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Meizu Pro 6 is comfortable in one hand. In design, it is almost no different from its predecessors, but nevertheless looks stylish and attractive.

Smartphone dimensions - 147.7 × 70.8 × 7.5 mm, weight - 164 grams. So, he is a little more compact LG G5, but weighs about the same. Meizu Pro 6 is pleasant to the touch, its corps is completely non-slip and therefore it is unlikely to "east of the hand".

In terms of design, this is a typical representative of the MEIZU Pro line, with a metal case and a screen. A friend of the smartphone is similar to both its predecessors, and on the iPhone 6 Plus, except that the "Chinese" have a slightly frame and a slightly different form of the primary button. Due to this, the ratio of the area of \u200b\u200bthe screen to the total surface of Meizu Pro 6 was higher than that of the "apple phones" - 71.6% against 67.7%. In the "Home" key, hidden a rather fast and sensitive fingerprint scanner. True, he does not always work the first time, mainly due to his small area. In the same Huawei P9 Lite, the scanner is almost twice as large, there they will definitely come to the desired parts of the pillows of the fingers. How it is now fashionable, the edges of the glass on the screen are slightly curved - this is what is called 2.5d-glass. It looks stylish, but even more reminiscent of iPhones.

Aluminum on the housing is interrupted only on the back of the panel, which turned out to be recognizable due to the pair of plastic inserts of an unusual form. They look like curved phones bending to the edges, it looks fresh and unusual. All corners and ends are gently smoothed, the camera is only slightly repeated from the housing. Right under the lens you can see an unusual ring from the backlight LEDs - it looks original, but, in our opinion, it is not very pretty, maybe even on the contrary. As mentioned above, the hull is made of metal and is very high quality, practically does not give in to bending, it does not creak anywhere and does not bete.

Meizu Pro 6 can be bought in five colors: Gray (GRAY), Golden (Gold), Silver (Silver), Red (Flames Red) and Rose Gold (Rose Gold).

Screen - 3.6.

Meizu Pro 6 received a high-quality, but not the perfect 5.2-inch screen with a chip in the form of the defamation of the press force.

The display received FULL HD-resolution (1920 × 1080 points) and Super AMOLED matrix. The image on the screen is quite clear, the pixel density is 423 per inch. The screen is good in almost everything - protective glass Gorilla Glass 4, the highest contrast, wide viewing angles, besides, he is calmly reading in the sun. In addition, it has a rather effective oleophobic coating, it almost does not collect fingerprints and lights easily. The brightness varies from 3 to 380 kD / m2, the screen will not be loosened in the dark and looks pretty bright. But the accuracy of color reproduction turned out to be medium in smartphones, about 4 units (we expect no more than two from the flagships). The image on the screen has some kind of bluish-green shade. This is partially treated with manual adjustment of the color temperature in the settings (put "warmer"), although the manufacturer could do it independently.

The most unusual in the novelty is the support of 3D Press, analogue of the 3D Touch function (Pressing Pressure Recognition, like from). Moreover, you yourself can customize the strength of the trigger (strong, normal, soft), and also disable it. This feature works just like on Apple devices - it can be compared with the right key of the mouse on the laptop. The main problem is that Android does not yet support such a function, that is, using 3D Press can be controlled except that the preset applications in the original Flyme firmware. And these opportunities are completely not impressive.

Camera

Meizu Pro 6 takes off on the flagship level and may well replace the budgetary camera.

Meizu Pro 6 and Pro 5 Predecessor are identical - the same Sony IMX 230 sensor (size 1 / 2.4 ") at 21 megapixel and front camera on 5 megapixel. The phone is combined at once the phase and laser focus system. In addition, an unusual feature is a ring from 10 light LEDs under the lens, they are used as a flash when shooting. But if focusing really works fine, then from the flash should not expect something unusual, it is not worse and no better than on the other smartphones (because not the amount of LEDs determines its quality).

The camera interface is simply also understood, it looks similar to the one that is used in other android smartphones. As it should be, the camera has HDR mode, shooting panoramas and a separate mode for macro shot. Manual setup capabilities are quite wide, you can adjust many parameters:

ISO (from 100 to 1600)
focus (from Macro to Infinity)
exposure (from -3 to +3)
exposure (from 1/1000 to 20 seconds)
saturation (low, medium, high)
contrast (low, medium, high)
white balance (5 options).

Not such a wide range, it is impressive only the range for excerpts. The smartphone removes high quality, but practically the same as the predecessor. Nevertheless, it is enough to replace you with "soap" or create high-quality selfie. In our opinion, the day photo of Meizu Pro 6 almost does not lag behind the leaders like Galaxy S7, but inferior to them in the evening shooting. As a rule, the camera quickly and correctly focuses, shows high detail and correctly exhibits white balance. It would be possible to fix it only a small "noise" of pictures, extremely long HDR regime and a small blurry on the edges of the frame, which is often found at cameras with such a large number of megapixels.

The main chamber is able to highlight the video up to 4k-resolution. What we did not like it, so it is too sensitive by the tracking focus when shooting, it is able to dramatically jump out from the object to the object and ultimately spoil the roller.

Photo from Meizu Pro 6 - 4.1

Photo in HDR format from Meizu Pro 6 - 4.1

Photos from the front camera Meizu Pro 6 - 4.1

Working with text - 5.0

On Meizu Pro 6, you can initially select one of two keyboards: own (system) or TouchPal. Both are pretty comfortable, but Touchpal loves to annoy a bunch of pop-up messages and offer to update or regulate something. In its own keyboard there is a markup of additional characters (in the Russian layout disappears somewhere). And in TouchPal, it seems, there is everything, including continuous input (swype). The capabilities of this keyboard are wide, for example, you can adjust the size and design of the keyboard, there is even a speedometer to display the print speed.

Internet - 3.0

The Meizu Pro 6 uses a fairly advanced and convenient corporate browser. He recalls Safari on the iPhone 6 by the location of controls, even reading the reader here is almost the same. Moreover, the switching icon in it looks almost also located in the same place - next to the address string. With regard to the functionality, the browser on Meizu Pro 6 is not very different from the mobile Safari, except that there is a transition to the full version of the site, night mode and "Landscape only" page viewing mode. It is not enough except that the authors of the text under the screen width.

