Meizu E3 - Review and Specifications


MEIZU has finally confirmed that it is going to hold a launch event about its latest budget flagship mobile i.e Meizu E3. The smartphone according to its rumored specs is considered to be the Redmi note 5 killer.While there are not much details available about the smartphone but its launch has been confirmed as March 21 as per the sources from MEIZU. When it comes to OS it is  running Android Nougat (7.1.1) based FlymeUI 6.2.The phone is available in three color variant as - Obsidian Black, Champagne Gold and  Dark Blue. The phone is rumored to fall in the INR 20-25K category
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Overview

The Smartphone comes with 5.99" IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 2160 x 1080p and 403 ppi (18:9 Screen Ratio). Like its older brother Meizu 6S it support the side-mounted fingerprint reader and Super mBack pressure-sensitive button. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz supposedly Qualcomm SD 636 or Mediatekk P70 . The octa-core processor is backed by RAM either 4GB or 6GB (depending upon the Ram variant).


Camera

There is a dual Camera setup comprising of a 20MP primary camera with a 12MP camera of which there has been no info as if it works as a telephoto or a Monochrome camera. The rear camera comes with usual features like PDAF , Touch Focus and Panorama mode. According to current info on the phone the video capture is upto 1080p@30fps (In my opinion upto 60Fps would have been great. The front shooter is 8MP(f/2.0, 1.4 µm) 1080p camera.


A Camera sample of the phone on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. ahead of the launch, uploaded by Li Nan, Senior Vice President at MEIZU.

As per the Vice President of MEIZU, Camera of new Meizu E3 with captures more clean, crisp and Sharp pictures than its Predecessor , M6 Note with CMOS camera. The Sony IMX363 sensor powering the Dual-camera setup of Meizu E3 is said to even surpass the Rear  Dual-camera setup of the Redmi note 5 pro. But considering the price tag of more than 20k it should definately perform better so as to make its place in that price category.

Storage

The smartphone will be available in three storage options - 32GB,64GB and 128GB . The memory can be further expanded up to 128 GB via dedicated micro SD card slot. A great step by Meizu considering the popularity of Hybrid-Sim slot among smartphone manufacturers especially in the budget end smartphones.It is always great to have an option to upgrade storage without losing any other feature.

Connectivity

The phone as per the current info on the features no new upgrade in the Connectivity dept. and also there is no info about NFC communications which according to the price tag is a must requirement. Other than that there is USB Type-c which serves both as charging port as well as for PC connectivity with mCharge 3.0 to provide boost to charging speed.
As per the sources the mCharge 3.0 is shown to Surpass the Quickcharge 3.0 by far.

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