Review of maize pro 6 plus by Alexei Ignatiev. Large battery and fast charging

with Quad HD display, powerful Samsung platform and the best Sony mobile camera

At the end of last year, Meizu prepared a presentation in its homeland in China, within the framework of which the updated Flyme OS 6 and two new smartphones were presented: one from the mid-level segment, and the second is a real flagship. We wrote about the event itself and the new products presented at one time. Now, on the eve of the start of sales on the Russian market, when the official prices in rubles are already known, it is time to consider in the most detailed way the main character of the described events - a new flagship smartphone company dubbed the Meizu Pro 6 Plus.

Main characteristics of Meizu Pro 6 Plus (model M686H)

• SoC Samsung Exynos 8890, 8 cores (4 × Exynos M1 @ 2.0 / 2.3 GHz, 4 × Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 / 1.6 GHz)
• GPU ARM Mali-T880 MP10 / Mali-T880 MP12
• Operating room Android system 6.0
• Super AMOLED 5.7 ″ touch display, 2560 × 1440, 518 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 4 GB LPDDR4
• Inner memory 64/128 GB UFS 2.0
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• No microSD support
• GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz networks
• WCDMA 900/2100 MHz networks, TD-SCDMA (34, 39)
• LTE FDD (1, 3, 7), TDD-LTE (40) networks
• Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (2.4 and 5 GHz)
• Bluetooth 4.1 LE
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BDS
• USB 3.1 Type-C, USB OTG
• 12MP camera, Sony IMX386, autofocus, f / 2.0, OIS, 4K video
• Front camera 5 MP, f / 2.0, fixed. focus
• Proximity sensor, lighting, magnetic field, heart rate, fingerprint, step detector, accelerometer, gyroscope
• 3400 mAh battery, with mCharge fast charging function
• Audio chip ADI AD45275, DAC ESS ES9018K2M
• Dimensions 156 x 76 x 7.3 mm
• Weight 158 ​​g

Contents of delivery

The packaging of Meizu Pro 6 Plus is designed in a premium style: a flat and shallow box made of black matte plastic has no pictures and inscriptions except for one silver logo on the top cover.

The kit consists of a USB Type-C connecting cable coiled in its own round plastic shape, powerful network adapter with an output current and voltage of 5/9/12 V 2 A, as well as a key for removing cards, fixed on a cardboard. The manufacturer did not put either headphones or a cover in the kit for its flagship.

Appearance and usability

Recently, it has become more and more difficult to find differences between modern smartphones: the design is becoming more unified, the devices are almost identical in appearance. But in the case of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus, some features can be highlighted. If you take in hand and compare several modern top-end smartphones from different manufacturers with metal cases, then the hero of the review will be the thinnest of them, and therefore the most elegant.

The smartphone has such a thin profile and streamlined shape with strongly rounded side edges and corners that it seems thinner and more compact than the same iPhone 6/7 Plus, the shape of which it, of course, exactly copies. Given the large screen, powerful filling and a good-sized battery, which at least commands respect.

Like modern iPhones, the surface of the metal here is sanded by sandblasting, which makes the hard and matte finish completely non-slippery. According to the creators' assurances, the manufacture of a new case takes place in 30 stages and takes 150 hours. Now the situation is not at all the same as it was with the first metal cases, which constantly strove to slip out of their fingers onto the floor.

In addition, dirt and fingerprints do not linger on such a surface, the reliable and practical case retains its presentable appearance longer. Perhaps the developers have found at the moment the most suitable option for processing metal surfaces. It's hard to imagine what could be better as a material for the case mobile device... With its huge 5.7-inch Quad HD display, the smartphone is already thin, light and sleek enough to fit comfortably in the pockets of your clothes.

We also like the fact that the fingerprint scanner was not transferred, like most Android smartphones, to the back side, where you cannot reach it if you work with a smartphone lying on a table or fixed in a car holder. It, like the iPhone, was placed in front of the screen, where it probably belongs.

The fingerprint scanner is of high quality, it works quickly and clearly, the recognition passes without errors, with new technology Live Finger Detection sensor has become even more accurate. Now the scanner is equipped with a heart rate reading function (heart rate monitor).

The finger here, of course, can be brought up for recognition at any angle, but they don't do it differently now. All together this is called by Meizu "mTouch button", since the fingerprint scanner pad is inscribed in a mechanical key. You don't even have to press the button: a single touch works as a command to return to the previous menu, which is badly lacking in the iPhone. There are no other buttons on the front panel, the rest of the control is carried out from the screen.

The camera barely noticeably protrudes beyond the rear panel, but this does not prevent the device from lying stably on the table, when you touch the screen, the smartphone does not wiggle.

The camera is equipped with an unusual ring flash of ten LEDs, and it is, of course, very bright, but we also met the usual double flash, which blinded the eyes more. All the same, the glow here is quite soft, although it is quite enough for any situation where, in principle, it makes sense to use a flash on a smartphone.

The front panel is covered with a protective glass with sloping edges. Now any such glasses are called 2.5D glasses, but they all have different heights of edges. For example, in the flagship LeEco Le 3 Pro, the bulge is hardly noticeable at all - when viewed in profile, the glass seems completely flat. Here, on the contrary, the glass protrudes rather high above the surface of the metal, and its edges are much more rounded. Of course, this effect is enhanced by the plastic spacer, which is like a continuation of the edges of the glass.

In any case, the convex glass is installed on the case here, since the case itself is made in the style of pebbles turned on all sides and the rounded edges of the glass are a logical continuation of it. This was the idea, in fact, by the Apple designers, who launched this fashion by releasing the iPhone 6. Worse, when such convex glass begins to be glued to cases with flat edges and chopped lines, flat glass would look better there.

The side keys are made of metal, they are large and can be easily groped blindly, but their stroke is too hard - just in this formulation, and not "a little harder than others." Over time, the user, of course, will get used to such buttons, but why they were made so elastic is not entirely clear ...

Cards are inserted into the side slot, it is not a hybrid here, that is, only a Nano-SIM SIM card can be installed in each slot, and card support microSD memory the smartphone does not.

At the bottom there is a USB Type-C connector that supports connection external devices, including flash drives, in USB OTG mode. A grille is also cut here to output the sound of the main speaker.

The 3.5 mm headphone jack has been left here for now, although after the hype associated with Apple abandoning it, the first "swallows" without a separate audio output have already begun to appear on Android - for example, the same LeEco Le 3 Pro.

