Alternative namesPro7 Helio X30Pro7Plus
Pro 7+
Pro7 +
M793H

Design

Information about the dimensions and weight of the device, presented in different units of measurement. Used materials, offered colors, certificates.

SIM card

The SIM card is used in mobile devices to store data that certifies the authenticity of mobile service subscribers.

Mobile networks

A mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to communicate with each other.

GSM	GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz	GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz
CDMA	CDMA 800 MHz	CDMA 800 MHz
TD-SCDMA	TD-SCDMA 1880-1920 MHz TD-SCDMA 2010-2025 MHz	TD-SCDMA 1880-1920 MHz TD-SCDMA 2010-2025 MHz
UMTS	UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 1900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz	UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 1900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz
LTE	LTE 1800 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE 2600 MHz LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)	LTE 1800 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE 2600 MHz LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)

Mobile technology and data rates

Communication between devices in mobile networks is carried out using technologies that provide different data rates.

Operating system

An operating system is the system software that controls and coordinates the operation of the hardware components on a device.

Operating system (OS)

FlyMe 7.8

FlyMe 6.0 (Android 7.0 Nougat) FlyMe 7.8

SoC (System on a Chip)

A system on a chip (SoC) integrates all the major hardware components of a mobile device into a single chip.

SoC (System on a Chip)	MediaTek Helio X30 (MT6799)	MediaTek Helio X30 (MT6799)
Technological process	10 nm	10 nm
Processor (CPU)		2x 2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A73, 4x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53, 4x 1.9 GHz ARM Cortex-A35
Processor size	64 bit	64 bit
Instruction set architecture	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Level 1 cache (L1)	256 kB + 256 kB	256 kB + 256 kB
L2 cache	2048 kB 2 MB	2048 kB 2 MB
Number of processor cores	10	10
CPU clock speed	2600 MHz	2600 MHz
Graphics processing unit (GPU)	PowerVR 7XTP-MT4	PowerVR 7XTP-MT4
GPU clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
The amount of random access memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Memory type (RAM)	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Number of RAM channels	Two-channel	Two-channel
RAM frequency	1866 MHz	1866 MHz

Built-in memory

Each mobile device has built-in (non-removable) fixed memory.

Built-in memory	128 GB	64 GB 128 GB
	UFS 2.1	UFS 2.1

Screen

The screen of a mobile device is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.

Type / technology	Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Diagonal	5.2 in 132.08 mm 13.21 cm	5.7 in 144.78 mm 14.48 cm
Width	2.55 in 64.75 mm 6.48 cm	2.79 in 70.98 mm 7.1 cm
Height	4.53 in 115.12 mm 11.51 cm	4.97 in 126.19 mm 12.62 cm
Aspect ratio	1.778:1 16:9	1.778:1 16:9
Permission	1080 x 1920 pixels	1440 x 2560 pixels
Pixel density	424 ppi 166 ppcm	515 ppi 202 ppcm
Color depth	24 bit 16777216 flowers	24 bit 16777216 flowers
Screen footprint	71.63 %	73.94 %
Other characteristics	Capacitive Multitouch Scratch resistant	Capacitive Multitouch Scratch resistant
	10000: 1 contrast ratio 350 cd / m² 103% NTSC	Display manufacturer - Samsung 10000: 1 contrast ratio 430 cd / m² 103% NTSC Secondary AMOLED display - 1.9 in; 240x536 pixels; 10000: 1 contrast ratio; 350 cd / m²

Sensors

Different sensors perform different quantitative measurements and convert physical metrics into signals that can be recognized by the mobile device.

Rear camera

The main camera of a mobile device is usually located on its rear panel and can be combined with one or more additional cameras.

