Meizu MX5 goes official with full metal jacket, a 20MP camera and some powerful specs

Last year, by launching the Meizu MX4 and MX4 Pro, Chinese handset manufacturer Meizu has emerged a big way posing a stiff competition to its hometown rival Xiaomi. Later, the company also announced its own affordable higher mid-range specs handset like M1 Note and managed to grab a substantial share of the smartphone market in its hometown. Today, the company has went out announcing its yet another flagship handset the Meizu MX5 that comes with a premium design with high-end specs on board.

The major USP of the Meizu MX5 is its full metal jacket as the device is made of some very premium materials. Meizu MX5 has got a 5.5” 1080p AMOLED display and has an upgraded processor the 64-bit octa-core MediaTek MT6975 chipset to its heart. To support this, the handset has got a 3GB of RAM memory and comes in three storage options of 16/32/64 GB with a microSD card slot expansion for each of them. The handset is equipped with a m-charge technology that charges up to 25% in just ten minutes only and up to 50% in just another 20 minutes. To its back lies an excellent and powerful 20MP camera with Sony IMX220 sensor equipped with a laser auto focus tech. the front hosts a 8MP secondary camera. The handset is just 7.6mm thin and weighs just 149 grams.

At the software side, the handset runs the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop skinned with the company’s own Flyme 5.0 that has been given a visual overhaul with glass effects, transparency, themes and much more. The basic 16GB version is currently priced for 1800 yuan ($290) while the 32GB variant for 1900 yuan ($322). Meizu is yet to confirm the pricing for the 64GB variant. Meizu MX5 is really an excellent handset from the company for the year of 2015. Check out some of the official images below. You can get more information by visiting the official site of Meizu.

Meizu MX5 goes official with full metal jacket, a 20MP camera and some powerful specs

Rumors: Meizu MX5 to have a 41MP camera module with other very powerful specs for $325

Meizu the China based smartphone manufacturer who is famously known some premium quality handset with some very topped up specs is once again in news with rumors floating about the upcoming flagship Meizu MX5. The recent reports from the industry show that the company might be gearing up to release one more superior smartphone having a 5.5 inch QHD screen, and octa-core CPU, a fingerprint sensor, a 20.7MP camera and much more.

However, some rumors also claim the device to be sporting a 41 megapixel camera module along with a secondary screen. The Meizu MX5 render released by Weibo however don’t clearly resemble what else functionality the back panel could revel and might even possibly host an e-ink display. Even if all these rumors don’t turn out to be true, we are sure that Meizu would have some surprises in store. Moreover, the company would work on its flagship handset that could compete strongly with the much rumored Xiaomi Mi5 from rival Xiaomi.

One thing is sure that the Chinese smartphone market is going to see some very big surprises in the coming year 2015.

via Android Headlines

Rumors: Meizu MX5 to have a 41MP camera module with other very powerful specs for $325