Communication - 5.0

Meizu Pro 6 received a typical flagship set of wireless communications:

speed \u200b\u200bdual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 (A / B / G / N / AC) with Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth V4.1 with A2DP profile
fast LTE Cat.6 (up to 300 Mbps), available on both SIM cards
A-GPS with GLONASS and Beidou
chip NFC.

As it has become fashionable lately, the phone has no FM radio. There is no and a slot for a memory card, although he was at the predecessor. The smartphone supports two Nanosim cards, and instead of the usual microUSB connector on the case there is a newer USB Type-C with quick charging capabilities (like Huawei Nexus 6p).

Multimedia - 4.4.

Meizu Pro 6 showed good results in terms of sound quality and support audio and video codecs. The smartphone calmly "chewed" all rollers, except the test couple in the MKV format. Even audio in AC-3 was played, which is atypically for mobile devices.

The Meizu Pro 6 is pre-installed its own, pleasant music player with an equalizer (sound adjustment in frequencies, only works in headphones). The video player turned out to be pretty simple, there is only rewinding and adjusting the "swipes" volume on the screen and view mode in a separate window over the desktop or other applications.

Productivity - 4.1.

Meizu Pro 6 works quickly and smoothly when solving everyday tasks, but in heavy games, the speed of refreshments of frames frankly sends. It is a bit sad for the hardware filling appropriate for the role of top.

For the productivity of the novelty, the new 10-core chipset MediaTek Helio 25x is responsible - two nuclei operate at a frequency of 2.5 GHz, four nuclei - up to 2 GHz, and the remaining four are up to 1.4 GHz. The amount of RAM is an impressive - 4 GB (like HTC 10). In general, the smartphone works quickly and smoothly in solving most tasks, but in popular games like Asphalt 8 and Nova 3, the picture twitches frankly. In various synthetic tests for performance, it is quite comparable to other flagships like samsung galaxy S7 or LG G5. But in graphic tests, the novelty is already markedly inferior to most of them and separates positions with Huawei P9 and other solutions with the same chipset. It's funny that although Meizu Pro 6 received more points in tests than Meizu Pro 5, but still inferior to him in 3D tasks. So in some heavy games, the novelty will be worse than the predecessor. As for directly points in the benchmarks, then they are as follows:

Geekbench 3 - 6401, slightly higher than Huawei P9 (nevertheless 10 cores are estimated at once)
Antutu 6.2 - 95430, higher than Android flagships 2015, for example, Motorola Moto X Force
Ice Strom Unlimited from 3DMark - 15916, comparable to LG Nexus 5X, "flagship for economical", or Galaxy Note 4, already an old Floor Furniture.

The housing of the smartphone is not so much heated during operation - after half an hour of races, its temperature did not exceed 39.5 degrees.

Battery - 3.5.

The time of work Meizu Pro 6 turned out to be average, even ordinary, which I do not expect from the flagship model. Although in some individual tests, he showed very good results.

The smartphone received a non-removable battery with a capacity of 2560 mAh - the average for its diagonal, but the low for the hardware filling appropriate for the role of the top one. In the video test (viewing HD video on the maximum brightness in flight mode) Meizu Pro 6 has shown itself well thanks to an economical amoled display matrix - 10 and a half hours. This is the result above average, comparable to Lenovo Vibe P1M long-player. But in the music player mode, the phone, roughly speaking, failed, worked out only 39 hours - the result is typical for the budget model like Microsoft Lumia 550. In the remaining tests of Meizu Pro 6 showed a good time. For example, the hour of work of the Benchmarket Battery from GeekBench 3 put a battery by 12% (almost like Huawei P9), shooting 10 minute Full HD-roller - only 5%. In Asphalt 8, the phone was discharged already quickly - 30% per hour, the result is a little worse than the average. In daily use, we had enough Meizu Pro 6 on the day for a day, although sometimes it could be discharged in just half a day of fairly intensive use (included Wi-Fi, calls, downloading a large number of applications, active testing).

The manufacturer declares the support of rapid charging, but in the kit there is a simple adapter on 2a. For this current and capacity of the battery, it has long charged the smartphone, just over two hours.

Memory - 3.5

Select a smartphone MEZ software about 6 in two versions: with 32 or 64 GB of permanent memory. In the version of 32 GB, a user is available 24.9 GB. For most users, this will be enough if you do not remove the 4k video. For some unknown reason, the manufacturer has forgotten to add a memory card slot, although it has been at the predecessor. Apparently, so fascinated by copying the iPhone, which was adopted even his minuses - it would not work out the initial volume.

Features

Meizu Pro 6 is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Flyme 5.2 OS brand interface. Will the phone get the update to the seventh android, until it is not clear.

The interface can be called particular in the smartphone, the screen recognition of the press strength, the amoled display, the fingerprint scanner and the oscillate from the LEDs for the backlight on the back of the housing. Corporate Flyme OS is compared with iOS, but externally, it is more like an android, and with some kind of childish on the appearance of icons (in the spirit of the alkatel). From iOS This interface is a relative, rather, the control method is the control key one, so the manufacturer draws from above the moves there and here as arrows and pointers, like on iPhone 6S and any other Apple phones. The branded peculiarity with the power of clicking on the screen looks interesting, but it is simply nowhere to apply. Even in the same iPhone, she does not really use it, but to expect that the developers will spend time on this chip for one Meizu Pro 6 (with a pair of other Android-Smyphon, for example, Huawei P9 Plus) is better not worth it.

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Any comparisons with the iPhone were wrinkled, but in the case of Meizu Pro 6, without them it is not necessary. Meizu used similar materials, familiar body shape, and the ergonomics of the design is comparable.

PRO 6 is made of aluminum, the display covers the rounded glass (2.5D). Miniature plastic plugs antennas as if stretching to the ends of the housing (we saw a similar solution in ). Camera block, more precisely, the outbreak was originally issued. It consists of ten multicolored diodes collected in the ring, in the center of which posted a laser autofocus.