The smartphone is available in three colors: silver, dark gray and gold. The colors are familiar, but the differences can be found here as well, since the front panel of Meizu is not painted in the general color of the case, but always remains black or white. It is difficult to say whether this is good or bad; color and appearance Is always a matter of taste. Sony, for example, in its latest models started painting the front panel under the glass to match the overall tone of the case, as do the Taiwanese Asus and LeEco looking at Europe. But Chinese people like Xiaomi and Huawei leave their panels, like Meizu, in black and white.

Screen

Meizu Pro 6 Plus is equipped with a Super AMOLED display with dimensions of 71 × 126 mm with a diagonal of 5.7 inches. The flagship resolution is 2560 × 1440, so the pixel density here is naturally much higher than that of Full HD screens - about 518 ppi. The frame around the screen is thin, it has a width of about 3 mm at the sides, 14 mm at the top, and 15 mm at the bottom.

The brightness of the display can be adjusted manually or set automatic settings based on the operation of the ambient light sensor. The AnTuTu test diagnoses support for 10 simultaneous multitouch touches. Meizu ignores the function of working with the screen with gloves, it is not here again. There is a possibility of manual adjustment of the color tone, you can also use the mode with a "blue filter" with the ability to manually adjust the intensity of this glow. The display supports 3D Press technology, which recognizes the force of pressing the screen for output context menu applications without launching them. Also, there was a function AOD - Always On Display, thanks to which the current information (time, date, battery level) is constantly displayed on the screen without significantly affecting the overall power consumption.

Detailed expertise using measuring instruments conducted the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev... Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the test sample.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are no worse than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) (below, just Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the turned off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - Meizu Pro 6 Plus, then they can be distinguished by their size):

The screen of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus is slightly lighter (the brightness in the photos is 115 versus 112 for the Nexus 7). Note that the reflection from bright objects in the Meizu Pro 6 Plus screen has a pale bluish-greenish halo slightly more pronounced in the lateral direction. The doubling of reflected objects in the Meizu Pro 6 Plus screen is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen. Due to the smaller number of boundaries (such as glass / air) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense ambient light, but their repair in the case of cracked outer glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be changed. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repelling) coating (very effective, noticeably better than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are much easier to remove, and appear at a slower rate than in the case of ordinary glass.

With manual brightness control and when displaying a white field in full screen maximum value brightness was approximately 410 cd / m², minimum - 1.8 cd / m². The maximum brightness is not very high, but you need to take into account the good anti-glare properties of the screen and the fact that with a decrease in the white area, the brightness of the white areas increases slightly, for example, when black is displayed on one half of the screen and white in the other, the maximum brightness of the latter is 465 cd / m2 ... As a result, readability in the daytime in the sun is at a fairly good level. The reduced brightness level allows you to use the device without any problems even in complete darkness. There is an automatic brightness control according to the light sensor (it is located to the left of the front speaker slot). In automatic mode, when the ambient light conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. This function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness to 120 cd / m² (too much), in an office lit with artificial light (about 550 lux) sets to 160 cd / m² (normal), in a very bright environment (corresponds to light outdoors on a clear day, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or slightly more) increases to a maximum of 420 cd / m² (slightly more than with manual adjustment). The brightness slider is 50% - the values ​​are as follows: 50, 80, 420 cd / m² (in the dark it could have been smaller, but in an office environment it’s dark), by 0% - 8, 20, 420 cd / m² (the first two values ​​are low ). From our point of view, the automatic brightness adjustment function does not work quite adequately, but here a lot depends on individual preferences.

Only at low brightness levels is there significant modulation at 235 Hz. The figure below shows the dependence of brightness (vertical axis) on time (horizontal axis) for several brightness values:

It can be seen that at maximum and average brightness, the modulation amplitude is minimal, its frequency is approximately 59 Hz (screen refresh rate), so there is no visible flicker. However, with a strong decrease in brightness, modulation appears with a large relative amplitude. Therefore, at low brightness, the presence of modulation can already be seen in the test for the presence of a stroboscopic effect or simply with rapid eye movement. Depending on individual sensitivity, such flickering can cause increased fatigue.

This screen uses an AMOLED matrix, an active matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED). A full color image is created with subpixels of three colors - red (R), green (G), and blue (B), but there are twice as many green subpixels, which can be referred to as RGBG. This is confirmed by a fragment of a micrograph:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of photomicrographs of screens used in mobile technology.

In the fragment above, you can count 4 green subpixels, 2 red (4 halves) and 2 blue (1 whole and 4 quarters), while repeating these fragments, you can lay out the entire screen without gaps and overlaps. For such matrices, Samsung has introduced the name PenTile RGBG. The manufacturer considers the screen resolution for green subpixels, for the other two it will be two times lower. The location and shape of the subpixels in this variant is the same as in the case of the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen and some other newer ones. Samsung devices(and not only) with AMOLED screens. Of course, there are some uneven contrast borders and other artifacts. However, due to the very high resolution they have only minimal effect on image quality.

The screen has excellent viewing angles. True, when deviated even at small angles, the white color acquires a light blue-green tint, and at some angles it turns a little pink, but the black color remains just black at any angle. It is so black that the contrast parameter is simply not applicable in this case. When viewed from a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the white field is good. For comparison, we present photographs in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Meizu Pro 6 Plus and the second participant of the comparison, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to about 200 cd / m2, and the color balance on the camera was forcedly switched to 6500 K.

White field perpendicular to screens:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field.

And the test picture:

According to visual assessment, the colors of the tested screen are oversaturated and unnatural, the color balance of the screens is noticeably different. Recall that the photograph can not serve as a reliable source of information about the quality of color reproduction and is provided only for a conditional visual illustration.

Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen.

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens and the brightness of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus is noticeably higher at an angle.

And white box:

The brightness at an angle on both screens decreased noticeably (to avoid strong darkening, the shutter speed was increased compared to the previous two photos), but in the case of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus, the drop in brightness is much less pronounced. As a result, with formally the same brightness, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus screen visually looks much brighter (in comparison with LCD screens), since you often have to look at the screen of a mobile device at least from a slight angle.

