Meizu MX4 Pro first experience: what can you get for spending an extra 700 yuan?

Meizu MX4 Pro is here, it is the second phone launched by Meizu this year. For Meizu, which only released one phone a year before, this press conference made people feel unfamiliar but also a little bit expected. Throughout the press conference, Meizu's comments on MX4 Pro can be said to be full of praise, and they repeatedly used the words "first", "number one", and "best" to describe their products. It seems that only products like Apple's iPhone6 ​​and iPhone 6 Plus are worthy of being compared by them. Behind such a high profile, how good is the experience of the MX4 Pro product itself? With the questions that everyone is concerned about, I tried the real MX4 Pro as soon as possible after the press conference.

MX4 Pro on the right

What is the difference between the appearance of MX4 Pro and MX4?

At first glance, apart from the fingerprint home button below the screen, it is difficult to notice the difference between the MX4 Pro and the MX4 in design. The new fingerprint recognition button on the front of the body seems to remind us of the classic Home button of the Meizu M9. Return or subversion? Meizu seems to think that the two can be merged. It's just that after being used to the small dot design, the rectangular Home button needs to "reset" your visual aesthetics.

MX4 Pro on the right

After a comprehensive comparison, I found that the body material and button interface of Meizu MX4 Pro are almost exactly the same. No wonder some people in the experience area complained that it was the "twin brother" Meizu MX4. But if you look closely, there are also slight differences in screen size, body thickness and weight. The thickness of Meizu MX4 Pro is 0.1mm thicker than MX4, at 9mm. The body weight has increased from 147g to 158g, but you can hardly feel the difference when holding it.

How is the new mTouch fingerprint experience?

MX4 Pro below

As the most important selling point of MX4 Pro, I also tested the fingerprint function of Meizu MX4 Pro on site. Similar to Apple TouchID, Meizu mTouch first needs to record fingerprints. The recording process is more complicated than Touch ID. A MX4 Pro can record up to 5 fingerprints. When comparing the fingerprint unlocking of iPhone 6 on site, the unlocking speed of the two is almost the same. It should be noted that when unlocking the MX4 Pro with fingerprint, you also need to click the Home button to enter the lock screen interface before unlocking, unlike Huawei Mate 7 which can be unlocked directly.

As for why the fingerprint function is designed on the front of the Meizu MX4 Pro, Bai Yongxiang explained that this is the result of Meizu's research. They think that the operation experience of designing it on the front is more convenient than on the back. I think this depends on the individual. In the future, Meizu's definition of fingerprint is not only for unlocking, but also for cooperating with Alipay, WeChat Pay and other platforms to create its own mPay.

Is the display effect of 2K+ screen significantly improved?

This time, the screen size of Meizu MX4 Pro has been upgraded from 5.36 inches of the previous MX4 to 5.5 inches, and the resolution has been upgraded from 1920×1152 pixels to 2560×1536 pixels. Meizu named it 2K+ screen. At the experience area, the light is relatively complex. By carefully observing the screen, you can still see that the 2K+ screen has improved the display of text details and the edge processing of icons. Compared with MX4, the screen brightness will also be improved. Of course, the experience on site is only rough, and the difference on the screen will require in-depth evaluation in the future to know. It cannot be denied that on a 5.5-inch large screen, a high-definition screen can indeed bring a better visual experience, but you may need to make a trade-off in terms of power consumption.

Can ultra-narrow bezels improve the one-handed grip experience?

MX4 Pro on the right

If the screen is to be made bigger, how can the one-handed experience be guaranteed? To address this issue, Meizu has designed its products with ultra-narrow bezels since the MX series. This makes the screen appear larger and is more conducive to making the body smaller, thereby improving the one-handed holding experience. But what I want to complain about is that the power button of such a large phone is designed on the top of the body, which is really a bit difficult to press with one hand.

Flyme 4.1: These new features you need to know

In addition to hardware, software is also a key upgrade. Meizu MX4 Pro is equipped with the latest Flyme 4.1 system, based on Android 4.4.4, claiming to have 13,000 improvements over Flyme 4.1. In this regard, I have selected several important changes to share with you.

The first is the floating ball function. After turning on the floating ball in the notification center, you can control the phone by sliding the floating ball, such as returning to the home screen, turning pages, etc. This is very different from the expanded small dots under the Apple iOS system, and it can be regarded as integrating more gesture operations.

Meizu has previously launched a "virtual smart navigation bar Smartbar" to integrate buttons, but in fact, due to compatibility issues, Smartbar is very difficult to use. So you can understand that the floating ball is a product that replaces Smartbar with a new form.

In addition, the Meizu MX4 Pro has added many gesture wake-up functions in the system menu. For example, you can draw the corresponding graphics on the lock screen to open the corresponding application. However, this is not a new function. Many domestic mobile phone systems have pre-installed screen-off gesture functions. There is also voice wake-up, which is mainly to solve the pain points of users who are inconvenient to operate with their hands, such as when driving.

Should I buy MX4 Pro or MX4? Here are some suggestions

In just 20 minutes of on-site experience, I can't take care of all aspects of the use of Meizu MX4 Pro, but the improvements listed in this article should help you understand Meizu MX4 Pro. If you are hesitating whether to buy the 2499 yuan MX4 Pro or the 1799 yuan Meizu MX4, you need to ask yourself whether you need the so-called fingerprint recognition, 2K+ screen, HiFi sound quality, etc. After all, many of the internal upgrades of Meizu MX4 Pro are a kind of emotional improvement. If you fancy these configurations, then spending 700 yuan more to buy Meizu MX4 Pro is the right choice. Compared with flagship products with the same configuration on the market, the price of Meizu MX4 Pro is also very competitive. If the opposite is true, it is more economical to decisively buy the 1799 yuan Meizu MX4.

Of course, there are still many things we want to know about the Meizu MX4 Pro, such as how is the actual battery life with its 2K+ screen? Is the Flyme 4.1 system stable? Is the 20.7-megapixel camera an improvement over the Meizu MX4? How accurate is the fingerprint recognition, etc. We will further reveal these questions to you after we get the MX4 Pro.

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.