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Meizu MX4 Real and overall review

Meizu has released its latest smartphone, Meizu MX4, and it will also announce Meizu MX4 Pro soon. But today, i would like to make a deep review about Meizu MX4 first. This smartphone has become the flaship device in the market right now. Meizu MX4 is said to be the best rival of Xiaomi MI4. As you know, Xiaomi, Meizu, Huawei, Oppo and ZTE are all Chinese famous brand. You can also share the feeling about this smartphone.
Design and apperance
Meizu MX4 packs a 1920 * 1152 Pixel SHARP JDI Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Screen , with the dimension of 5.67 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches (144 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm), From the screen size, it can be the most suitable size for us to hold. If it sported a large screen more than 5.36inch, it would increase the some unacceptable comments from users. Therefore, I like the screen size , meanwhile, i have tested the screen quality, it has also nice screen color. Which i would like to use the smartphone to wathc the videos. Hope you can have the same feeling with me.
Powerful Hardware :MTK6595 Octa Core 2.2Ghz
Meizu MX4 is the first smartphone which is powered by MTK6595 Octa Core 2.2Ghz processor, before the MTK6595 chipset came out, many manufacturers and users have predicted which brand will be the first one using MTK6595 Octa core 2.2 GHz processor, now Meizu has revealed the answer for you. About the speed, i really can't express my joy about it more. It's so fast and swift compared with MTK6592 Octa core 1.7GHz, when i play the 3D games, there is no need to wait for more than 20seconds. I can log in the games without any stop. Believe or not, just have a try.
As for the internal memory, it is not RAM 3GB but RAM 2GB, and it has two versions that one is RAM 2GB ROM 32GB, the other is RAM 2GB ROM 16gb, i am the one who is inclined to use the ROM 32GB. which has the larger storage which let me download and store numerous full high definition videos.
20.7MP Rear Camera
As for me, a cool camera is very important, Meizu MX4 has 20.7MP rear camera which is the finest camera i have ever seen compared with other smartphone. It utilizes Sony’s latest high-end Exmor RS sensor, coming in at 1/2.3″ and 20.7 megapixels this sensor not only picks up a ton of detail but it picks up a ton of light too. Although the front camera has only 2MP, the rear camera is really eye-catching. I will take more pictures about the back camera.
3100mAh Battery(Bulit-in)
Last time, you must remember THL has released the most durable battery with 5000mAh, now Meizu MX4 has also 3100mAh battery built in the smartphone. Standby in particular is absolutely amazing on the MX4, when i play the gmaes by this smartphone, it can support more than 8 hours working time. I really can't believe it.
Support 4G LTE network , GPS, and Multilanguage function
Besides those nice features, Meizu MX4 can also support multilanguage, which can beat those Lenovo smartphone without multilanguage function. And 4G LTE network let me enjoy the fast speed to search the Internet. Especially play it on subway. GPS function can help me guide my way when i have a travel, or when i shop on a strange road.
In conclusion, i love this Meizu MX4 smartphone with the good price. Hope you can also have a nice experience with me.

Well first of all I would like personally to thank you for the review. I was thinking to buy this phone and by this great review, I am more likely to buy it sooner than I thought. The thing is tho, 4G LTE network works in all European countries with all Cell phone Brands or how you call it? I mean like Vodafone, Orange, O2, Cosmote, Wind etc...? And I would like to ask something else too(since you own the phone already) does it support LED notifications? I saw a video on youtube but I am not sure if it's real or fake. Thanks in advance.

Internal phone storage
I currently have a ZTE Nubia Z5S NX503A, 32GB version. When I recieved it, I found out it had just a 2GB internal phone storage and around 24GB SD-storage. None of the storage locations are able to be physicaly removed or replaced. As a standard, Google Play Store installs apps to this internal phone storage, but this gets very quickly filled up. Anyone know how this is with the Meizu MX4 Pro?