The switching of the state of the matrix elements is performed almost instantly, but at the on (and less often off) front there may be a step with a width of about 17 ms (which corresponds to the screen refresh rate). For example, this is how the dependence of brightness on time looks like when switching from black to white and vice versa:

In some conditions, the presence of such a step can lead to trails trailing behind moving objects, but in normal use these artifacts are difficult to see. Rather, on the contrary - dynamic scenes in films on OLED screens are distinguished by high definition and even some "jerky" movements.

The gamma curve, plotted at 32 points at equal intervals by the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in the shadows or in the highlights. The exponent of the approximating power-law function is 2.30, which is slightly higher than the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve almost does not deviate from the power-law dependence:

The color gamut is very wide:

The component spectra (i.e. the spectra of pure red, green, and blue) are very well separated:

Note that normal sRGB-optimized images appear unnaturally saturated on screens with wide color gamut without proper color correction.

The grayscale balance is acceptable. The color temperature is slightly above the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the spectrum of the black body (ΔE) remains below 10 units for most of the gray scale, which is considered normal for a consumer device. At the same time, the color temperature and ΔE change little from shade to shade (except for the darkest ones) - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of the color balance:

(In most cases, the darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance there does not really matter, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This product has the ability to correct the color balance by adjusting the hue warmer — colder.

In the graphs above, the curves Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.- data obtained after shifting the point to the position indicated in the picture above. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature approached the standard value, but ΔE increased significantly. It doesn't make much sense to perform the correction. Note that this function is implemented in a variant rather for show, since there is no numerical reflection of the correction and there is no field for measuring the color balance.

Let's summarize. The screen has a not very high maximum brightness, but it has good anti-reflective properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable value. It is acceptable to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works tolerably. The advantages of the screen include an effective oleophobic coating and an acceptable color balance. At the same time, let's recall the general advantages of OLED screens: true black color (if nothing is reflected in the screen), good uniformity of the white field, noticeably less than that of LCDs, a drop in image brightness when viewed from an angle. The disadvantages include an excessively wide color gamut and screen flickering, which manifests itself at low brightness. Users who are particularly sensitive to flicker may experience increased fatigue due to this. However, the overall quality of the screen is good.

Camera

The front module in Meizu Pro 6 Plus has a 5 megapixel sensor and a five-element lens with a maximum aperture of f / 2.0, fixed focus and without its own flash. As usual, there is the possibility of self-improvement of selfies, here for this you use the programs Face After Effects and FotoNation 2.0. The quality of the pictures itself is more than decent for the level of selfies, there is practically nothing to complain about: the sharpness and detail are normal, there are no complaints about the color rendition either, even in the evening with artificial lighting, the camera copes well with its tasks.

The main camera uses a 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensor (1.25μm pixel size) and a six-element f / 2.0 aperture lens with dual autofocus (phase and laser). The camera is equipped with a four-axis optical image stabilization system, an image processing processor (ISP) and an unusual ten-element ring flash. The camera is fast in operation, starts up, saves a photo, performs autofocusing quickly and clearly, by pressing the screen, you can manually adjust the focus and exposure.

Apart from optical stabilization and the new dual system focusing, the exact same camera was installed in the Meizu MX 6, so the control menu is similar here. It is concise, convenient and intuitive. It doesn't have the separate Automatic Low Ambient Light Noise Reduction (MFLL) feature that the MX6 did, but the rest remains the same. Camera2 API cannot transfer camera control third party applications, there is no option to save images in RAW either.

The camera can shoot video in maximum 4K resolution, but there is no shooting mode at 60 fps. In general, the camera copes well with video shooting: the image is smooth, bright, sharpness and detailing are normal, there are no artifacts. Is that the color rendition is a little oversaturated, and some distortions and crackles appear in the sound.

• Movie # 1 (51 MB, 3840 × [email protected] fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie # 2 (44 MB, 3840 × [email protected] fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie # 3 (68 MB, 3840 × [email protected] fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie # 4 (16 MB, 1920 × [email protected] fps, H.264, AAC)

	The camera copes relatively well with shooting indoors.
	The large details are well worked out.
	With a lack of lighting, the camera copes.
	Good detail on medium shots.
	Quite good sharpness across the field and according to plans.
	The camera has no problems in good lighting conditions.
	Nice night shot.

We also tested the camera on a laboratory bench using our method.

The camera is good. Judging by the laboratory test, its resolution is at the level of flagships, but it sags a lot when there is a lack of lighting. However, in real scenarios this affects only small details, but in general the pictures look very decent. The camera copes well with shooting, although sometimes you can find areas of blur in the pictures. It is curious that for some reason the version of the program is called “Samsung” in the EXIF ​​of camera shots. One way or another, the processing program works adequately. As a result, the camera will handle a lot of different scenarios well.

Telephone part and communications

The network capabilities of top-end smartphones Meizu, like Xiaomi, still do not fully meet the needs of Russian users, since they do not support LTE frequency 800 MHz (Band 20), better than others for indoor and sparse communication. This can be a problem for users in regions far from cities. Meizu Pro 6 Plus, in the modification that we have tested, is also capable of operating in tri-band LTE FDD Band 1/3/7, but does not support Band 20. In practice, in the city limits in the Moscow region, the smartphone confidently registered and worked in 4G networks. The quality of signal reception raises no particular complaints, the device confidently maintains communication in rooms and does not lose the signal in areas of poor reception.

• 2G GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
• 3G WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2100 MHz)
• 4G FDD-LTE (1800/2100/2600 MHz)
• 3G TD-SCDMA
• 4G TD-LTE

The smartphone also supports two Wi-Fi bands (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth version 4.1 + BLE as well as NFC with Mifare Classic. There are no complaints about the sensitivity of the Wi-Fi module. You can organize a wireless access point through Wi-Fi channels or bluetooth.

The USB Type-C connector supports connecting external devices in USB OTG mode, as well as charging them using an OTG adapter. When you connect a smartphone to a computer, the choice of USB 3.0 transfer mode appears among the options, but it does not always work. In practice, when connected to a laptop USB 3.0 port MacBook Pro no difference in speed with this function and without it was found at all (a file of 3.8 GB in both cases was transferred in exactly 2 minutes 27 seconds, which is about 26 MB / s).

The navigation module must work with GPS (with A-GPS), with the domestic Glonass and with the Chinese Beidou. The first satellites on a cold start in the absence of a wireless data network are detected within the first tens of seconds, but only GPS satellites... The situation with the Glonass satellites is worse, and the Chinese Beidou were never found in practice. The smartphone is equipped with a magnetic field sensor, on the basis of which the digital compass of navigation programs usually functions.

The phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, when dialing a phone number, a search is immediately carried out by the first letters in contacts. There is also support for Swype. The device is preinstalled with an alternative keyboard of the third-party developer TouchPal with a wide range of settings and capabilities. For the convenience of working with a large screen with one hand, the Smart Touch function is standard for Meizu smartphones, which allows you to move the entire working screen halfway down, closer to your fingers, and also use a variety of other various gestures.

The smartphone platform does not support working with two SIM cards in 3G / 4G at the same time, that is, SIM cards of operators like Tele2 will not work in 3G for voice communication, if a card from another slot is selected for data transmission in 4G, but they work in 2G just don't know how. The Flyme OS interface does not allow you to select a specific SIM card for each of the functions in advance, this can only be done for data transmission, and for voice communication and sending SMS every time you have to make a choice right during the connection. Cards work in Dual mode SIM Dual Standby, radio modem one.

Software and multimedia

The smartphone runs on the Google software platform Android version 6.0.1 with its own Flyme OS 5th version installed, the same as in Meizu Pro 6 and Meizu MX6. The shell has become even lighter compared to the fourth version, all interface and application icons have been redrawn, new animations have appeared, themes have been added.

As usual, there is wide support for gestures, there is a simplified interface mode ("for retirees"), the way the navigation bar is displayed can also be changed, there is sorting of applications on desktops.

From the new, a special section Editor's Choice has appeared, which advises the most common programs, and also allows you to download and install google apps... And this must be done, since now the purchased brand new Meizu smartphone does not even have the usual store initially installed Google play... It is possible to select and download new themes from the corresponding section of your own store.

To listen to music, it has its own audio player with a familiar interface, but the hardware inside the smartphone is completely different from that of the Meizu Pro 6. This time, the dedicated Hi-Fi audio chip ESS ES9018K2M, the Solo sound amplification circuit help high-quality sound in the headphones and in the external speaker second generation, unique patented filter technology, capacitors of the Japanese company Rubycon, operational amplifier ADI AD45275.

The device sounds, of course, not bad, but comparing with other modern flagships, we can say that the sound is not perfectly clear and not so powerful. For example, if you put the already mentioned LeEco Le 3 Pro next to it, then the hero of the review in front of him will definitely pass. It sounds much more powerful, bassier, richer, louder and cleaner. All of the above applies to the sound in headphones. Of course, Meizu Pro 6 Plus is not bad at all, and even very good in sound terms compared to most ordinary smartphones, but if we compare top-end novelties among themselves, then our hero is not the best among them.

Performance

The Meizu Pro 6 Plus hardware platform is built on the Samsung Exynos 8890 single-chip platform, which also powers the Samsung Galaxy S7 series devices. This 64-bit SoC is configured with eight processor cores with different maximum frequencies depending on the configuration of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus model:

• 8 cores (4 × Exynos M1 @ 2.0 GHz + 4 × Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz) - 64 GB UFS 2.0
• 8 cores (4 × Exynos M1 @ 2.3 GHz + 4 × Cortex-A53 @ 1.6 GHz) - 128 GB UFS 2.0

Responsible for graphics processing is the 10-core Mali-T880 MP10 video accelerator in the smartphone version with 64 GB of flash memory and the 12-core Mali-T880 MP12 in the 128 GB version. RAM is 4GB high-speed random access memory LPDDR4. Of these, after clearing memory and closing all applications, approximately 1.9 GB is free. The built-in memory is free about 53.5 GB out of 64 GB.

Samsung Exynos 8890 is a powerful platform, but no longer top-end. At least, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus version with 64 GB of flash memory was able to outperform only MediaTek Helio X20 in all tests (both complex, graphical, and even browser), and the main competitors - Qualcomm Snapdragon 820/821 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 - showed the best numbers in all tests without exception. But this is important for measuring the length of the benchmarks, but in practice, the Meizu smartphone can easily cope and will cope with any tasks, applications and demanding games for a long time to come. The device has a considerable reserve of power for the future.

Benchmarking AnTuTu and GeekBench:

All the results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks, we have summarized for convenience in tables. Several other devices from different segments are usually added to the table, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison, it is impossible to present the results from different versions of benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain "behind the scenes" - due to the fact that they once passed the "obstacle course" on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in game tests 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark for the most productive smartphones, it is now possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for evaluating the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowances for the fact that the results in them significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so that the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and this possibility is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

AndroBench memory speed test results:

Thermal imagery

Below is a thermal image back surface obtained after 10 minutes of battery test in the GFXBenchmark program:

It can be seen that the heating is higher in the upper part of the device, which, apparently, corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat chamber, the maximum heating was 41 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 20 degrees, that is, a difference of 21 degrees), which is above the average value in this test for modern smartphones.

Video playback

To test the "omnivorous" video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Web. Note that it is important for mobile devices to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is often impossible to process modern versions using processor cores alone. Also, do not expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are tabulated.

According to the test results, the subject was pleasantly surprised to find himself equipped with all the necessary decoders, which are needed to fully play most of the most common multimedia files on the network, including audio files (AC3).

Further video playback testing was done by Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We were unable to test hypothetical support for MHL or SlimPort (Mobility DisplayPort) adapters due to the lack of an adapter option that connects to the USB Type-C port. I had to confine myself to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see "Methodology for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices).) Red marks indicate possible problems related to the playback of the respective files.

According to the criterion of frame output, the quality of video playback on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since in most cases frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) to be output with a more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without frame drops - with the exception of any files with 60 frames / s, in which case at least one frame per second is skipped. The reason is the underestimated screen refresh rate, equal to about 59 Hz. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 (1080p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly on the edge of the screen. In this case, the clarity of the picture is high, but not ideal, since there is no escape from interpolation to the screen resolution. However, for the sake of experiment, you can switch to one-to-one pixel mode, there will be no interpolation, but the PenTile features will appear: the vertical world through the pixel will be in a grid, and the horizontal one will be slightly greenish. However, this will be noticeable only on test worlds, on real frames the described artifacts are absent. The brightness range displayed on the screen actually corresponds to the standard range of 16-235: in the shadows, only a couple of shades merge with black, and in the highlights, all gradations of shades are displayed.

