Meizu m1 note launched in India, features a 5.5-inch display and 64-bit octa-core processor

As expected, the Chinese phone maker Meizu is making its foray into the Indian market with the launch of its Meizu m1 note. The company had posted teasers on its official Twitter and Facebook accounts in March announcing its plan to enter India soon.

Meizu has partnered with Amazon to sell the m1 note in India and the sale was to open on 20th May i.e. today, at 2 PM Indian time. Meizu India has posted a tweet to that effect. Meizu is opting for a normal sale and not flash sale Xiaomi is doing. There are no pre-registrations or any invitations either.

 

Meizu #m1note will be available exclusively at Amazon.in on 2:00 PM, May 20th. http://t.co/BmhJ04ACMf pic.twitter.com/eiRL4JCfrv

— MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) May 18, 2015

Although the Meizu m1 note is available in five colors – white, yellow, green, blue and pink, initially only white and blue color devices would be offered. The price tag for the device is Rs. 11,999 (about $188).  

We offer white and blue version of m1 note for you today! Check it out at http://t.co/BmhJ04j1UH pic.twitter.com/RCRwlHx6JU — MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) May 20, 2015

The Meizu m1 note is a mid-range, dual SIM phablet with 4G LTE capabilities. The handset boasts of a 5.5-inch FHD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a pixel density of 403 ppi and covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood, it has a octa-core 1.7GHz 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 processor and Mali-T760 MP2 GPU for graphics.

 

Memory options include 2GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB of internal storage (non-expandable- no microSD slot). There is a 13MP rear camera with dual LED flash, 5-element lens, ƒ/2.2 aperture and 5MP front-facing camera with 4-element 69⁰ wide angle lens.

 

A 3140mAh battery provides the power and the device comes pre-installed with Meizu’s Flyme 4 OS based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. The Meizu m1 note has sturdy a magnesium alloy chassis, a dual microphone setup, gyroscope, gravity sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and digital compass. Connectivity options include LTE, Micro-USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS/ A-GPS. The handset has dimensions of 150.7 x 75.2 x 8.9mm and it weighs 145g.

As per the company’s latest tweet, all the handsets were sold out within a short time.

 

You guys are amazing! Thank you very much for your enthusiasm and support! We are sold out now and will be back soon. pic.twitter.com/Ok8Iki0hCi

— MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) May 20, 2015

Meizu m1 note launched in India, features a 5.5-inch display and 64-bit octa-core processor

Meizu set to enter the Indian market with m1 note possibly its first offering

Chinese phone maker Meizu has become a well-known company in the smartphone world as a few of its phones have been well received in the market. Its recent handsets Meizu MX4 and MX4 Pro have been quite impressive. In fact, Meizu MX4 topped AnTuTu benchmark site’s list of top scoring Android phones for the year 2014.

Now the company is getting ready to venture beyond China and enter the lucrative Indian smartphone market soon. It has recently posted teasers on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts announcing their plan to shortly enter India:

“Greetings to all the #Meizu fans in India. We are coming!”

The company also hinted that the m1 note will be its first offering in India. Meizu’s m1 note was announced back in December 2014. The device is listed as “Coming Soon” on its international website MeizuMart. Like Xiaomi, Meizu might also partner with major Indian e-retailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal etc. to sell its devices.

 

Greetings to all the #Meizu fans in India. We are coming! Follow us and like us on Facebook: http://t.co/aKfP8T2S7X pic.twitter.com/v2ZlZB20V9

— MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) March 18, 2015

The m1 note is a mid-ranger sporting a 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution display, 2GB of RAM and 16GB or 32GB of native storage. The handset is powered by MediaTek MT6752 octa-core processor with ARM Cortex A53 clocked at 1.7GHz and a dual-core Mali T760 GPU for graphics. The device has a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP selfie camera, a 3140mAh battery and dual-SIM slots but no microSD card slot. The m1 note comes with Android 4.4 KitKat preinstalled with Meizu’s own Flyme UI on top.

Meizu hasn’t announced its launch date in India but since the company has put out teasers, it won’t be far away. The 16GB m1 note is available for 999 Yuan ($160) and the 32GB version for 1,199Yuan ($192) in China. We will have to wait and see what retail price the company fixes for the Indian market.

Meizu set to enter the Indian market with m1 note possibly its first offering