Meizu m2 With 13-Megapixel Camera Launched at Rs. 6,999 Quick Review

Meizu has launched its m2 budget 4G smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 6,999, the Meizu m2 is open for registration ahead of its first flash sale on Snapdeal on Monday.

Featuring a polycarbonate unibody, the Meizu m2 runs the firm's proprietary Flyme UI 4.5 that's based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It bears a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution display covered by AGC Dragontrail protective glass with pixel density of 296ppi, and is powered by a 64-bit quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, clubbed by 2GB LPDDR3 RAM and Mali T720 GPU. The handset's screen-to-body ratio is 75.6 percent.

The m2 houses a 13-megapixel rear camera with a f/2.2 aperture, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protective lens glass and LED flash, while featuring a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, FotoNation 2.0 smart selfie enhancement, and Face AE face light boost functionality. The handset equips Samsung-made 16GB inbuilt eMMC 5.0 flash storage, which can be further expanded via microSD card (up to 128GB). Also noted is that the device's second SIM slot also doubles as a microSD card slot.

As for the connectivity, the Meizu m2 supports 4G networks on both the SIM cards. The smartphone supports the 1800MHz FDD-LTE band in India, but misses out on the 2300MHz TDD-LTE band. Other connectivity options include GPS, A-GPS, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth 4.0. Measuring 68.9x8.7x140.1mm, the smartphone weighs 131 grams and is backed by a Sony-made 2500mAh battery, rated to deliver up to 23 hours of talk time on 2G, 10 hours of internet surfing on 4G and 680 hours of standby time.