I love meizu mx4 and pro. Planing to buy it.. Little bit concern about customs charge.. I am living India.. Did anyone already buy from India ?
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As well know, except for the MEIZU MX4, Huawei Ascend Mate7 and the Xiaomi Mi4 are both the latest popular Chines mobiles, so how do you think of the three mobile phones?

LTE, stock(ish) Android, dual sim, Chinese brand?

I'm looking for a dual sim phone which supports LTE, but with as close to stock AOSP as possible and also with reasonably hi specs.
I know I could go down the S5 or HTC M8 route and I guess they are options.
I have however been looking at some of the Chinese manufacturers which are presently offering some very good speced dual sim LTE phones, namely the Honor 6, Elephone P3000s and the Nubia Z7 mini. My biggest issue with these though is rom support and whether they contain GAPPS (and also how rootable they are).
Reading around it seems that the Nubia Z7 mini might be the best supported in terms of Rom (both officially and unofficially).
I am seriously tempted by the Elephone P3000s (when it comes in stock) mainly because of the price as well.
Any other thoughts, or options I'm missing out on?

Huawei MediaPad X2 4G LTE Android 5.0 Octa Core 3GB 32GB

what do you think about the Huawei MediaPad X2? Huawei MediaPad X2 will be formally pre-ordered from 17 March to April 6, and formally sell on April 7.
Huawei MediaPad X2 specifications:
OS: Android 5.0
CPU: HUAWEI Hisilicon Kirin 930 octa core, 2.0GHz
GPU: ARM Mali-T628 MP4
RAM: 3GB DDR3
Storage: 32GB support up to 128GB TF card
Sim Card: Dual SIM card (support TD-LTE and FDD-LTE)
Size: 7.0 inch, 16:10
Resolution: 1920*1200 Full HD IPS LTPS
Dual camera: front is 5.0MP, with 22mm wide angle, 13.0MP CMOS Back Camera with Flashlight, F2.0
5000 mAh battery
Huawei MediaPad X2 Review: https://youtu.be/yIQHZ5YNO2o

It sounds great. Even bigger than my Z Ultra!
A question: Does anyone know if the Dual SIM is "active" -- that is to say that each SIM has its own circuitry, allowing for two different carriers?
I spend time in both the US and in Europe, so I need a European carrier (Orange) and an American carrier (Net10).

