The self-revolution of the small circle Meizu Note 2 hands-on experience

In addition to the ultra-narrow bezels and slightly alternative screen ratios, if there is anything else worth mentioning about Meizu at the product level, it must be the small circle that stands out in the Android phone camp.

Just like Apple iPhone insists on the physical HOME button, Meizu, which has always been full of literary and artistic atmosphere, also wants to show its own small feelings through the small breathing circle under the screen. It's a pity that Android's operating logic is not friendly to the design of a button. Considering the not particularly successful Smart Bar, Meizu's small feelings seem to have no reason to continue.

At this time, Meizu Note2 took the lead in making changes.

Minor update for half year update

Meizu Note 2 was released half a year after Meizu Note, and its CPU couldn't keep up with the iteration speed. So, it would be more appropriate to call it a minor facelift rather than a new product.

It is no longer the common book-turning packaging style of Meizu. Although the more conventional open-lid packaging of Meizu Blue Note2 lacks some characteristics, it looks more refined and more like a gift box with a sense of design.

There is only one layer inside the packaging of Meizu Note 2, and this time Meizu also realized how great a card pin they designed is, and attached it to the most conspicuous position in the upper right corner.

The overall style of Meizu Note 2 is no different from Meizu Note, with dual colors on the front and back, and the same polycarbonate body as iPhone 5c, which feels great in the hand. The power button has been moved to the left side of the body, below the volume button, and the thickness is 0.2mm thinner, which is almost imperceptible.

Like the Meizu Note, the lower-priced Meizu Note2 still has a 5.5-inch full HD screen and a dual-color temperature flash on the back. The price has been reduced without reducing the configuration, which gives people a good first impression. The loose card slot on the Meizu Note has also been readjusted.

Speaking of the HOME button, which has undergone the biggest changes, unlike the Meizu MX4 Pro which is used for fingerprint recognition, the physical HOME button of the Meizu Blue Note 2 is simply added to replace the small circle, and its shape is not the rounded rectangle on the previous MX4 Pro, but an oval that is more similar to the Samsung Galaxy phone. The metal edging around it makes it look stable and reliable.

The small circle has become a physical button, which brings about a huge change in the user experience. The pressing feel of the physical HOME button of Meizu Note 2 is similar to that of MX4 Pro. The key travel is very short and the feedback is very direct. If compared with the HOME button of iPhone, Meizu Note 2 will give people a very tough feeling.

mBack adds points to the latest system

At the launch of Meizu Blue Note 2 on June 2, Bai Yongxiang, president of Meizu Technology, used multiple "imperfections" to describe the previous Meizu Note. Looking at the appearance of Meizu Blue Note 2, which is not much different from its predecessor, the changes are concentrated on the system and interaction.

The UI version of Meizu Note2 has been upgraded to flyme 4.5. Flyme is still the familiar flyme, but the system version has jumped to the latest Android 5.1 for current mass-produced models. Meizu has kept its promise to users that they "must taste the lollipop."

The 64-bit system and 64-bit processor make Meizu Blue Note 2 the first Meizu phone to fully enter the 64-bit threshold. The running score of MTK 6753 octa-core processor of around 31,000 points is not as good as that of Meizu Blue Note with higher processor frequency on paper, but the actual operation fluency performance is very small, and the comprehensive performance is enough to beat most competitors on the market equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chips.

Let’s talk about the physical HOME button again. As the only part of the front of the machine that can be operated and interacted with besides the screen, the HOME button of Meizu M5 Note 2 is not just used to return to the home page.

The mBack proposed by Meizu this time can realize the return operation by touching the HOME button. Combined with the multi-tasking mechanism called out by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and the home page operation by pressing the HOME button, Meizu can finally realize the three basic operations of the Android system without taking up the internal space of the screen.

In actual use, mBack's improvement in operating efficiency did not disappoint, and people finally found the feeling of operating an Android phone in Meizu's products. However, if you were a user of other mobile phone products designed in accordance with standard Android specifications before, when switching to Meizu Blue Note2, you will still subconsciously look for touchable buttons on both sides of the HOME button. It takes some time to get familiar with the HOME button on Meizu Blue Note2 that combines the home page and return functions.

Finally, mBack first appeared in Meizu Note 2, which does not mean that the design similar to Smart Bar will disappear completely. However, most of the low-bar Bars have now become the location for displaying menu options. Commonly used applications such as "JD.com" and "AutoNavi Maps" can finally display the full screen without succumbing to the back button that exclusively occupies the low bar, which is gratifying.

What does the 799 yuan Meizu Note 2 mean?

At the end of last year, the emergence of the 999 yuan Meizu Blue Note and the slogan "Meizu is like Apple" changed the market landscape of domestic thousand-yuan smartphones.

Nowadays, the small circle has been replaced by more practical physical buttons, and the comfortable design has been continued. In addition, for 799 yuan, you can get a mobile phone equipped with a full HD screen, 2GB of RAM, and an eight-core processor. After half a year, Meizu Note2 has made the "youth quality product" more competitive in the market.

On the other hand, since Meizu started using the 16:9 standard screen ratio and used the Meizu Blue brand to open up the thousand-yuan phone market, today the small circle will also become the object of change and innovation. Meizu is no longer the conservative and stubborn Meizu of previous years.

In the future, perhaps this Meizu will bring us more surprises.

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.