Battery life

The non-removable battery installed in the Meizu Pro 6 Plus received a considerable capacity of 3400 mAh. And with the autonomy of the latest creation of Meizu, the situation is even better than that of the previous top-end devices of the MX and Pro series. Apparently, a well-chosen platform played a role: after all, it's not the gluttonous MediaTek here. Moreover, even the increased screen resolution, which many users consider excessive, did not spoil the overall picture.

In any case, Meizu Pro 6 Plus is very strong in terms of autonomy, not the slightest claims to it on this parameter did not appear. In real scenarios of use, the smartphone is quite capable of living an eventful day without recharging. Testing has traditionally been conducted at typical power consumption levels without using power saving features.

Continuous reading in the Moon + Reader program (with a standard, light theme) at the minimum comfortable brightness level (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m2) with auto scrolling lasted 17.5 hours until the battery was fully discharged, and with continuous high quality video viewing (720p ) with the same brightness level via a home Wi-Fi network, the device operates for 12.5 hours. In 3D games mode, the smartphone can last more than 4 hours, but here everything will depend on the exactingness and settings of specific games.

The smartphone implements proprietary fast charging mCharge, it really charges quite quickly from the included mains adapter, just within 1 hour and 20 minutes. Wireless charging the smartphone does not support.

Outcome

Since the two modifications of the new smartphone differ from each other not only in the amount of built-in memory, but also in the power of the hardware, the difference in their price was also set quite large. As a result, the official prices for certified models for the Russian market are:

• Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64GB: 34,990
• Meizu Pro 6 Plus 128GB: 38,990

Not cheap, especially for Meizu, but we must admit that the company finally managed to release a really decent top-end device with almost no flaws. Here and a very attractive, really pleasant to look and feel practical thin body, and powerful hardware filling of the top level, and an improved camera with optical stabilization in comparison with previous models. The screen is very good too, especially for those who love rich AMOLED colors. Those who don't like AMOLED will be warmed by the fact that a device with an increased Quad HD resolution is better suited for working with VR accessories. The sound of high quality and the level of autonomy do not cause any complaints, but the communication possibilities for the Russian market, as usual, are not entirely thought out. True, it seems that Meizu was going to add support for the LTE Band 20 range for the model officially supplied to our market, but this is not yet certain. In any case, the smartphone is very good in terms of its capabilities, it may well compete with devices of a similar level from Xiaomi, LeEco and Asus.

The release of Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64GB was a real surprise for fans of this Chinese brand... The design and performance of the model exceeded even the most daring expectations.

Design

The new Meizu model is based on an improved aluminum case, so that the large diagonal is almost imperceptible. The display / body ratio is one of the best here - 75%. The phablet is comfortable in the hand and looks harmonious.

Screen

Screen Super amoled not framed by black frames. Thanks to the new QuadHD display, brightness, color and contrast are improved.

Performance

The eight-core "Samsung" Exynos 8890 with a 10-core Mali-T880 video accelerator provide very decent performance. In Antutu, the device shows a stable 112 thousand points, and the 128 GB version is 130 at all. Even if this is less than the competitors, but for an intensive multitasking mode and heavy 3D games, it is quite enough.

Cameras

The main camera uses a Sony IMX386 sensor, two autofocus (laser and phase), six-lens optics and a ring LED flash. Users note that the flash has an average brightness, but correctly reproduces the white balance and does not lighten the photo. The module is equipped with 4-axis optical stabilization and a proprietary image processor, which allows you to take excellent pictures at night. On the video side: the camera shoots in 4K with support for Slow Motion.

The front camera has received special filters and image processing algorithms ArcSoft, so "selfies" are bright and natural. Nevertheless, against the backdrop of the closest competitors optics, Camera Pro The 6 Plus is unlikely to surprise with its results.

Hi-Fi audio

The Pro 6 Plus uses an ESS processor, ADI amplifier and RUBYCON ceramic capacitors to provide excellent sound reproduction in frequency range 180 mHz.

Wireless interfaces

The smartphone has 64 GB of internal memory, works with 2 SIM, and is not equipped with an SD card slot. So you have to limit yourself to the available volume. Will please the presence of a USB-C connector and heart rate function on the fingerprint scanner.

Autonomous work

The model is equipped with a 3400 mAh lithium-polymer battery, designed for 900 full charge cycles, which is approximately double that of analogues.

Thanks to Quick Charge 3.0 technology, the battery is charged up to 60% in just half an hour, and a full charge is enough to watch 8 hours of HD video.

In general, the novelty is quite decent, especially for gamers and music lovers.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus review: display, battery and processor tests; comparison with competitors. Battery life, examples of photos from the Pro 6 Plus camera.

In the review of Meizu Pro 6 Plus, we will go through the key technical specifications and compare the 64 and 128 GB versions, which differ in terms of hardware. There will definitely be tests of the battery and speed of work, an assessment of the quality of the picture on the display, sample photos from the Meizu Pro 6 Plus camera. For fans of music and clear sound - testing the sound quality in headphones and when connecting the phone to an external amplifier.

In the Meizu Pro 6 Plus review, we stick to the following plan:

• Meizu Pro 6 Plus battery test and smartphone autonomy rating.
• Display testing.
• Comparison of the speed of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus in benchmarks.
• Sound quality testing.
• Meizu Pro 6 Plus camera: advantages and disadvantages, examples of photos in good and bad lighting.
• Design, build quality, body materials, interfaces.
• Results of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus review.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus: battery and autonomy rating

The basis of the energy system of the smartphone Meizu Pro 6 Plus is the battery capacity 3400 mAh... For a phone with a screen diagonal of 5.7 inches and a QHD resolution, the battery capacity is, as they say, on the verge. As a rule, devices with similar display and battery characteristics can hardly live up to an evening of an eventful day, but battery tests on Meizu Pro 6 Plus have shown that the phone's autonomy is complete.

The overall rating of the autonomy of Meizu Pro 6 Plus is 96 hours, which means that with economical use (1 hour a day for calls, surfing the Internet and watching videos), the smartphone will last a full four days on a single charge. Impressive. We get excellent battery life even when the screen is active. When watching videos and surfing the web, the phone keeps the battery for more than 14 hours. By modern standards, this is a champion indicator; in the flagship league, few can boast of such autonomy.

Fast charging is supported, and it is proprietary mCharge 2.0. The set includes Charger 24 W, which is able to reanimate the battery by 50% in just 30 minutes.