bobnelsonfr said:
It sounds great. Even bigger than my Z Ultra!
A question: Does anyone know if the Dual SIM is "active" -- that is to say that each SIM has its own circuitry, allowing for two different carriers?
I spend time in both the US and in Europe, so I need a European carrier (Orange) and an American carrier (Net10).
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I would imagine. The band support is slightly different for each. It also says dual card/dual standby in the spec sheet here so that probably means you can standby on two different networks simultaneously.
http://www.pompmall.com/huawei-mediapad-x2.html
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Krystyna said:
what do you think about the Huawei MediaPad X2? Huawei MediaPad X2 will be formally pre-ordered from 17 March to April 6, and formally sell on April 7.
Huawei MediaPad X2 specifications:
OS: Android 5.0
CPU: HUAWEI Hisilicon Kirin 930 octa core, 2.0GHz
GPU: ARM Mali-T628 MP4
RAM: 3GB DDR3
Storage: 32GB support up to 128GB TF card
Sim Card: Dual SIM card (support TD-LTE and FDD-LTE)
Size: 7.0 inch, 16:10
Resolution: 1920*1200 Full HD IPS LTPS
Dual camera: front is 5.0MP, with 22mm wide angle, 13.0MP CMOS Back Camera with Flashlight, F2.0
5000 mAh battery
Huawei MediaPad X2 Review: https://youtu.be/yIQHZ5YNO2o
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I've been looking at this phone ever since it was announced at MWC and searching every day for news about it. It is available at pompmall for preorder and coming out on April 7. I am a bit wary since the screen colors don't look as good as the X1, and its not something that can be fixed with a color temp slider, but we shall see. I have been debating between this and the X1 since that is cheaper and almost the same thing, but some key specs make the X2 worth paying more for and waiting for.
The X1 has a rather disappointing kirin 910 that benches even worse than a Galaxy S4. It is also, for all intents and purposes, stuck on 4.2 if you want a non-broken UI. The 4.4 I hear has many issues. Chinese phones in general, whatever Android version is preloaded is what you should expect and no more. Any upgrades are basically landmines since they hire a few monkeys and pay them with bananas to upgrade the software. The X2 will have lollipop from the get go.
The kirin 930 is also much much faster than the 910, although I wish the GPU was a bit more powerful. Qualcomm has been having issues with the Snapdragon 810 running the A57 cores and overheating at 2Ghz. Huawei has had crap processors in the past (cough kirin 910, 920, etc.) but I would imagine the 930 to be somewhat competent since it is basically just a 64bit version of their "slightly" older kirin processors in the Honor 6 and Mate 7 that had A15 cores. After so many iterations with A15/A57 they should be at least somewhat okay by now after so much trial and error. The big ass 7" will probably help with any thermal issues.
The other thing that will probably be a sizeable upgrade is the f/2.0 rear camera that will likely be the same IMX214 from the Mate 7. I just hope they actually improved the processing from the Mate 7. It didn't take very good pics and the X1 with the f/2.2 IMX135 was even worse. The front facing camera is now 22mm wide although it still has a sad f/2.4. I am probably expecting too much from Huawei since I have yet to find a phone from them that actually takes good pics but one can hope since it is a new year and they are willing to place their flagship kirin 930 into this big boy so maybe other changes are in store as well.
I like the metal-ish HTC like design of the X2 front more than the all glass generic look of the X1. Except I am partial to the dark blue back of the X1 black version.
Fun fact. Technically this phone is as wide as a 7.5" device since it has an android tablet aspect ratio of 16:10 instead of 16:9. I have always hated the extra long or extra tall look of 16:9 for anything but movies in landscape. I wish the bezels were thinner though, as the side bezels aren't really up to flagship level and makes it wider than it needs to be, even by a few mm.

katamari201 said:
I would imagine. The band support is slightly different for each. It also says dual card/dual standby in the spec sheet here so that probably means you can standby on two different networks simultaneously.
http://www.pompmall.com/huawei-mediapad-x2.html
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I've been looking at this phone ever since it was announced at MWC and searching every day for news about it. It is available at pompmall for preorder and coming out on April 7. I am a bit wary since the screen colors don't look as good as the X1, and its not something that can be fixed with a color temp slider, but we shall see. I have been debating between this and the X1 since that is cheaper and almost the same thing, but some key specs make the X2 worth paying more for and waiting for.
The X1 has a rather disappointing kirin 910 that benches even worse than a Galaxy S4. It is also, for all intents and purposes, stuck on 4.2 if you want a non-broken UI. The 4.4 I hear has many issues. Chinese phones in general, whatever Android version is preloaded is what you should expect and no more. Any upgrades are basically landmines since they hire a few monkeys and pay them with bananas to upgrade the software. The X2 will have lollipop from the get go.
The kirin 930 is also much much faster than the 910, although I wish the GPU was a bit more powerful. Qualcomm has been having issues with the Snapdragon 810 running the A57 cores and overheating at 2Ghz. Huawei has had crap processors in the past (cough kirin 910, 920, etc.) but I would imagine the 930 to be somewhat competent since it is basically just a 64bit version of their "slightly" older kirin processors in the Honor 6 and Mate 7 that had A15 cores. After so many iterations with A15/A57 they should be at least somewhat okay by now after so much trial and error. The big ass 7" will probably help with any thermal issues.
The other thing that will probably be a sizeable upgrade is the f/2.0 rear camera that will likely be the same IMX214 from the Mate 7. I just hope they actually improved the processing from the Mate 7. It didn't take very good pics and the X1 with the f/2.2 IMX135 was even worse. The front facing camera is now 22mm wide although it still has a sad f/2.4. I am probably expecting too much from Huawei since I have yet to find a phone from them that actually takes good pics but one can hope since it is a new year and they are willing to place their flagship kirin 930 into this big boy so maybe other changes are in store as well.
I like the metal-ish HTC like design of the X2 front more than the all glass generic look of the X1. Except I am partial to the dark blue back of the X1 black version.
Fun fact. Technically this phone is as wide as a 7.5" device since it has an android tablet aspect ratio of 16:10 instead of 16:9. I have always hated the extra long or extra tall look of 16:9 for anything but movies in landscape. I wish the bezels were thinner though, as the side bezels aren't really up to flagship level and makes it wider than it needs to be, even by a few mm.
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Thanks, If I use two SIM cards, means I can't use SD card, it support full active?