The volume and inclusion control keys are located on the right, the display is the only system control key, from below - USB Type-C, Mini-Jack, speaker and main microphone. The miniature hole of the second microphone turned out to be on the upper end, and the tray of two nanosim on the left. Collected everything perfectly.

It seems that the Chinese tried to create a non-iPhone 6 apparatus, originally issued separate elements, but by collecting everything in a bunch still turned out to be a variation on the apple smartphone. Moreover, buyers need to be prepared for the fact that the rest will take your smartphone for the iPhone. Good or bad - to solve you. On the other hand, Black Pro 6 looks quite original.

Pro 6 will appreciate the perfectionists - elements from behind and in front of symmetrical relative to the vertical axis, the front side is especially good, on which the windows of the sensors and the front chamber are equally distinguished from the crack of the spoken speaker.

Physically sizes correspond to modern ideas about the conditionally compact smartphone, Pro 6 can be enjoyed by one hand. Also confuses only the sliding of the case - the materials, the form, the absence of noticeably protruding elements and the weight of the smartphone (heavy) contribute to this.

Display

Design perception is subjective, and the characteristics of the display can be estimated specifically. The smartphone was installed 5.2 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 to 1080 points. According to the results of our measurements, brightness varies from 3.5 to 372 cd / m2. The accuracy of the factory calibration is not perfect, but acceptable.

Subjectively, the screen looks very good - let it be not the last generation of Super Amoled, which Samsung uses in its flagships, but it is difficult to find face to the quality of the image. Meizu has added everything you need - you can select a color profile in the settings (default, standard, photo mode or full-color mode) and adjust the color temperature. There is also a "read mode", which reduces the number of blue color components.

In fact, anyone can adjust the image under its taste - from very cold with oversaturated colors, to warm with standard color coverage (approximate to IPS screens).

The disadvantages should be attributed except that the brightness of the brightness is slightly delayed - including the display on the street. The first seconds screen can choose the minimum backlight level, it looks like a software problem.

3D Press

In stock The 3D Press function - the screen is sensitive to the power of pressing, with part of the system applications, it is possible to interact more by pressing their icons on their icons (it is strong pressing, and not hold).

For example, in the calendar you can quickly create a new event or view the agenda, in the chamber - run the shooting video or turn on the "mirror", in the clock - create alarm clock, start the timer or stopwatch. Personally, I tried this functionality solely for familiarizing and checking, and later I completely forgot about it.

In contrast to iOS, in Android sensitive to the power of pressing of displays can be considered a marketing advantage that increases the price of the display unit. While such functionality is added exclusively by manufacturers and only for system or pairs of affiliate applications, there is no point in it. Later it can turn into a real advantage if Google creates the standard API for developers and will support Flyme OS.

Operating system and shell

Meizu Pro 6 is running the branded Flyme OS fifth version based on Android 6. As in the case of Xiaomi, it makes no sense to pay attention to the version of Android - the functionality of the system depends on the shell version.

Compared to Flyme 4.5, the fifth version looked noticeably, the company revised many controversial points. Visual changes have affected primarily the execution of the notifications panel, modes switches, and settings menu, system application design. Notifications are displayed on the lock screen, a shortcut appeared in the notification panel to go to the settings, reworked the view of the list of last running applications.

As before, the labels of applications are placed on the work desks and sorted by folders. In the desktop work gestures - you can open the notification panel with your finger. Swipe from the bottom border of the screen is responsible for opening the list of last running applications - it looks like the stock android, but rotates in the opposite direction. The physical key under the display is multifunctional. Pressing returns to the home screen, the touch works as "back", and the button withholding the button can be blocked. Also, the fingerprint scanner is also built into it. It works very quickly, but not perfect - sometimes the trigger occurs from the second time.

Despite the non-standard control, everything looks thought out and get used to the Meizu control scheme easily. In addition to standard control bodies, you can enable floating translucent SmartTouch key - in addition to standard functions, it can be used to switch between running applications.

On the lock screen, gestures work - you can turn on the backlight, immediately unlock the display, run the built-in applications.

Depending on the version of the system, the application "Themes" can be preinstalled with a store that changes the type of labels and the design of other elements. If a Flyme account will be present in the firmware, the user will be able to use the Meizu cloud to synchronize and back up data, remotely search for the device, receiving root access by system tools. On the test smartphone was installed Flyme OS 5.2.0.0g without a Flyme account.

As in the case of MIUI from Xiaomi, the firmware is damp at the start of sales. I did not have critical comments to performance, speed of launching and switching applications, although we met a brand a couple of times. A clear glitch - links to YouTube, Instagram from third-party applications open in the system browser, and not the applications themselves. The Google Now Assistant is present in the form of a separate application, it cannot be launched by holding the key, use the NOW ON TAP function, the implementation of power consumption modes is also own (no doze).

Hardware platform and sound

In most cases, MEDIATEK processors corresponding to the positioning of models use as the basis of its MEIZU smartphones. Pro 6 did not exception, he received the Helio X25 flagship platform. SOC Interesting is the first ten-folder. The kernels are collected in three clusters - 4 x Cortex-A53 frequency to 1.4 GHz (for basic tasks), 4 x Cortex-A53 frequency of 2 GHz and a productive block of two Cortex-A57 nuclei with a clock frequency of 2.5 GHz. Vidonidro - Mali 880-MP4. The amount of RAM in all modifications is 4 GB. Built-in memory can be 32 or 64 GB, no memory card slot.

Communication modules include support for LTE networks, two-band Wi-Fi AC, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 3.1 with Type-C connector. The infrared port would not be prevented with NFC, but there are no them in this flagship.

The new platform leaves in general a positive impression - the results in the benchmarks are not recorded, but worthy, and the device works quickly. The performance of the graphic subsystem is average, but at this stage it is enough. For example, in "Tankers" at the maximum settings of FPS graphics, it keeps at 35 frames, with performance in other games there are no problems, as with the work of individual modules (network, Wi-Fi, GPS).

