Can these three “counter-trend points” make the Meizu PRO 6 a true flagship?

Unknowingly, Meizu, which held a new product launch conference every month last year, has evolved to launching three new products a month this year. Although the brand's most representative MX series has yet to arrive, the high-end PRO series has been launched and is the first to land, which is still quite surprising.

Compared with the PRO 5 half a year ago, the current PRO 6 has obviously caused greater controversy in terms of product concept. Can the return of small screens and the counterattack of MediaTek make the Meizu PRO 6 a true flagship?

"Countertrend Point" 1: Screen

A flagship phone should have a large screen. We say that if Apple iPhone had not launched the Plus with a 5.5-inch screen, it might have started to decline long ago. Previously, all Meizu products with PRO in their names had screen sizes above 5.5 inches, until the Meizu PRO 6 became a phone with a 5.2-inch screen.

As people have always understood about small-screen mobile phones, the 5.2-inch screen and narrow bezel design make it effortless to operate the Meizu PRO 6 with one hand, which has become a significant advantage in product design.

The screen material of Meizu PRO 6 is still Super AMOLED. The difference in screen material is also an important dimension for Meizu to position its products. It is worth mentioning that the minimum brightness of Meizu PRO 6 screen can be as low as 3nit. The purpose is to protect the user's eyes when used in dark environment. Of course, we believe that a healthy lifestyle still requires moderate use of mobile phones, plus early to bed and early to rise.

The 3D Press pressure touch similar to Apple's 3D Touch makes the Meizu PRO 6 also have the most innovative function on the iPhone 6s. However, we believe that there is a reason why most Android phone manufacturers do not follow suit on this interactive feature. After all, on the iPhone, the usage rate of 3D Touch by ordinary users is extremely low. The number of apps supported by Meizu's 3D Press at this stage is extremely limited. For example, on WeChat, the additional options that can be called out by pressure sensing are not as practical and rich as those on the iPhone.

Looking at the current mobile phone market, no one has ever given up on the small-screen mobile phone business, but whether it is Samsung, Apple, Sony internationally, or Huawei, LeTV, Xiaomi domestically, small screens, large screens, and even giant screens, multiple flagships go hand in hand is a product strategy generally adopted by the industry. The Meizu PRO 6 is undoubtedly more inclined to fit the aesthetics of small-screen users. Does this mean that last year's PRO 5 has not yet "retired"?

"Countertrend Point" 2: Core Component Selection

When it comes to the topic of whether last year's PRO 5 was "retired", the reason is nothing more than Meizu's choice of important components such as the processor for the PRO 6 this year .

From the hardware configuration, although the MediaTek Helio X25 processor of Meizu PRO 6 has ten cores, it is not as high-end as the Samsung Exynos 7420 used in PRO 5 in terms of process specifications and supplier brands. Fortunately, the performance of flagship mobile phones is generally in excess nowadays, and the running score of more than 100,000 points of the MediaTek processor on PRO 6 will not disappoint some "enthusiasts".

However, the change of internal storage medium from UFS2.0 to eMMC5.1 is indeed not very impressive. Perhaps the Type-C interface that supports USB 3.1 gen1 standard can make up for it in the speed of importing files from the outside.

The new mCharge 3.0 allows the fast charging output power of Meizu PRO 6 to reach 24W. It is not difficult to fully charge the phone in one hour. Unfortunately, the 2560mAh battery capacity is indeed small. At the end of the day, if the phone still has 20% power left when you get off work, it will be difficult to last until you walk from the Second Ring Road to the Fourth Ring Road under Beijing's traffic conditions. In a sense, the battery capacity does contribute to the charging efficiency.

"Countertrend Point" 3: Price

Frankly speaking, Xiaomi did not do a good job in opening up the domestic mobile phone market priced above 2,000 yuan with last year's Xiaomi Note, resulting in this year's Xiaomi 5 still being priced at 1,999 yuan. Last year's Meizu PRO 6 targeted the 3,000 yuan price range. In comparison, this year's PRO 6 has dropped in price by about 500 yuan overall.

Except for some brands that are extremely strong in the offline market, the idea of ​​domestic mobile phones to impact the high-end market has rarely been successful. Judging from the Meizu official website, the launch of PRO 6 did not lead to a price reduction for PRO 5. Perhaps this really shows Meizu's fancy approach to flagship models, or it may be more appropriate to call PRO 6 PRO 5 mini.

In general, even though it is called PRO, the truly meaningful breakthroughs in Meizu PRO 6, from product style to system software, such as the all-metal body, 3D Press, and ten-LED dual-color temperature flash, are not obvious. The launch of PRO 6 is more like Meizu expressing an attitude that the war for small-screen Android flagships has officially started in 2016.

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.