Sensor model	Sony IMX386 Exmor RS	Sony IMX386 Exmor RS
Sensor type	CMOS	CMOS
Sensor size	4.96 x 3.72 mm 0.24 in	4.96 x 3.72 mm 0.24 in
Pixel size	1.24 μm 0.001240 mm	1.24 μm 0.001240 mm
Crop factor	6.98	6.98
ISO (light sensitivity)	100 - 1600	100 - 1600
Light-strength	f / 2	f / 2
Focal length	3.75 mm	3.75 mm 26.17 mm * (35 mm / full frame)
Number of optical elements (lenses)	6	6
Flash type	Dual LED	Dual LED
Image Resolution	4000 x 3000 pixels 12 megapixels	4000 x 3000 pixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution	3840 x 2160 pixels 8.29 megapixels	3840 x 2160 pixels 8.29 megapixels
Video recording rate (frame rate)	30 frames / sec	30 frames / sec
Specifications	Autofocus Burst shooting Digital zoom Geographic tags Panoramic shooting HDR shooting Touch focus Face recognition Adjusting the white balance ISO setting Exposure compensation Self-timer Scene selection mode	Autofocus Burst shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geographic tags Panoramic shooting HDR shooting Touch focus Face recognition Adjusting the white balance ISO setting Exposure compensation Self-timer Scene selection mode Phase detection autofocus (PDAF)
	Sensor type - CMOS (# 2)	Secondary rear camera - 12 MP (monochrome) Sensor model - Sony IMX386 Exmor RS (# 2) Sensor type - CMOS (# 2) Sensor size - 4.96 x 3.72 mm (# 2)

Front-camera

Smartphones have one or more front cameras of different designs - pop-up camera, PTZ camera, notch or hole in the display, camera under the display.

Audio

Information about the type of speakers and audio technology supported by the device.

Radio

The radio of the mobile device is a built-in FM receiver.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a technology that enables wireless communication for transferring data over short distances between various devices.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard that allows different electronic devices to exchange data.

Connecting devices

Information about other important connection technologies supported by the device.

Browser

A web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.

Video file formats / codecs

Mobile devices support different video file formats and codecs, which respectively store and encode / decode digital video data.

Xiaomi Mi6 and Meizu Pro 7 are the best flagships in the manufacturers' lines at the beginning of 2018. Both phones are based on cool mobile processors, equipped with TOP cameras, screens. Which one is better? - a topical question, we will try to answer it.

Xiaomi Mi6

Comparison of characteristics

For clarity, we will indicate the main parameters of both phones in the table.

At approximately the same price, the flagships have different characteristics. The obvious differences are the screen, the processor. Also, "Meizu" uses a cool audio chip and an additional screen on the back - this cannot be boasted by Xiaomi. But he got more RAM and a battery. There are differences in the cameras - below we present the photos taken with both smartphones. Let's start the comparison with the most significant difference - the CPU.

Comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Mediatek Helio P25

Qualcomm and Mediatek are competing brands. Xiaomi, Google, OnePlus and even Samsung use Snadpragon chips in their phones, while Metiatek processors are mainly purchased by Meizu. They are also used in other smartphones from lesser-known brands. Qualcomm's chips are said to be better.

Snapdragon 835 is the company's latest processor at the beginning of 2018. It was created using a 10nm process technology and has the following characteristics:

1. 8 Kryo 280 cores 2.45 and 1.9 GHz.
2. Dual channel LPDDR4X 1866 GHz.
3. Graphics core Adreno 540 at 710 MHz.
4. Dedicated signal processor Hexagon 682 DSP.
5. Dedicated chip to support Specrta 180 ISP dual camera.
6. 4K video recording at 60 frames per second.
7. Support for 4K displays.
8. Built-in LTE Cat.16 modem providing data transfer rates up to 1 Gbps. Unfortunately, there are no networks in Russia that could provide such speed.
9. Qualcomm QuickCharge 4.0 fast charging (more on this). According to the manufacturer, the technology allows you to charge the phone up to 50% in 15 minutes.
10. Performance in Antutu on Xiaomi Mi6 - 181118 points. This is a record among Android platforms.

The Helio P25 used in the Meizu Pro 7 was introduced in early 2017. At that time, it was the flagship, but today its characteristics are far inferior to the TOP chips, including the 835 "snap". Its parameters:

1. 16nm process technology (10nm from a competitor).
2. 8 cores of energy efficient Cortex-A53 cores (versus 8 high-performance ones in Snapdragon 835).
3. Supports 1.6 GHz LPDDR4.
4. Integrated graphics ARM Mali T-880 MP2 at 900 MHz.
5. ISP chip to support dual-module camera.
6. Supports FullHD displays with a maximum frame rate of up to 30 frames per second.
7. The ability to record videos in 4K resolution at 30 FPS (the 835th snap in this resolution can record video at 60 FPS).
8. Built-in LTE Cat.6 modem (versus LTE Cat.16).
9. Supports fast charging technology.
10. The test result in the Antutu benchmark - 67521 points.