Under the load (demanding games, benchmark, video shooting in 4K) The smartphone is significantly heated - this is especially noticeable due to the aluminum case, which actually acts as a radiator. So, after 6 minutes of recording video in 4K, the built-in sensor showed a temperature of 35 degrees, and the body temperature, according to the laser thermometer, was 40 degrees. In the hands, such heating is well tangible and perceived as "above average." With normal use, data transmission in 3G and Wi-Fi networks, charging, and so on, there is no such heating, Pro 6 remains maximum warm.

Meizu traditionally pay attention to the quality of the sound in its flagships - this applies to both the external dynamics and the presence of a separate sound chip. Pro 6 I liked both criteria. The external speaker swell significantly if you cover it with your hand while watching video or games, but it sounds vividly and loud. The audio chip received the Hi-Fi Lite marketing name, the Cirrus Logic CS43L36 B1AC1540 TW is hidden below it. The sound quality in the headphones is slightly better than the remaining flagships, good detail and some volume is noticeable, although much will depend on the headphones used. There is a good volume of volume.

There is no complaints about the conversational dynamics - the voice of the interlocutor is transmitted naturally, the volume is normal. Vibrating alert medium, sometimes it can not be felt.

Working hours

One of the explicit disadvantages of Meizu Pro 6 can be considered the time of operation - the battery capacity is modest, only 2560 mAh. Real work hours will depend on the use profile, set of applications used and power saving settings. My standard profile includes the synchronization of two google accounts, the use of mobile Internet and Wi-Fi, reading, social networks, messengers, a little music, video and a minimum of telephone conversations. In this mode, the smartphone works the day, charge is enough from morning to evening with a mandatory charge at night. Screen running time 3-4 hours.

It is worth a little zoom to the load, make a couple of dozen photos, watch the series or a couple of rollers with YouTube through 3G and charge is not enough. Therefore, you will have to wear an external battery with you and get a USB Type-C spare cable. If communication with the smartphone takes you less time, the time of work will be stretched to day.

With a complete charger for Meizu Pro 6 declared support for rapid charging (100% per hour) with MediaTek Pump Express technology, but the smartphone came to us without configuration, so we could not check this parameter.

Cameras

The smartphone has two cameras - the main Sony module with a resolution of 21 MP, the possibility of shooting 4K video, laser and phase autofocus and lens of 6 lenses ƒ / 2.2. The front camera has a resolution of 5 MP, five-element lens ƒ / 2.0.

The camera application is distinguished by a simple interface, there are Panorama modes, macro, shooting Slow-Mo video, creating gif animations and photos with the ability to change the focus point after shooting. Manual mode allows you to set an excerpt (up to 20 seconds), ISO, focusing distance, expiration, white balance, saturation and contrast. The portrait will enjoy the girls - you can increase your eyes in real time, make the skin lighter and smoother, and the face is already.

In an absolute understanding, the smartphone removes well, but noticeably lagging behind other flagships - looking at the characteristics of the camera you expect better quality. Day photos are obtained quite worthy, and when shooting indoors and at night, things are average. Many moments want to write off to the dampness of the software, because when the smartphone focuses automatically, the sharpness is adjusted quickly, and when manually specifying the focus point - noticeably longer than the laid (even in ideal conditions). Similar situation with 4K video - it is somewhat derric. I want to believe that the problem points will be corrected with the release of new firmware, that's just it is not clear when this happens (and whether it happens). A flash of ten diodes is the same marketing, the brightness is not different from other smartphones with only two diodes.

Introduction

The MEIZU Pro 5 smartphone, presented last year, I used a long time, managed to understand all his positive and negative sides. As a result, internally determined for myself that Pro 5 is mine: excellent materials, good assembly, high performance not only in applications, but also with interface work, a good chamber, a large number of RAM that allowed not to unload the necessary applications from it. The only complaint - dimensions. Yes, it is thin, but relatively heavy and, most importantly (from a negative point of view), large. It's one thing - to sit quietly in the office and periodically lift the Pro 5 from the table to write another tweet, the other is to try to use the gadget on the go, in the subway or in the crash bus. I think many will understand what we are talking about.

Frankly, in the next generation of "Peks", I was waiting for the same diagonal of 5.7 inches, only with a more trumped chip and other parameters. However, Meizu surprised, representing Pro 6 in much more compact form. What personally cannot but rejoice me.

But it is worth starting with the fact that Meizu did not badly take us out for the nose: remember how the photos of some apparatus were "leaving" the network, and everyone thought it was a new iPhone. And when Apple's novelty came out, many were in bewilderment: really such a design will be used in another apple apparatus. After the announcement of Meizu Pro 6, everything fell into place. And I am glad that Pro 6 turned out to be exactly the mysterious devission from the network.

The Pro 6 smartphone is currently a MEIZU flagship. There is a confidence that it is for a while: Probably, in the near future, we will see the FABLET (type MX6) with the technical characteristics of "proshi", only with large screen diagonal and resolution (5.7 "QHD Superamoled) - a certain Xiaomi MI MAX response.

Novelty Meizu Pro 6 is built on the MediaTek Helio x25 chipset (Pro 5 had a samsung processor), equipped with 4 GB of RAM, a small 5.2-inch screen and a fullHD resolution. Interestingly, this time MEIZU used the SUPERAMOLED screen matrix with all the resulting settings. The camera module remained the same, but the lens has changed a little (the angle is slightly wider). From the original: The PRO 6 appeared an analogue of Apple 3D Touch - Meizu 3D Press.

At the moment there is a pre-order. The cost of Pro 6 is 32 GB - 33,000 rubles, 64 GB - 36,000 rubles. And for those who pay pre-orders completely, the "ears" of the HD50 (they cost about 5,000 rubles separately).

