Abstract: Chinese smartphone market is full of affordable flagships that both have great specs and performance. However, how do they stack up against each other? This is the comparison of OnePlus 2, Letv Le 1 Pro, ZTE Axon Elite and Meizu MX5, which is brought to y...
Thin display bezels, excellent display ratio, Above average performance, Simple and intuitive Flyme OS
Insufficient maximum display brightness, Unbalanced color imaging, Flyme OS details a bit unpolished
Excellent design with a highly attractive display-to-device ratio and an unusual user interface with Flyme OS are features that make the Meizu MX5 one of those Chinese smartphones that yield interest around the globe. An excellent design, high display-to-...
Thin and stylish metal body, Physical home button with integrated fingerprint scanner, Big 5.5-inch Full HD display with vibrant colors, high maximum brightness and superb contrast ratio, Clean and pleasant user interface, packed with many features and us
Lacks of microSD memory card slot
Meizu MX5 performed well in all of our tests. The 5.5-inch Full HD display has high brightness and contrast contrast ratio as well as 99% sRGB color gamut coverage. The display uses pulse-width modulation only at lower brightness levels, which we doubt yo...
So there you have it, affordable yet stylish all-metal Meizu MX5. It has a great design and outstanding build quality except for those a bit wobbling buttons.The phone has a well implemented UI, which gets better and better with constant software updates...
Stylish design, Good performance, Fingerprint sensor
Maximum brightness is not high enough, Inaccurate screen colors, Automatic brightness is far from optimal, Flyme UI needs a lot of improvement, Poor video recording quality, No landscape keyboard in Messages and Email, 4K video doesn't play on a computer
The Meizu MX5 makes a good first impression, but ends up feeling like a disappointment, especially since it isn't that much better than its predecessor.We wanted to like the MX5 for the undeniable charm of the series, but Meizu isn't making it easy for us...
Beautiful looks, Superb display, Fast, accurate fingerprint scanner Loaded innards
Buggy software, Average battery life
Over the past one year, many attractive devices have come our way and to differentiate them from the crowd, we've coined various terms for them such as 'value-for-money' or 'budget-performance'. Another up-and-coming category these days is that of afforda...
Buy the MX5 if you're a photography enthusiast, you won't be disappointed. Buy the MX5 if you're looking for a fairly well built phone with a fingerprint sensor, and you'll be happy. But don't buy the MX5 (at least just yet) for the promise of the Helio X...
The Meizu MX5 will be coming to Europe and Asia, unfortunately it won't make it Stateside unless you import the device. Which we pretty much all knew. There's actually a pretty big reason why it won't make it to the US, I wrote up an editorial about it...