelerator MALI-T860. Traditionally, for this manufacturer, there are several versions of the gadget: with 16 GB of integrated memory and 2 GB of RAM, as well as with 32 GB RAM and 3 GB of RAM. There is support for memory cards up to 128 GB. From the box, the smartphone got an operating android system 5.1, as well as the exclusive shell of Flyme. For example, in the Antutu test, the gadget is confidently gaining about 40,000 points. Modern games work well, but demanding projects can undress graphics.
Communication and sound
Speaker in Meizu M3 S moderately loud. In the headphones, the sound is even better, there is a kind of power supply, even taking into account the advanced headset. There is no problem with communication, as the interlocutor is heard clearly. It is possible to install two SIM cards. The phone supports LTE networks.
Camera
MAZE M3S is equipped with a 13 megapixel chamber with a luminosity of 2.2 and a dual LED flash. Photos are good quality, especially during the day. There is a manual mode, and there are some other settings. A frontal 5-megapixel camera with a luminosity 2.0 is placed here.
conclusions
According to many M3S parameters, it seems to be a high-quality budget smartphone, which, of course, is not deprived of certain disadvantages. But for his money is a definitely worth the option. The package includes the following accessories: Charger, branded paper clip, power cable and documentation.
Pros:
- Very high quality display.
- Excellent materials and assembly.
- Convenient and fast print scanner.
- For a long time of autonomous work.
- Pleasant appearance.
Minuses:
- The main chamber is ne the best way Removes in the evening.
- There are some problems with Chinese firmware.
Specifications Meizu M3S
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Model | Meizu M3s. |
| Date of Announcement and Start Sales | june 2016 / June 2016 |
| Dimensions (DXshx) | 141.9 x 69.9 x 8.3 mm. |
| Weight | 138 |
| Available colors | golden, Silver, Gray, Pink |
| Operating system | Android 5.1 (Lollipop) + Flyme 5.1 |
| Communication | |
| Number and type of SIM cards | two hybrid, Nano-Sim, Dual Stand-by |
| Communication Standard in 2G networks | GSM 850 / 900/1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
| Communication Standard in 3G networks | HSDPA 900/1900/2100 |
| Communication Standard in 4G networks | LTE |
| Compatibility with communication operators | MTS, Beeline, MegaFon, Tele2, Yota |
| Data transfer | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N, Dual-Band, HotSpot |
| Bluetooth | 4.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS. | a-GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC. | not |
| Infrared port | not |
| Platform | |
| CPU | eight-core MediaTek MT6750. (Octa-Core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| Graphic processor | MALI-T860MP2. |
| Inner memory | 16 GB / 32 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB / 3 GB |
| Ports and connectors | |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| 3.5mm jack | there is |
| Memory Card Slot | microSD, up to 128 GB (combined with SIM 2 slot) |
| Display | |
| Display Type | IPS LCD Capacitive, 16m Flowers |
| Screen size | 5 inches (~ 69.5% facial surface of the device) |
| Display protection | 2,5d-glass |
| Camera | |
| Main camera | 13 MP, F / 2.2, Autofocus, Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Flash |
| Functional of the main chamber | Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection |
| Record video | [Email Protected] |
| Front-camera | 5 MP, F / 2.0 |
| Sensors and sensors | |
| Light | there is |
| Approximation | there is |
| Gyroscope | there is |
| Compass | there is |
| Hall. | not |
| Accelerometer | there is |
| Barometer | not |
| Fingerprint scanner | there is |
| Battery | |
| Battery Type and Capacity | 3020 Mah |
| Battery mount | non-removable |
| Equipment | |
| Standard kit | M3S: 1. USB cable: 1 Clip for extracting SIM tray: 1 User Manual: 1 Warranty card: 1 Charger: 1 |