Characteristics Meizu Pro 6

Case materials: Metal, Glass, Plastic inserts
Operating system: Android 6.0, Flyme 6.1
Network: GSM / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA, LTE (TD / FDD-LTE), DualSim (Nanosim)
Screen: Super AMOLED, Diagonal 5.2 ", resolution 1920x1080, PPI 423, automatic adjustment of the backlight level, protective glass 2.5d, Recognition of Pressing Pressure (3D Press)
Platform: MediaTek Helio X25
Processor: Tentore, 64-bit, Four Corteh-A53 kernels at 1.4 GHz + Four Cortex-A53 kernels at 2 GHz + Two Cortex-A72 kernels at 2.5 GHz
Graphics: Mali T880 (Four Cores)
RAM: 4 GB
Data storage memory: 32/64 GB
Slot under the memory card: no
Main Camera: 21 MP, 6 Lens, F / 2.2, Laser and Phase Autofocus, Circular LED Flash (10 LEDs), Video is written in 4K
Front camera: 5 MP, F / 2.0, video is written in 1080p
Interfaces: Wi-Fi (A / B / G / N / AC) Dual-Band, Bluetooth 4.0 (LE), USB Type C Connector (USB 3.1, MHL) for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset
NAVIGATION: GPS (A-GPS support), GLONASS
Audio: Cirrus Logic CS43L36 DAC
Optional: Fingerprint scanner Mtouch 2.1, accelerometer, light sensor, approximation sensor
Battery: 2560 mAh
Dimensions: 147.7 x 70.8 x 7.2 mm
Weight: 160 grams

Contents of delivery

Smartphone
Network adapter
USB Type-C cable
Metal clip for removing SIM tray
Brief instructions
Warranty coupon

Design, dimensions, control elements

When the Apple iPhone is mentioned in the text, in many comments, I apologize for the expression, demolitions the roof. However, you can not get anywhere: one way or another, most Chinese companies copy the appearance of Apple devices and do not even hide the fact that they are extremely positive about the products from Cupertino.

With the front side of Meizu Pro 6 - a complete copy of the Apple iPhone 6s, the only difference is that in Pro 6, the mechanical button is not round, and oval. The shape of the case is rectangular, the angles are strongly bevelled, the fashionable glass 2.5D is used, the side faces are shown. In general, the device looks nice, neat and quite pretty. Dimensions - 147.7 x 70.8 x 7.2 mm, weight - 160 grams.

In the hand, the gadget lies perfectly, the weight could be less, but in this case the device "dissolved" would be in the palm of the palm, which is not very pleasant when using the phone, it must be felt.

The back cover is metallic, it is said that the "iron" in it is about 98%. We will believe the word. Under plastic inserts from above and below are antennas. And they are distributed not in a straight line, but along the perimeter of the faces. Quite a simple, but the original decision, to which MEIZU was the first to think.

For sale, the device will go in three colors: silver and golden with frontal panel of white and dark gray with a black front panel. We had a model in white. In my opinion, it looks less interesting than black (many resembles Apple iPhone in Space Gray). On the back of the Pro 6, traces of hand are noticeable, the front panel is covered with a oleophobic layer, the quality is excellent, the finger slides easily. The display is protected by a third generation Corning Gorilla Glass glass.

From above on the front panel, the front camera, the lighting sensor and the approximation, speech speaker are symmetrically located. The speaker has a high volume (there is a stock), excellent intelligibility, a pleasant low-frequency timbre.

Under the screen - branded button. It performs the same functions as the button in Pro 5: Mechanical Pressing (Output "Home"), touch ("Back") and as a dactylconical sensor Mtouch 2.1: response speed 0.2 seconds, recognition angle - 360 degrees, up to 5 prints .

In the lower end - 3.5 mm audio output on headphones, the main microphone, USB Type-C (USB 3.1) and four holes where the speaker speaker is hidden. From above - an additional microphone.

Right - button on the phone (activation of the backlight, lock) and the volume keypad key. Made from metal, use relatively convenient, I would like them to be more convex.

On the left side there are metal sleds. They are installed two Nano format characters. The slot under the memory card in this model was not provided.

From the reverse side, there is a chamber's eye, which is slightly towers above the case. Silver rim, polished metal. A flash is unusually decorated: 10 small LEDs (5 warm glow and as much cold) are located in a circle. In the center of the outbreak - the area of \u200b\u200bblack. There is a laser focus system.

Meizu and Apple iPhone 5

Display

Meizu Pro 6 uses a screen whose diagonal is 5.2 inches. Let me 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". The physical size of the display Pro 6 - 64x114 mm, the frame from above - 15.5 mm, from below - 16, on the right and on the left - just less than 3 mm, one of the best indicators. There is an anti-reflective coating.

The resolution of the display Meizu Pro 6 is FullHD, that is, 1080x1920 points, density - 423 pixels per inch. The matrix is \u200b\u200bmade by Samsung - Superamoled. The so-called "Pentile" effect is present here, however, it is completely immeasured by the eye.

Maximum white brightness - 352 cd / m2 (official data - 350). Contrast - 10 000: 1.

White line is the target we are trying to achieve. Yellow line - actual screen data. You can see that we are almost directly on the target curve at values \u200b\u200bfrom 0 to 100%, which means that each time the image is sufficiently highlighted. Yellow line - in fact, the average amount of red, green and blue.

The average gamma value is 2.3.

Judging by the level of levels, blue color in excess, and the red is shortened.

On the minimum brightness temperature closer to 8300 K, with an increase reaches 9000 K.

Judging by the diagram, the data obtained is much higher than the SRGB triangle, especially in the green zone.

Almost all the gray points are located outside the Deltae \u003d 10 radius, which indicates that other colors will be present in gray colors.

The viewing angles are maximum, under certain slopes of the screen, the picture is slightly green.

Behavior on light

Behavior in shadow

Corners review

White color

This model contains branded color saturation settings from Samsung. In addition, you can choose the color temperature and turn on the eye protection from blue.

The device supports quick awakening functions: double tap, other gestures. There is a smarttouch. When you turn on, a small point appears on the screen, with which you can perform various actions: Pressing the point - "Back", movement from the bottom up - launch the notifications panel and so on.