Display Meizu Pro 6 Plus: specifications and tests

Few 2017 flagships came with Super Amoled displays, so this can be called one of the competitive advantages of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphone. The diagonal of the screen will delight fans of phablets - 5.7 inch. Permission QHD, pixel density 515 ppi.

But we are interested not only in the passport part, but also in the quality of the picture on the display, its readability in the sun, and the correct color rendering. The Meizu Pro 6 Plus benchmarks have revealed all the strengths and weaknesses of the screen.

Of the advantages, we pay attention to good brightness - 450 nits The default black depth and contrast of the Amoled panels are good. Sun readability is excellent; diagrams will help to compare Meizu Pro 6 Plus with other representatives of the top segment. Note. Diagrams are not displayed correctly in the Samsung Internet browser, older browsers, and some built-in browsers on mobile platforms. We recommend opening the publication in the current builds of Google Chrome, Opera or Firefox.

Sun Contrast Ratio

The main drawback of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus screen is mediocre color accuracy. The average color accuracy ratio was 6.2 , the maximum reached the mark 13.6 ... Recall that the smaller the DeltaE coefficient, the better. Such indicators are not suitable for the flagship, but this is the only drawback of the display, and for many it is not such a problem.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus review: chipset specifications

In the characteristics of the iron Meizu Pro 6 Plus we see an interesting picture. The chipsets of the 64Gb and 128Gb versions of the smartphone differ, and the differences are significant. Yes, both configurations run on a top-end 2016 chip Exynos 8890 which is definitely very good. (A similar chipset is in the Galaxy S7.) There are no complaints about the processor, and there cannot be - it successfully copes with both computational tasks and 3D graphics.

The nuance is that the configuration chipset Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64Gb got a stripped-down version of the Mali-T880 graphics accelerator. If the reference video card has 12 computing cores, then in Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64Gb there are only 10. The decision is strange, because the frame rate from such castling will not increase. Another difference between Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64Gb is the processor clock speed. The peak frequency of the Mongoose cores is limited to 2.0 GHz, while the energy efficient Cortex A53 cores are limited to 1.5 GHz.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus 128Gb runs on a full-fledged Exynos 8890: powerful cores are overclocked to 2.3 GHz, reference cores run at 1.6 GHz. The graphics accelerator has 12 cores, as it should be.

It should be noted that if you do not plan to load your smartphone with overly complex tasks, you can ignore the differences. special attention- both chips are good enough even by flagship standards. But avid gamers are better off taking the Meizu Pro 6 Plus 128Gb - they will not only get additional space for games, but also a more powerful one. graphics system... By the way, the smartphone does not have a slot for a microSD memory card, so the memory will not be superfluous.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus: performance benchmarks

In the review of Meizu Pro 6 Plus, equipment for 64Gb, that is, a potentially less nimble smartphone. Nevertheless, the results in synthetics should not disappoint anyone - the phone is good in all test modes.

The GeekBench 4 benchmarks test the processing power of the CPU (central processing unit). The Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphone is predictably located at the bottom of the ranking, all due to the lowered clock frequency cores. However, the results can be compared with the 2016-2017 flagships.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphone tests: GeekBench 4 (multi-core)

Meizu Pro 6 Plus benchmarks: GeekBench 4 (single-core)

Gamers are interested in testing the Meizu Pro 6 Plus in the GFX 3.1 and BaseMark X benchmarks, which tests the potential of the graphics adapter. As you might expect, the stripped-down version of the Mali-T880 showed a result that was far from a record. But! With a screen resolution of 1080p, Meizu Pro 6 Plus is practically on par with smartphones on Snapdragon 821 and is ahead of and.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus benchmarks: GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Meizu Pro 6 Plus benchmarks: GFX 3.1 Car Scene (offscreen)

With the native screen resolution (1440 x 2560 pixels), the picture does not change much, except that the position of Meizu Pro 6 Plus is weakening somewhat. However, in GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen), the smartphone still beats some of the competition. Problems appeared only in BaseMark X, in which the Chinese flagship lagged behind even the Galaxy S6.

Compare Meizu Pro 6 Plus: GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)

Compare Meizu Pro 6 Plus: GFX 3.1 Car Scene (onscreen)

Compare Meizu Pro 6 Plus: BaseMark X

In comprehensive tests assessing the overall speed of the smartphone, Meizu Pro 6 Plus takes positions at the very bottom of the flagship table. The Meizu Pro 6 Plus scores in Antutu are not impressive. By and large, the indicator 113397 in Antutu is closer to the indicators of mid-range phones, not the top-end price segment.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus in AnTuTu 6

Music lovers and audiophiles should like the Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphone. There is a dedicated digital-to-analog converter here. Saber ES9018K2M, which on paper is in no way inferior to the DACs installed in best smartphones with a dedicated audio chip.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus tests showed that when connected to an external amplifier via a 3.5 mm jack, the phone outputs a high-quality signal with uniform amplification throughout the entire range. Intermodulation distortion appears when headphones are connected, but overall the quality is excellent. When comparing the Meizu Pro 6 Plus with the Xiaomi Mi 5s or Meizu MX6, the superiority of the Pro 6 Plus is obvious, and only the ZTE Axon 7 with two dedicated AK audio chips produces a clearer signal.

Camera Meizu Pro 6 Plus: advantages and disadvantages, sample photos

The Meizu Pro 6 Plus camera may seem like a copy of the MX6 camera. The same sensor Sony IMX386 with permission 12 megapixels, the same aperture 2, the size of the pixel on the sensor does not differ either - 1.25 μm. But there is a difference, and it is more than significant. Meizu Pro 6 Plus camera received optical image stabilization, which significantly improves the quality of images in low light (Achilles' heel). The characteristics of the Pro 6 Plus camera are in the table, and just below the table are the advantages and disadvantages.

Pro 6 Plus camera advantages:

• Excellent dynamic range.
• Very good detail.
• Good contrast.
• Good white balance.
• Good color rendition, although the gamut goes towards warm tones.

Disadvantages of the Pro 6 Plus camera:

• There is a lack of clarity of small details.
• There is noise that is suppressed along with detail.

The Pro 6 Plus camera supports HDR, which improves the contrast and dynamic range of images, but practice shows that it should be turned on only in low light. In good lighting conditions, contrast and range are already in order, and enabling HDR makes shots less realistic.

