Meizu has officially announced it Pro series flagship, the Pro 6 in China. The Pro 6 sports a full metal boady and has mTouch 2.1 home button, that doubles as fingerprint sensor, and can unlcok the phone in just 0.2 seconds. It also comes with NXP's SmartPA chip and Cirrus Logic CS43L36 DAC for enhanced sound experience.
The Meizu Pro 6 features a 5.2-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 Super AMOLD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection and 3D Press, Meizu's version of Apple's 3D Touch, that perceives different levels of pressure on the screen. It is powered by MediaTek's deca-core Helio X25 64-bit processor aided by Mali T880 GPUI and 4GB RAM. On-board storage is 32GB/64GB (two inbuilt storage variants), which can be expanded via microSD card.
For photography, the Pro 6 gets 21.6-megapixel rear camera with Ring dual-tone LED flash (10x), Laser Auto Focus, PDAF, 6P lenses, f/2.2 aperture and 4K video recording. On the front there is 5-megapixel camera for clicking selfies and video calling.
The dual-SIM phone runs Flyme OS 5.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and supports 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and USB 3.1 Type-C connectivity. It is fueled by 2560mAh battery that supports mCharge 3.0 fast charging technology.
The Meizu Pro 6 32GB model is priced at CNY 2499 ($385 | Rs. 25,700), and the 64GB model costs CNY 2799 ($430 | Rs. 28,800). It is now available for order in China, and will go on sale starting from April 23.
Meizu after launching its budget smartphone the m3 note earlier this week in China, is now all set to release its flagship smartphone. The Chinese smartphone maker, has sent out invites for a press event on April 13 in Beijing, where it will unveil the Meizu Pro 6. The Pro 6 will be the successor of Pro 5 which was launched last year in September.
Meanwhile Meizu CEO has shared a photo of the Pro 6, which shows the backside of the phone. As per the photo, the Pro 6 will have a premium metallic body, the main camera will have laser-auto focus sensor, and the new antenna lines at the top and bottom at the back.
Meizu has already confirmed that the Pro 6 will be powered by a Deca-core Helio X25 processor. Mediatek said that the processor has been designed exclusively for the Pro 6. The Helio X25 SoC has the similar architecture as the Helio X20 and has three cluster designs that includes 4 x Cortex A53 cores, 4 x Cortex A53 cores and 2 x Cortex A72 performance cores, but the chip is clocked at a higher speed of 2.5GHz. The Mali T880 GPU clock speed has also increased up to 850MHz. Although the clock speeds are higher, the X25 will consumer same amount of power as X20.
Check out rest of the rumored specs–
Meizu Pro 6 possible specs
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5.7-inch QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display
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Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC / Helio X25 SoC
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4GB RAM / 6GB RAM
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32GB/64GB/128GB inbuilt storage
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mTouch 3.1 fingerprint sensor
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Hi-Fi 3.0
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NFC 3.0
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3500mAh battery w/ 30W Fast Charging
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Price: 32GB – CNY 2799 ($430 | Rs. 29,000), 64GB – CNY 3099 ($475 | Rs. 32,000), 128GB – CNY 3499 ($3455 | Rs. 36,000)