Meizu M6 hands-on experience: Smartphones under 1,000 yuan can also perform well

Since the advent of the Meizu brand, the Meizu Note series of mobile phones always seem to become benchmark products in the domestic thousand-yuan phone market, especially this year's Meizu Note 6, which was equipped with a Qualcomm processor and dual cameras, and even has the posture of challenging flagship phones in some aspects.

But this undoubtedly puts higher demands on Meizu's next products priced below 1,000 yuan. How can the cheapest youth product be equally outstanding? Meizu 6 is the latest answer.

Appearance: Polished appearance

A cheap smartphone does not necessarily have to look cheap. This is the impression that Meizu phones give people from the very beginning.

The front of the 5-inch Meizu 6 looks like a smaller version of the Meizu Note 6. Not only is it covered with 2.5D curved glass, the iconic oval Home button below the screen still has a fingerprint recognition function.

Although the Meizu M6, which starts at 699 yuan, does not have an integrated metal body, the polycarbonate back cover has a very metallic texture, which still ensures an excellent feel and visual experience.

At the same time, unlike the straight antenna design on the back of the Meizu Blue Note 6, the exquisite workmanship details of Qingnian Liangpin are also fully reflected in the entry-level Meizu Blue 6 through the two fine metal-like lines on the upper and lower parts of the carbonate back cover. Meizu emphasizes that this is to highlight the appearance appeal of awakening new craftsmanship in classic materials.

Performance: Faithful to the experience

Meizu M6 has returned to the MediaTek camp, which is determined by both product positioning and production costs.

In terms of daily experience, the eight-core MT6750 processor can fully meet the usage needs of Meizu Blue 6, including general online games. Of course, the 720P screen resolution of Meizu Blue 6 also reduces the consumption of processor performance to a certain extent.

In addition to the basic version with 2+16GB, Meizu Blue 6 also offers a high-end version with 3+32GB, but the price difference between the two is 300 yuan.

In terms of performance parameters, Meizu M6 is clearly looking for a balance between "easy to use" and "cost-effective". At the same time, its built-in 3070mAh large battery is extremely generous, and the charging port still uses the most common Micro-USB specification, which is in line with the product's positioning of being as practical as possible.

It is worth mentioning that unlike the standard 12V/2A 23W fast charging head of Meizu Note 6, the standard charging head of Meizu 6 is more than half smaller in size, with specifications of only 5V/1.5A. Fortunately, considering that the battery capacity of the two machines differs by nearly 1000mAh, it only takes about half an hour longer to fully charge Meizu 6 than Meizu Note 6.

Taking photos: Leapfrog

In terms of camera, Meizu Blue 6 uses a front 8MP + rear 13MP camera combination. The rear camera uses a 13-megapixel RGBW four-color architecture sensor, a customized 5P lens with an ultra-large aperture of ƒ/2.2, matched with ArcSoft multi-frame noise reduction and HDR algorithm, and the front 8-megapixel camera also adds ArcSoft beauty algorithm. These camera parameters can be said to be a leap forward for Meizu Blue 6, which starts at 699 yuan.

However, due to the lack of dual cameras, many mobile phone users who value photography may prefer Meizu Note 6 instead of Meizu 6. But at a price below 1,000 yuan, the actual photography performance of Meizu 6 is still remarkable.

(Photo taken with Meizu M6)

(Photo taken by Meizu Note 6)

(Photo taken with Meizu M6)

(Photo taken by Meizu Note 6)

Due to the recent continuous cloudy weather in Beijing, we did not find an environment with sufficient sunlight to test the camera of Meizu M6. However, in cloudy daytime environments and backlit scenes, the actual photo quality of Meizu M6 is not much different from that of Meizu M6 Note 6.

(Photo taken with Meizu M6)

(Photo taken by Meizu Note 6)

When shooting scenes with richer colors, the difference between Meizu M6 and Meizu M6 Note 6 is just a slight difference in color orientation.

(Photo taken with Meizu M6)

(Photo taken by Meizu Note 6)

But in the night environment, Meizu M6 Note 6 directly shows its better ability to restore details. Of course, this is reasonable. Meizu M6 can achieve a daytime photography level similar to Meizu M6 Note 6, and its night photography ability is not inferior to other mobile phones of the same price. This performance is satisfactory enough.

In general, the most entry-level Meizu blue mobile phone has come all the way from 1 to 6. Although it has not brought people the surprise of "suddenly confronting the flagship phone" from time to time like the Meizu blue Note series, it has always tried its best to do its best in its established position.

The same is true for the Meizu M6 today. Unlike other low-priced mobile phones, which compromise other aspects for the sake of basic functions and make the product boring, it is still a qualified youth product.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.