The 3D Press feature appeared in Meizu Pro 6, which is an analogue of 3D touch from Apple. When you press a finger on certain interface elements, the device recognizes pressing force. Depending on this displays various information. For example, if you click on the "Phone" icon, an additional menu will appear with the choice between adding new contact and search for subscribers.

The trick is cool, but no more. There is hardly a large number of programmers for developing applications precisely under Meizu Pro 6. Is that for the Chinese program market. In the settings, you can choose Pressing strength or turn off 3D Press.

Battery

This model uses a non-removable battery with a capacity of 2560 mAh.

When working with the battery device, it was enough for about 15-17 hours: about 20-30 minutes of conversations per day, about 6 hours of using 3G / 4G (permanent mail synchronization, "Twitter", "Vomtsappa", Skype, and so on), Approximately 5 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 the movie viewing mode (FullHD / 4K), 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.

"In comparison with the generally accepted solution 5V \u003d 2A, the charge rate of Meizu Pro 6 is enhanced by 140%. The battery is charging up to 26% in just 10 minutes of charging, and up to 100% - in just 60 minutes. The result of collaboration with MediaTek and Texas Instruments has become MCharge 3.0 with accurate energy distribution. This technology allows three IC chips to constantly interact, quickly switching high and low voltage depending on temperature and current battery consumption. Compared to other devices with fast charging, the effectiveness of MCharge 3.0 is 20% higher, and the heating temperature of the battery is below 5 degrees on the Celsius scale.

Also, the company introduced Meizu Pro 6 with a new data cable. The reliability of the interface is increased by 15%. With MCharge 3.0, charging with a new cable has now become even faster and safer. "

MT6351V power controller

Unfortunately, we did not have on the review of the branded cable and the network adapter. As soon as we get, add true values.

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)

Unlike Pro 5, in Pro 6 NFC chip.

The rest is standard: Wi-Fi (AC and B / G / N) Dual-Band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, USB TYPE-C connector (USB 3.1, MHL, USB-OTG, USB-Host) For charge / synchronization. GPS navigation works without problems. In addition, Pro 6 also uses Volte technology.

Memory and memory card

Smartphone will be available in two versions:

4 GB of RAM (LPDDR3) and 32 GB built-in
4 GB of RAM (LPDDR3) and 64 GB built-in

In both cases, the built-in EMMC version 5.1.

Cameras

Two cameras: Basic at 21.16 mp (6 lenses, aperture F2.2, Sony IMX230 with an area of \u200b\u200b1 / 2.4 "with a pixel size of 1.12 nm), frontal 5 MP (F2.0). The flash has two colors of the glow: cold and warm. There is a laser (in the company argue that its rangefoil increased by 4 times) and phase focus. Optical stabilization, unfortunately, is absent.

The Sony IMX230 module became the first multi-layer CMOS sensor with phase autofocus.

If you compare the Pro 5 and Pro 6 chamber, then the last pictures come out a little more widely angry. As for the detail, it is approximately the same. In general, I agree with the words of Artem Lutfullina:

"The camera in Meizu Pro 6 has become better than in Pro 5, in my opinion: focusing is a little faster, a little less noise, the drawing itself has become more voluminous and deep, but compare it with cameras in LG G4, SGS6, Note 5 and Especially since SGS7 / 7 EDGE, I still don't take it. "

If you do not compare the Meizu chamber with other devices of about the same price category, then you are an excellent module. Always fast and accurate focus, accurate white balance, wide dynamic range and viewing angle, minimum noise, even in insufficient lighting conditions.

The device writes video to the maximum resolution of 3840x2160 pixels at 30 k / s. The quality is good, but the main drawback is a narrow viewing angle. Although it is still greater than in Pro 5.

The usual hand parameters of ISO, excerpt, focus, exposure remained. Otherwise, nothing new.

Examples of photos

Metro

Day

Flash

Manual settings

Night

Selfie

Performance and software platform

The MEIZU Pro 6 smartphone uses Taiwanese chipset MediaTek Helio X25 - the world's first mobile processor with a threecluster (Tri-Cluster) architecture and ten computing nuclei. Its full technical characteristics are shown below.

Helio X25 Central Processor

The most basic: technical process 20 nm, 10 cores, three clusters (2 cores ARM Cortex-A72 + 4 Arm Cortex-A53 + 4 kernels ARM Cortex-A53). Clusters switch automatically depending on the task. The harder the application, the more clusters are involved:

"Simple tasks are sent by a chipset to one core cluster, while more complex (and more energy-cost) tasks are distributed over two other clusters. If the smartphone only performs simple tasks - as, for example, sending an SMS or a calculator operation - the chipset leaves only one cluster included and, thus, provides decent performance while saving the battery charge. "

Judging by the photo, a copper heat sink plate is laid at the upper part of the device. When the processor loads the MEIZU Pro 6 case heats up slightly.

The MALI-T880MP4 accelerator is responsible for the processing of graphics.

As for the speed of work, in front of you the fastest device in terms of displaying information on the screen, the speed of animation.

If we talk about toys, then Pro 6, unfortunately, is not the device on which it is worth run heavy games. Yes, they are launched, you can play, but the number of personnel is completely not happy.

Real Racing 3. Low FPS
ASPHALT 8. Low FPS values
Walking War Robots. Low fps
Modern Combat 5. Low FPS values
Dead Trigger 2. Low FPS Values
Dead Effect. Low fps
World of tanks. Less, but sometimes fps are reduced
Wolrd of Derby. When the weather is turned on, the number of frames is reduced.
Seashine. All perfectly
Darkness Reborn. All perfectly

Performance tests

The device works on the Google Android version 6.0 operating system. Since the Flyme branded envelope is used in Meizu (in this case, version 5.2), then nothing remains from the "six". Musical player standard for Meizu.

The MSOUND speaker has a very high volume, I think at Pro 5. Sound is clean, without wheezing. To improve the quality and volume of the sound of an external speaker, an NXP TFA9911 amplifier is used. Advanced chip can fix the status of the dynamics and carry out intelligent control of the vibration of the membrane (Adaptive Excursion Control). There is protection against overheating in real time: direct measurement ensures that the temperature of the sound coil will never exceed its nominal limit. You can read in more detail.