The main difference when comparing the Meizu Pro 6 Plus to the Meizu MX6 is the quality of the shots in low light and at night. The representative of the middle price segment has problems with this, but the flagship copes with the task perfectly. Thanks for this is the optical stub. Sample photos are in front of you, and you can see 100% of the crop.

Front camera Meizu Pro 6 Plus... Front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels allows you to take good pictures for social networks. It's better not to count on amazing quality, but you shouldn't find fault with selfies with the Pro 6 Plus either.

Video: Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphone supports 4K and Full HD shooting at 30 frames per second. Video 2160p has good dynamic range, good detail, contrast and color reproduction. There are no artifacts. Disadvantages - recording takes place in the H.265 format, which is less supported than H.264, and the sound is mono. On the other hand, files in this format "weigh" less, and they can be played on the phone without any problems.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus: design, build quality, body materials, interfaces

In their review of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus, GSMArena experts noted the excellent quality of materials and workmanship. Five-Inches editors fully share this point of view. Each reader can personally assess the quality of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus case - the phone is widely represented in offline stores. Taking it in hand, twisting it and touching it is not difficult.

The body of Meizu Pro 6 Plus is made of aluminum. The front panel is covered with 2.5D glass. The smartphone is only 7.3 mm thick and weighs 158 grams. There are bezels around the display, but they are not wider than other phones in this price segment. There is no free space on the bottom edge: a speaker, microphone, 3.5 mm jack and USB Type-C are located here.

On the right side there is a lock button, immediately above it is a volume rocker. The left side has sheltered a slot for two SIM cards. We remind you that there is no expansion slot for a memory card in Meizu Pro 6 Plus.

The fingerprint scanner is built into the Home button, which is both mechanical and touch-sensitive. When pressed, it performs a direct function, when touched, it turns into a "Back" button. The fingerprint scanner is not active by default, in addition, GSMArena journalists noted that the Meizu Pro 6 Plus is not as nimble and accurate as the sensors of Huawei or Xiaomi. From wireless technologies note the support for 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus review: summary

Summing up the results of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus review, it should be noted that the smartphone has arguments for confident positioning in the top price segment. Perhaps it does not reach the level of the flagships of the A-brands, but the price of Meizu Pro 6 Plus is still lower, and the price difference for many can be a decisive factor.

Strengths of Meizu Pro 6 Plus:

• Excellent autonomy rating.
• Super Amoled display with excellent readability in the sun.
• Dedicated Saber ES9018K2M DAC and great headphone sound quality.

Disadvantages of Meizu Pro 6 Plus:

• A stripped-down version of the graphics adapter in the Meizu Pro 6 Plus 64Gb package.
• Lack of dust and moisture protection.
• Insufficient color reproduction on the display.

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The smartphone received an aluminum body measuring 155.6 × 77.3 × 7.3 mm. The body material is practical, the gadget fits comfortably in the hand. On the back, you can see a 10-diode circular flash combined with a laser sensor. The device is comparable to the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus.

The smartphone is similar in size to the Meizu Pro 5, but slightly lighter. With the updated hardware and a larger battery, that's cool.

Display

The display is equipped with a 5.7-inch 2.5D touch panel that recognizes pressing force (3D press). The screen itself is made using Samsung AMOLED technology, the resolution is 2560 × 1440 at a density of 515 pixels per inch. The colors are somewhat oversaturated, especially the red. But it is possible to change the color temperature in the smartphone settings, which allows you to achieve more natural color reproduction. The brightness is high, the image is easily perceived even in bright sunlight. Overall, the display is good, with many users even enjoying the oversaturated colors.

Performance

The performance of the smartphone is on par with the flagships. Powerful processor production of Samsung, even a year after the announcement, remains in the lead. According to GSMarena experts, in synthetic tests Meizu Pro 6 Plus is comparable to Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi 5s. And the 128 GB version, according to the results of synthetic tests, is more productive than the 64 GB version by a noticeable 10-15%.

In total, there are two versions of the smartphone:

• the 64 GB version is equipped with 4 GB of RAM and an Exynos 8890 processor (8 cores, 4 at 1.5 GHz and 4 at 2.0 GHz), as well as a Mali-T880 MP10 video accelerator
• the 128 GB version is equipped with 4 GB of RAM and an Exynos 8890 processor (8 cores, 4 at 1.6 GHz and 4 at 2.3 GHz), as well as a Mali-T880 MP12 video accelerator.

Cameras

The main camera remains the same as in the Meizu Pro 6 - a 12-megapixel IMX386 sensor from Sony, equipped with hybrid autofocus and a 10-diode flash. Experts from GSMarena note good dynamic range and detail, natural color reproduction and white balance. Combined with optical stabilization - the main difference from the capabilities of the Meizu Pro 6 camera - it allows you to take good pictures in almost any light level.

Video in 4K resolution (3840x160) is recorded at 30 frames per second. When recording in Full HD (1920x1080), the frame rate will remain the same. Capabilities of shooting video with b O For some reason, there is no higher frequency. It also seems strange to record mono sound when shooting video.

On the front of the smartphone is a 5MP selfie camera. It reproduces colors well and has sufficient image detail.

Communications

The smartphone has a full range of communication capabilities:

• high-speed dual-band Wi-Fi a / b / g / n / ac with Wi-Fi support Direct and Miracast
• Bluetooth 4.1
• fast LTE support
• NFC chip
• GPS (A-GPS), GLONASS and Beidou.

In addition, there are two slots for nanoSIM cards. A new USB Type-C connector is used for charging.

Battery

According to GSMarena experts, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus 3400 mAh battery lasts for three days of moderate use. In non-stop mode, you can watch videos for 14 hours, talk for 16 hours, or use the browser for about the same amount. The mCharge function (analogue of QuickCharge) is supported, which allows you to charge your smartphone in 30 minutes up to 50%.

Memory

You can choose a smartphone in two versions - 64 or 128 GB of internal memory. There is no memory card slot.

Peculiarities

The smartphone is equipped with an additional noise canceling microphone, high-quality Hi-Fi DAC ES9018K2M, AD45275 amplifier chip. Despite this, the sound of the music speaker may seem quiet to some. The device is preinstalled with Flyme OS 5, from February 2017 the update to Flyme OS 6 should begin.

Have international version the smartphone has problems with NFC and the heart rate sensor, it is expected that these roughnesses will be corrected by a software update.

