Smartphone Meizu Zero - advantages and disadvantages

More recently, images and parameters of a new smartphone from the Meizu brand without a single button and connector appeared on the Internet. The device is called Meizu Zero, and the developers themselves announced the approximate price for the device: about $ 2,000. At the moment, the gadget has no analogues. For this reason, it has such a considerable price. The unique gadget does not contain mini-jacks for recharging and headphones, or a SIM card tray. All elements have been replaced with modernized analogues.

About the manufacturer

The manufacturing company has always been famous for the fact that it never tried to "jump above its head." She never depended on capital investments, so she “did not shine” to fear a global failure. However, at the same time, the brand was never able to achieve dizzying success and earn a reputation in the world. But the motto of the general director of the concern to this day is the expression: "Slow, but persistent progress is a hundred times better than the speedy recognition of consumers."

Thanks to its creative approach, Meizu is known for producing mobile gadgets that can be appreciated by different categories of users. And at the end of 2012, the company entered the top of the best smartphone manufacturers in the Middle Kingdom, where it holds its place to this day.

Typically, mobile devices of this brand are quite difficult to purchase in conventional electronics stores. However, they can be easily ordered online. When the question arises as to whether it is worth buying a device of this brand, many users fall into doubt. The company itself is not popular enough in Russia. Therefore, potential buyers very often doubt the quality of the devices of this manufacturer.

Just three or four years ago, no one in Russia heard about the company. However, at the moment, products from the manufacturer are rapidly saturating the Russian market. By the end of 2018, over 72 million Meizu phones have been sold in Russia. And many users managed to appreciate the purchased devices. Given the many advantages of smartphones, the owners confidently began to recommend them to their friends.

The company itself was founded in 2003. From the very beginning, the company's engineers have been working on the creation of mobile electronic devices for playing digital musical compositions. After three years of operation, the company has become the most famous manufacturer of digital music players in China. In those years, there was an increased demand for such devices from consumers, so the company's business "quickly went uphill."

The very first device for listening to music was called the MX.A few years later, the developers gave this name to one of the smartphones. This brainchild has gained enough popularity, they started talking about the company as a serious manufacturer of not only music players, but also high-quality phones.

At that time, no one sponsored the young company, it was completely dependent on its own income. Three years later, the company became one of the leaders in the sale of music players. The devices differed from similar gadgets in a body without any seam and a touch screen. At that time, such options were not very common. The newly released seamless player could become a real competitor to the one from the "apple company". However, the latter took the lead in terms of the number of sales, without losing the “palm”.

The booming market for mobile gadgets in the ROC gave the manufacturer a push to reconfigure its operations. The company's management understood that it was necessary to react with lightning speed to changes in the electronics market. Start building your own smartphones. In September 2007, the brand released its first-born Meizu M8 with a high-quality screen and a fashionable 18:9 aspect ratio. The gadget was very similar to Apple's devices, causing bewilderment and respect from customers all over the world.

Even despite the fact that every time a new product is released, the manufacturer makes an analogue of the goods of competing firms, the quality of the product is superior to the copied one. So, in 2008, the company released a smartphone that surpasses Apple, Samsung, LG. After that, the attitude towards the brand has changed dramatically all over the world for the better. To this day, the company has a reputation as a brand that produces high-quality and productive products.

In just ten years, the company has managed to successfully combine the most innovative developments and unique stylish design in its devices. In addition, most of the devices are offered to the consumer at a relatively low price.

• build quality;
• multifunctionality;
• performance.

• minor interface flaws.

Overview and specifications Smartphone Meizu Zero

The main highlight of the novelty from Meizu is the lack of any keys and connectors on the case. The device lacks mini-jacks for charging, a sound emitter, a slot for a SIM card and other elements. The device received a body made of solid ceramics. The presence of a protective option IP68 allows you to avoid damage when actively using your smartphone. The case is covered with a dense plastic shell with rubber inserts that soften the blows. Also there are special plugs that prevent moisture from entering. According to the manufacturer, the smartphone can lie under water at a depth of 60 cm for about half an hour without consequences.