Someone managed to combine the SIM with the micro SD card,
which makes X2 become dual 4G with micro SD inserted.
You can try vut do this on your own risk.
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Mediapad X3 ?

http://digi.tech.qq.com/a/20160316/005231.htm
http://www.tenaa.com.cn/WSFW/Licenc...T1A/6Ggkk5UOAsR4gGB6L2A4f/uiCEbVjYF4yJ+4zpNtB

http://www.gizchina.com/2016/03/19/huawei-honor-x3-passes-trough-tenaa-confirms-specifications/
Back in January, rumors of a possible Huawei Honor X2 successor started to pop out. According with previous rumors, the tablet named as Huawei Honor X3, would be unveiled during CES packing a nice set of specs. However it was a no show until the most recent leaks at TENAA.
Originally, we were expecting the device to come with 6.2-inch 2K device, Kirin 950 processor alongside 4GB of Ram and 64GB of Storage. Previous benchmarks also suggested Android 6.0 in a newer version of EMUI. We cannot say what happened with the device on those leaks, but we got a different picture in the TENAA Honor X3 documentation.
According to TENAA, the Huawei Honor X3 boasts a larger 7-inch display with 1920×1200 resolution. The horsepower is given with the use of Snapdragon 615, a quite old and deprecated choice in 2016; Huawei could at least consider the 616 version that fixes all the problems found in the 615, other specs include 2GB of Ram and 16GB of Storage.
The Huawei Honor X3 also comes with a generous 13MP rear camera and 5MP unit on the front. We also found the presence of a fingerprint scanner on device’s border, just below power button, a new placement that we are seeing more often this year. Finally, the device houses a 4320mAh battery to provide enough juice to run out the specs.

Hey bark,
Thanks for posting this. In my opinion, these specs seem highly unrealistic and under par even in comparison to the current X2. I'll gamble and say the specs for the X3 will be much better than the ones quoted in this article...

ya maybe they might have a lite and a pro version for x3. and this one could be of lite.

A Snapdragon processor means there will probably be a CM based rom for it in the future.

Snapdragon means NO Dual Sim Full Active.... So I have to look to other device.

cmvrgr said:
Snapdragon means NO Dual Sim Full Active.... So I have to look to other device.
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My Mi Max has a Snapdragon 652 and is DSDS.

[SPECS] Lenovo Phab 2 Pro - World's First Project Tango Smartphone

Here you'll find specifications for Lenovo Phab 2 Pro provided by Gadgets NDTV.​
General
Dimensions (mm): 179.80 x 88.60 x 10.70
Weight (g): 250.0
Battery capacity (mAh): 4050
Removable battery: No
Display
Screen size (inches): 6.40
Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels
Hardware
Processor: 1.8 GHz Octa-core
Processor make: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
RAM: 4GB
Internal storage: 64GB
Expandable storage: Yes (via microSD)
Camera
Rear camera: 16-megapixel
Flash: Yes
Front camera: 8-megapixel
Software
Operating system: Android 6.0
Connectivity
Wi-Fi: Yes
Wi-Fi Standards supported: 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac
GPS: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
NFC: Yes
Infrared: No
USB OTG: No
Headphones: 3.5mm
FM: No
GSM/CDMA: GSM
3G: Yes
4G/LTE: Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40): No
Sensors: Compass/Magnetometer, Proximity, Accelometer, Ambient light, Gyroscope, Barometer
I'm very excited for about this phone. I hope there will be nice software development for it.