Let's talk about Meizu flagships, take the popular Meizu Pro 6 and Pro 6 Plus for example. Perhaps you will say: well, these are no longer new items, Meizu Pro 6 has been on sale for a year, and Meizu Pro 6 Plus has been on sale for almost half a year. Well, so what, the start of sales of the new Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus line is ahead, they are also more expensive. Not ready to pay more for the latest novelties yet? So let's see what the time-tested Meizu smartphones are good at.

Which one is prettier?

It is a pleasure to evaluate the design of beautiful aluminum cases. Both smartphones are beautiful and attractive. Considering that the Meizu Pro 6 Plus appeared much later than the Meizu Pro 6, it became a logical addition to the design ideas. The main thing is that with a large 5.7-inch screen, the smartphone does not feel like a bulky "shovel".

Sometimes friends get scared of numbers, choosing new phone Considering that these are already some outrageous indicators, that buying a device with a large screen means dooming yourself to torment. But when you propose to hold the smartphone in your hand, try it and evaluate the sensations, then often the fears disappear. Therefore, if you are in doubt whether it will be convenient with a 5.7-inch screen or not, try to try the device live before buying, and then draw conclusions based on real feelings.

Which one is more convenient?

On the side of the Meizu Pro 6 are compact dimensions. Yes, we have already lived up to the days when a phone with a 5.2-inch display can be called a small one. At the same time, the device calmly copes with all the entertainment duties - here it is convenient to watch the video, and everything is in order with navigation, the data on the display is clearly visible. Of course, on a larger screen, things are even better with cinema, it is even more enjoyable to watch. But small device I do not want to let go of my palm, the Meizu Pro 6 turned out to be very fine and knocked down.

The fingerprint scanner in the Home button works equally well in both Meizu, works accurately and quickly. And the place was chosen perfectly - it is convenient to unlock the phone when it is on the table, you don't even have to take it in your hand. By the way, in Meizu Pro 6 Plus, the mTouch key also measures the pulse, evaluating the heart rate.

Where is the screen better?

Comparing screens in this case is a very simple task. You need a bigger display - look towards Meizu Pro 6 Plus, size does not matter - pay attention to Meizu Pro 6. 5.7 inches versus 5.2 - the difference is very noticeable. Also, the Plus model has a wider screen brightness control: there is a larger margin of brightness, and at the minimum backlight level it is more comfortable to read from a smartphone in the dark.

They differ in screen resolution: the Pro 6 Plus has 2560x1440 pixels, while the Pro 6 has 1920x1080 pixels, in both cases a bright and juicy AMOLED matrix with a ready-made set of color profiles is used. They are needed in order to dim the default colors, not everyone likes an excessively bright picture. In addition, smartphones have a mode that reduces eye strain while reading in low light.

3D Press also works - when you can click on the icon, and immediately get a quick access menu to additional functions. But as practice has shown, the developers of software for Android have not yet appreciated this opportunity, so they will have to limit themselves to only built-in applications.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus has a Screen Off Display function, when auxiliary information is displayed on the screen in standby mode: time and date data, battery level, missed calls and unread messages.

What's with the filling?

Meizu Pro 6 with MediaTek Helio X25 processor and 4GB of RAM. Meizu Pro 6 Plus received a top-end (at the time of release) Samsung Exynos 8890 processor and 4 RAM. According to synthetic tests, Meizu Pro 6 Plus outperforms its brother, but if you do not chase the benchmarks, it is difficult to feel the difference in work.

Both smartphones do not have a memory card tray, the built-in volumes are different. If the Meizu Pro 6 comes in 32 and 64 GB versions, then the Meizu Pro 6 Plus offers 64 or 128 GB.

For charging, a modern USB Type-C is used; in this parameter, the devices also do not differ from each other. Also, both devices received the usual 3.5 mm headphone port.

Meizu Pro 6 and Meizu Pro 6 Plus support the mCharge fast charging function, the battery capacity of the Plus version is noticeably larger: 3400 mAh versus 2560 mAh. Therefore, under daily load, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus works longer, most often surviving until the evening. Whereas Meizu Pro 6 often has to be charged twice a day.

Sound

Meizu tries not to forget about its roots, after all, the company started by creating players. So he invests in smartphones, figuring out how to entertain the audience. The sound quality in the Meizu Pro 6 Plus headphones is just a bomb, excellent quality, a large volume margin, rich and juicy bass, a large volume margin. Against this background, Meizu Pro 6 plays the same tracks not so interesting, just good. Therefore, if you bother and want a smartphone with the best music player on the market, the choice is obvious - this is the Meizu Pro 6 Plus.

Camera

The dry language of numbers will say the following: Meizu Pro 6 has a 21 megapixel camera, but without optical stabilization. Whereas the Meizu Pro 6 Plus has a 12 megapixel camera, but with optical stabilization, it helps a lot during shooting in low light. Therefore, if you choose a smartphone according to the principle “I want Meizu with great camera", Then it will be Meizu Pro 6 Plus.

Pictures on Meizu Pro 6

Pictures on Meizu Pro 6 Plus

Which Meizu flagship is cheaper?

Prices for Meizu Pro 6 in Russia start at 23,990 rubles, which is the amount the model with 32 GB of memory was estimated at. Meizu Pro 6 Plus costs from 29,990 rubles, it already has 64 GB of memory in its database. In my opinion, the price difference is justified, and if you choose your Meizu Pro series, you will certainly be satisfied with your purchase.

Is it worth paying more and buying the Meizu Pro 6 Plus?

If I myself were faced with the choice of which Meizu to buy: Pro 6 or Pro 6 Plus, then I would stop at the Meizu Pro 6 Plus. I liked it more in three main parameters: more screen, better camera, better sound in headphones.

Opinion

Meizu Pro 6 and Pro 6 Plus have become a good example for buyers: you want everything at once, take the model with the Plus prefix, if you do not measure the pleasure of the device in benchmarks, then Pro 6 will please.

Using the example of the new flagships Meizu Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus, the manufacturer's new concept became clear: two top models per year are a vital necessity. Some buyers just want a high-quality and not very large smartphone, while others want to get some "reserve" in terms of characteristics for the future - that's why they release the Plus version for them.

Probably, my sympathy towards Meizu Pro 6 Plus can be traced in the text, and it is so. Yes, it will turn out better than the Meizu Pro 6, I liked it more, so I would have paid extra and chose the version with the Plus prefix - it came out successful in all respects.