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Yesterday, Meizu launched the Meizu M8c Android Smartphone at their event launch. The Meizu M8c is a mid-range Android smartphone with not so many features. This device launched with a 146.4 x 70 x 8.5 mm (5.76 x 2.76 x 0.33 in) dimension. Also, it boasts of a 5.45-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen.
This post reviews this new device from Meizu.
Design and Display
The Meizu M8c Android device has a dimension of 146.4 x 70 x 8.5 mm (5.76 x 2.76 x 0.33 in). Also, it weighs about 140g. In addition, it has a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels. With an 18:9 aspect ratio (~295 ppi density).
This device comes with a Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). Alongside a 5.45-inch IPS Capacitive touchscreen, with 16M colours.
The amazing thing about this device is its facial unlock features that it possess. It’s becoming a trend now for mid-range Android devices to include the facial unlock feature. Hence, abandoning the long used fingerprint scanner.
Meanwhile, the screen supports Multitouch. And this phone comes in four colours: Black, Gold, Blue, and Red.
Hardware and Software
The Meizu M8c smartphone comes with the Android 7.0 (Nougat) Android operating system.
Meizu M8c is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 chipset with a 32-bit processor. It also comes with a Quad-core processor that clocks at 1.40GHz.
Furthermore, it uses an Adreno 308 GPU for its graphics handling.
The Meizu M8c comes with 2GB of RAM and 16/32GB internal storage. This inbuilt memory can be expanded to 128Gb with the use of a microSD card.
Other sensors on this device are Accelerometer and proximity sensors.
Camera and Battery
The Meizu M8c smartphone sports a 13 MP, f/2.2 rear camera. With phase detection autofocus, and LED flash.
In front, there’s an 8 MP, f/2.0 camera. For those lovely selfies, even in low light conditions.
Other features of this camera include Geo-tagging, touch focus, and face detection.
As for the battery, there’s a Non-removable Li-Ion 3070 mAh battery.
Price
The expected price of this device is about 140 EUR. Which is equivalent to N60,000
Full Specifications
Finally here are the full specifications of this Meizu device.
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
|---|
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2018, May |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, June |
| BODY | Dimensions | 146.4 x 70 x 8.5 mm (5.76 x 2.76 x 0.33 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 140 g (4.94 oz) | |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.45 inches, 76.7 cm2 (~74.8% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 720 x 1440 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~295 ppi density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| – Flyme UI |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 7.0 (Nougat) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 | |
| GPU | Adreno 308 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 13 MP, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus, LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection | |
| Video | [email protected] | |
| Secondary | 8 MP, f/2.0 |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 4.1, A2DP, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS | |
| Radio | FM radio | |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – MP4/H.264 player – Document editor – Photo/video editor |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 3070 mAh battery |
|---|
| MISC | Colors | Black, Gold, Blue, Red |
|---|---|---|
| Price | About N60,000 |