Definitely interested in the Plus and Pro versions of this device.
I've been using a Huawei Mate 7 for nearly a year now and I'm fine with the size factor of it, and I think I'd like the even larger size of the Phab 2. I can't wait to see some tests on the finished product and some camera samples. :fingers-crossed:

Good to know that it does have NFC, GsmArena doesn't have NFC listed for it, but not having USB OTG is a bummer. I also wonder if it has MHL and WiFi Direct.

I just signed up for when its going to be released, this might be my next new phone.

I would love it if this phone had CDMA compatibility. I'm stuck on Verizon in my area, so once again I'm disappointed...

thefinancemaster said:
I would love it if this phone had CDMA compatibility. I'm stuck on Verizon in my area, so once again I'm disappointed...
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I don't like it either. But unfortunately CDMA only takes up 15% of the market (mostly North America) while the GSM standard takes up 85% of the market share. So if I were a smartphone manufacturer, unless I had an exclusive contract with Verizon or Sprint, I'd put all my energy towards making my device compatible with the most broadly used standard.
CDMA is starting to make some inroads in other countries, so maybe that will spur more device manufacturers to include the CDMA frequencies in future phones.

Thanks for the insight Clarkson. I didn't realize that there was such a big difference, but I knew there was one. This may be extremely naive, but doesn't it seem like they could just include CDMA radios and charge an extra $20 or something? I have a Nexus 6P that I'm extremely happy with right now, but I'm always on the lookout for my next phone. This one is unlocked and I activated it on Verizon, so I know they can do it!

Phone doesn't have NFC I posted this on Lenovo site and got answer from "Lenovo"
Does it have NFC ?
1 answer
Lenovo · 3 hours ago
No it does not

Champagne Gold?
Any word on when champagne gold will be available? If I'm spending $500, why not be happy with the color?
The other disappointment for me is the micro USB. I suppose I can compromise on the lack of USB-C but I've been spoiled.
I currently use a ZTE Zmax Pro, a quick pick up after returning the Note 7. I discovered that I loved the 6-inch screen. Why not go for a 6.5 with higher screen resolution?
The camera and battery of the Phab 2 pro are much better. I'm a big OneNote stylus user so the screen real estate is more attractive to me than Tango.
[Queen OTE=H. Clarkson;67493220]Definitely interested in the Plus and Pro versions of this device.
I've been using a Huawei Mate 7 for nearly a year now and I'm fine with the size factor of it, and I think I'd like the even larger size of the Phab 2. I can't wait to see some tests on the finished product and some camera samples. :fingers-crossed:[/QUOTE]

I am glad the US is finally getting a phone this size with decent specs. I used to have the Z Ultra back in the past but their camera was dismal and had no flash but it was still a beast. I see the Phab 2 Pro as it's replacement for me as far as size, camera, screen resolution and full LTE support. I think Sony dropped the ball big time by not having a follow-up to the Z Ultra....I am currently using the Mate 8 but I have used the Mi Max and Honor Note 8 this year as well but the Mate 8 won me over and after I get this Phab 2 Pro..I will not get another phone for awhile

Z Ultra also had bezel from hell. Its touch screen eventually stopped working on me. I had the GPE.

4G LTE Verizon works
thefinancemaster said:
I would love it if this phone had CDMA compatibility. I'm stuck on Verizon in my area, so once again I'm disappointed...
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This phone works on Verizon 4G

Does this phone get calls over VoLTE or drop to 3G like the Phab 2?
01/26/17 EDIT: I had to go buy one to find out for myself... YES this device uses VoLTE (HD) For Calls.