Nuance. It seemed to me, the developers were somewhat fascinated by the work on the speaker and His frequency response. The fact is that in some melodies or sounds, the speaker cannot transmit even lower frequencies, so it starts to "choke". Fortunately, it happens rarely.

Also in Meizu Pro 6 there is a digital-analog converter (in a simple - music chip) from CS43L36 from Cirrus Logic. Alas, but according to this Tsap, I could not find well information (for Datasheet lovers there is a Dac page). Moreover, the Mention of CS43L36 is displayed only with Meizu Pro 6. Let's remind you that the Pro 5 stands the hardening ES9018K2M DSC.

I am not a professional in an assessment of sound, but it seemed to me that Pro 6 sounds no worse than Pro 5. I was appreciated in the "ears" Meizu HD50. In any case, Pro 6 sounds better than Samsung Galaxy S6.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that Meizu and its products I treat quite positively, I will be strictly evaluated.

There is no complaints about the quality of the cellular signal of the cellular connection, the vibration signal is medium in force. Unfortunately, SMARTON has no notification indicator about missing calls, SMS and other things.

Appearance. There are no particular complaints. However, the silver body is quickly covered by fingerprints, leaving dark traces on a light metal lid. Oleophobic coating of excellent quality, finger slides like oil, imprints are invisible. As for the power button: it is desirable that it be more noticeable.

Screen. Despite the decent testimony of the calibrator, under the corners the picture can be a little greater. The rest of the matrix is \u200b\u200bchic: pixelization is invisible, the contrast is high, the color rendition is accurate, saturation control is present. Separately, it is worth mentioning a blue filter.

Cameras. If optical stabilization was used in Pro 6, the camera could be called one of the best among the analogues (not flagships like LG G4 / G5, Samsung S7, Apple iPhone 6S Plus - they still remove the best Pro 6). And so - just a good camera: Fast, with accurate focusing. However, most users need only the last two parameters.

Performance. Here Meizu will have to scold. The new MEDIATEK chipset does not cope with modern games. Therefore, if you target the smartphone and toys too, then Pro 6 is clearly not for you. Perhaps the time will pass, the developers optimize games under Helio X25, and then everything will be ok. If we are talking about the speed of animation and about working with applications - Meizu Pro 6 in this plan on Kon.

Sound. Speech speaker has excellent quality, there is a margin on volume. The speaker of the speaker is also loud, bass, ringing and clean. However, it was moved with low frequencies (so it seemed). In the headphones, high quality sound, loud. Someone will seem that the CS43L36 DAC is not the level of ES9018K2M, but I liked everything.

Overall impression

Frankly, I waited for the price of Meizu Pro 6 in the area of \u200b\u200b30,000 rubles, that is, the youngest model is about 27,000 - 29,000 rubles, the eldest 30,000 - 32,000 rubles. However, if the cost of HD50 headphones is from the official price (33,000 rubles and 36,000 rubles), it turns out exactly as I expected.

The apparatus has several nuances that confuse me a little:

No optical stabilization of the camera
Weak optimization of chipset and games

It seems to me that the modern flagship smartphone is obliged to satisfy these two simple requirements.

In general, Meizu Pro 6 is a pretty gadget for not too sophisticated user.

Competitors:

SAMSUNG GALAXY S6.. You can find from 27,000 rubles (not PCT) and from 31,000 rubles (PCT). Pros: better camera, above screen resolution, there is an NFC, more optimized chipset, it is samsung. Minus - 3 GB of RAM
Huawei Honor 7.. Costs about 25,000 rubles. In fact, the Pro 6 analogue, only a battery for 3000 mAh
Moto X Play.. Costs about 26,000 rubles. Few RAM and weak chip
SAMSUNG GALAXY A7 (2016). Price - about 31,000 rubles. Cute smartphone with excellent camera and big screen
Xiaomi Mi5.. Costs about 25,000 rubles. In Russia, it is not officially represented. Cutter Battery, there is an NFC, powerful chipset
Lenovo Vibe Shot.. You can find from 22,000 rubles. Unusual appearance, excellent camera, capacious battery
Sony Xperia Z5.. You can find from 37,000 rubles. Classic machine from Sony
Huawei P8.. Costs from 25,000 rubles. Thin metal apparatus.

The sound is the first thing that I want to start this review. Initially, Meizu was engaged in the production of high-quality MP3 players, so in all flagship smartphones Meizu has a separate chip, which is responsible for the quality of the sound of music in headphones. For the purity of the test, the site compared Pro 6 with such giants as Marshall London (smartphone from a well-known musical brand), LG G5 SE and Samsung Galaxy S7.

All songs listened to expensive monitor headphones. Meizu Pro 6 became the unconditional leader. He has the most pleasant bass, a natural sound, and thanks to an emphasis on medium frequencies - and the most pleasant vocal. It remains to wait for the exit LG G5 to sell to compare the sound quality of the Korean with a module from Bang & Olufsen.

If you are Meloman, then Meizu Pro 6 is an excellent option

The screen is excellent

The screen in Meizu Pro 6 can be bolder to call one of the best. Here is a 5.2-inch full-HD Super Amoled Matrix with 3D Press (3D Touch Analog). The screen recognizes pressing strength like iPhone 6S. Without a doubt, it is very cool, only here is the third-party applications manufacturers this opportunity is not yet supported. Therefore, it is possible to appreciate the beauty of 3D PRESS only on standard pre-installed applications.

An error occurred during the download.

I clicked on the "dialer" morestantly and pops up a window that suggests immediately to call selected contacts. Very comfortably! We hope, third-party developers will not remain aside and will quickly update their applications.

For noting the "push" here QHD permission is a separate plus. If you are not a virtual reality lover, then the difference between Full-HD and QHD (like Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5) will not notice.