To replenish the charge, it is proposed to use inductive branded stations with an intensity of 18 watts. According to the developers, it took 24 months and more than seventy patents to create this unique station. There is also no headphone jack on the device, so you can only listen to music using a wireless headset.

Screen

Zero features a 5.99-inch AMOLED screen. One of the main advantages of such a display is that its power consumption generally depends on the brightness of the image. Therefore, the monitor will require much less power to display dark colors.Due to this option, a deeper black color is achieved, since the pixels of this color are not highlighted at all.

The sound is also generated by 2.0 surround sound technology. The speakers consist of two speakers, each of which contains both high and low frequencies. When using, you do not have to press the display to your ear, since the sound in the smartphone is quite loud. The developers replaced the usual side buttons for turning on and blocking with capacitive touch elements that are simply sensitive to pressure. Management of other icons is standard - by clicking on the desired application or program.

The management somewhat opened the "veil of secrecy", saying that the novelty will have an integrated electronic SIM card. As well as a video camera similar to the Zero's predecessor, the Meizu 16.

Memory and processor

The smartphone is built on the Snapdragon 845 chip platform. The flagship processor features the latest architecture with 4K video capture. The chipset uses the Adreno 630 graphics processor and the Spectra 280 signal graphics chip. Thanks to the presence of this processor, the accuracy of color transitions is increased. The chipset is able to solve machine learning tasks three times faster than its predecessors. However, according to the CEO of Meizu, the smartphone will continue to be based on a more advanced Snapdragon 855 processor.

Zero will work in tandem with the Flyme operating system. The system implements mechanisms for navigating and viewing web pages with live animation. And the system's innovative intelligent engine automatically tracks the owner's preferences. This makes using a smartphone as convenient as possible.Unfortunately, the manufacturer does not specify the Android version. To provide mobile communications, engineers built in smart SIM cards, which, unfortunately, are useless in Russia. The novelty is distinguished by six gigabytes of RAM. As well as 64 gigabytes of internal memory.

autonomy

An important point to pay attention to is the charge of the battery. Since the device does not have any connectors, the only option for recharging it is to use a wireless charger. The principle of operation of such "recharging" is based on the use of two induction coils. One of which is a conductor, the second is a transmitter of electric current.

Due to the fact that charging has 18 watts of intensity, Zero charges very quickly. As electrolysis, a polymer with a gel-like lithium conductor-filler is used here.

Camera and multimedia

According to the manufacturer, the main dual camera Zero will not differ from its predecessor Meizu 16. The device also received Sony IMX sensor modules with a resolution of 20 and 16 megapixels. At the hardware level, it supports shooting Slow Motion Video up to 480 frames per second at 720p resolution. The modules provide better quality photos and videos in low light conditions. A twenty megapixel front camera makes up to sixty frames per second.

There is optical stabilization and a 3x optical zoom option. And according to the developers, photos taken on this smartphone will score more than 100 points in DxOMark tests. There are currently no examples of Zero photos on the Internet. However, Sony IMX sensor modules with a resolution of 20 and 16 megapixels take such photos:

This is what a picture taken with a similar camera at night looks like:

Navigation

The antenna of the device was originally created by designers to support the 5G network. Has wireless interfaces: Wi-fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi direct. GPS system: A-GPS, GLONASS.

Sound

When creating Zero, the development engineers initially abandoned the use of standard sound emitters. Instead, they have adopted innovative 2.0 surround sound technology. Thanks to this function, the spatial sound effect is increased, the desired acoustic atmosphere is created. The sound just comes out of the monitor.

The manufacturer claims that in the case of a telephone conversation there will be no difference how to put the phone to your ear. It can be approached by either side or side. The upgraded elements thought out by engineers using high-quality materials to create a smartphone have made it possible to increase the volume and sound quality on the device.

The unique novelty has the following technical parameters:

Average price: from 135,000 rubles.

• uniqueness;
• stylish design;
• protection IP68;
• quality from the manufacturer;
• introduction of innovative technologies.

• high price;
• lack of eSIM support in Russia.

At the moment, the manufacturer has not disclosed all the characteristics of the smartphone, as well as its future retail price. This action is due to the fact that in the near future they are thinking of transferring the device to a more productive chip. After that, not only some characteristics of the smartphone will change, but also its cost.