The viewing angles are maximum, so the correspondence in the subway will be the property of the entire car. Yes, and video in a large company can be viewed with comfort. The flagship brightness range is very large. You can use the smartphone at any time of the day: Whether late night or sunny April Day. Color temperature can be set in the settings - this is definitely plus. Also pleases that the frames around the screen, as in Xiaomi Mi5, there is no.

The screen in Pro 6 is one of the best among competitors, and Full-HD permission instead of QHD is a reasonable solution.

Designers tried

photos

Compared to the predecessor, the novelty has become much smaller, so you enjoy the smartphone with one hand - one pleasure. Plastic inserts on the back panel were replaced by curved strips. It looks like a solution harmoniously: much more pleasant than the same iPhone.

Metal Pro 6 will be very bold: it is especially noticeable for a new outbreak, which is more like an additional camera or at all on the fingerprint scanner.

There are no complaints on the assembly: no crunches, nor creaks. Yes, and the "Home" button is pleasant, pressed easily. For example, a competitor from Xiaomi - Mi5 - the tug-and narrow button.

Meizu shell, in my opinion, is one of the best among Android smartphones. Everything works quickly and easily. And the aforementioned button "Home" is very multifunctional. If it is clamped, the screen will go out, the simple press will return you to the work screen, and the light "tap" works like the "Back" button. Very comfortably.

And how is it in power?

Comparison of the performance of Meizu Pro 6 with competitors in synthetic tests. The greater the digit, the better.

It is not worth worry about the power. With any "heavy" toys like Asphalt 8 and Dead Trigger 2, the device copes on a solid five. For the week of using Meizu Pro 6, never slowed down and playing all the tasks. Such performance is achieved thanks to the Tentuclear MEDIATEK Helio X25 chipset and 4 GB of RAM.

Although the processor and one of the topmost, noticeably that with optimization is not all perfect. The device is noticeably heated, even though it does not burn, and in some games sometimes "sends" the number of frames per second. It pleases that Meizu is famous for frequent updates and long-term support for devices, so we hope that with each update it will become a bit better.

There are no problems with the quality of communication: the network does not "fall off", and LTE catches fine. I really liked the smart fingerprint scanner. With the screen enabled, it generally works simply instantly, and the owner's fingers recognize quite accurately. The memory card slot is not: you have to choose between versions by 32 and 64 GB. But there is a slot for two SIM cards and unusual USB Type-C. To post the charge of the house is contraindicated, a new one is very difficult to find - the format is not yet widespread.

Power Meizu Pro 6 will be enough to "chop" in the hardest toys

Not bad camera

photos autonomy indexed indicators. Battery in Pro 6 by 2560 mAh. For a 5.2-inch smartphone of this little. However, thanks to the amoled screen that consumes little energy, the device twists the video in Full-HD for 14 hours, but you can only play toys for 3-3.5 hours. In the mixed mode of use (social network, correspondence in messengers, youtube, music), the device with difficulty living until the end of the day.

When compared with competitors, Pro 6 is not so bad. It turns out that autonomy indicators from the PRO 6 flagship is medium.

conclusions

Meizu Pro 6 is a smartphone with top characteristics, excellent screen, the best sound in the headphones, a pleasant design and a good chamber. In Russia, the device will cost approximately 35 thousand rubles for the initial version, which is significantly more expensive than in China. But even such a price tag is not bad against the background of competitors from A-brands, because for Samsung Galaxy S7 you need to overpay 10-15 thousand rubles. Of course, Korean is more interesting in almost everything, but a third of prices is serious, besides the sound at Meizu is better, and the technology of Press Touch - while rare in Android toy.

LG G5 SE is another alternative "POWER". Here are 3 GB of RAM (against 4 Meizu), worse autonomy and more dull screen (but pixels more). From the advantages of LG - a wide-angle camera and a modular design, that is, it will be possible to replace the battery quickly. But is it worth overpayments 10-15 thousand rubles?

Meizu 6 Pro is made entirely of metal, with the exception of small grooves for antennas. Unlike most such devices, there are no plastic inserts in the mease. The body is completely solid, polished with sandblasting. The metal turned out to be smooth, but at the same time not slippery, it will not stick to the hands. With a long use of the hands do not sweat, and the body does not heat up. Fingerprints on the hull does not remain. The build quality is very high. The device will not be built anywhere, the buttons are mounted tight, when you press are not tilted.

The front of the hull is covered with a 2,5d glass. This makes a smartphone MEZ about 6 more rounded than its predecessors, whose roundness fell on the glass. The event indicator is installed at the top - a novelty in the smartphones of this line. Home button combined with fingerprint scanner. The side keys are located on the right end of the device. On the back there is a camera and a photo list, made on the new technology.

Characteristics

Like all flagships of recent years, Meizu 6 has small dimensions: height 147.7 mm, width 70.8 mm, thickness 7.25 mm. The weight of the phone is only 160 grams.

SUPER AMOLED screen with multitouch technology support. Large screen resolution - 1920 per 1080 pixels, pixel density 424 PPI. Good brightness allows you to use the phone at any lighting, large viewing angles without distorting colors. Damage and scratches The device protects the glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

MEIZU PRO 6 has 2 cameras installed. The first chamber has a large resolution of 21 MP, there is support for autofocus technology. The camera lens consists of six lenses. Maximum video resolution - FullHD with frame frequency 30 FPS. The front camera with a resolution of 5 MP has the same parameters as the main chamber.

Meizu has allocated 32 GB of memory for storing the user information. It is possible to expand memory to 160 GB using microSD memory cards. RAM 4 GB is enough for any type of task.

The Meso Pro 6 uses a powerful ten MediaTek Helio X25 processor, operating at a frequency to 2.5 GHz. A graphic chip MALI T880 is working in a pair.

The flagship supports the latest generation of mobile networks LTE 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluethooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS. There are lighting sensors and approximations, as well as a gyroscope, clock, compass and barometer.

A small battery for 2560 ma-hours allows the phone to work up to 15 hours in talk mode. Charging the phone happens quickly, because Used fast charge technology.

Price

Meizu Pro 6 is pretty cheap, despite its attitude to the most expensive class of devices. The price of the device begins from 25 thousand rubles.