Obviously, the Xiaomi Mi6 outperforms its competitor in terms of performance. Its Snapdragon 835 processor is head and shoulders above the weak Helio P25. However, it is worth recalling that the flagship Meizu Pro 6 plus (older version) received a more powerful 10-core Helio X30, which can “compete” with the latest chip from Qualcomm.

We will not consider the screens - they are almost the same. And although the technologies are different (AMOLED vs IPS), the picture is displayed beautifully on both.

Comparison of cameras

And although the phones received dual-module sensors, which in theory should affect the quality of images due to the receipt more light on the matrix, they are poorly implemented. Of course, the detail and color reproduction of the cameras has increased, as well as the dynamic range, but nothing supernatural has been achieved.

Let's start with Mi6. The phone received sensors with different focal lengths. The main lens is wide-angle with optical stabilization. During the day, the photos are cool, in the evening they are noisy. Sometimes in daylight, poorly dynamic scenes are blurred.

Examples of sneaks on Xiaomi Mi6

All images open in full resolution on click.

Dynamic range wide - this is especially noticeable in the second photo. Notice the gray clouds and clear blue skies, as well as the dark visible areas under the bridge.

As for the Meizu Pro 7, here even the camera characteristics raise questions: why is there no optical stabilization in the flagship? Is it possible that a modern phone of this level has f / 2 optics? Even some state employees use f / 1.8 lenses. And most importantly, this phone does not even have laser focusing, although it was in Meizu Pro 6.

Sample photos on Meizu Pro 7

All images are clickable - open in full resolution when clicked.

Night shots with strong noise
Bokeh effect

To be honest, the pictures are good, although initially it seems that the results should be worse. If Meizu used optical stabilization and laser focusing, then the camera would outperform the Xiaomi Mi6 sensors. In the meantime, they are on the same level. I was very upset with the quality of the picture taken in the evening - a lot of noise despite the excessively active noise reduction.

Peculiarities

The main feature of Meizu is an additional screen on the back side. This is an AMOLED display with a diagonal of 1.9 inches and a resolution of 240x536. In the phone settings there is a category "Second screen", where you can install different modules for display: camera, pedometer, weather, notifications, etc. Although this display is touch-sensitive, it has little functionality. You cannot answer a call on it, let alone make a call, there is no way to rewind music. However, it conveniently displays the number of steps taken, weather, date, time. This screen can be used as a mirror for selfies, and this is where its possibilities end.

The second feature is the Cirrus Logic CS43130 audio chip. Traditionally, the Meizu company installs cool sound chips in its phones, which provide high-quality sound in headphones and speakers. However, it is impossible to single out something special.

Xiaomi Mi6 does not have any unique features. His main "weapon" is a powerful modern processor Snapdragon 835. It is thanks to it that Mi6 wins in this rating, and this victory is well deserved. The Pro 7 is a weak smartphone that can hardly be called a flagship by modern standards.

Meizu Pro 7 powered by Mediatek Helio X30 processor

These phones are mainly sold in stores with Helio P25 processors, but there are also more advanced versions (Pro 7 Plus) with Helio X30 chips. These are powerful 10nm processors, they are equipped with 10 cores, divided into 3 clusters.

Specifications

• Body materials: metal, glass
• Operating system: Android 7, Flyme 6 shell
• Network: 2G, 3G, 4G, dual SIM (both nanoSIM)
• Screen: SuperAMOLED, 5.2 '', 1080x1920 pixels (FullHD), automatic backlight level control, 2.5D protective glass
• Additional screen: AMOLED, 1.9 inches, 240x536 pixels
• Processor: 8 cores, MediaTek Helio P25
• Graphics: ARM Mali-T880
• RAM: 4GB LPDDR4x
• Storage memory: 64 GB (eMMC 5.1); no memory card provided
• Main cameras: 12 + 12 MP (color and black and white), f / 2.0. IMX386, phase focusing, dual tone flash
• Front camera: 16 MP, f / 2.0
• Audio: DAC Cirrus Logic CS43130
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi (a / b / g / n) DualBand, Bluetooth 4.2 (A2DP, LE), connector USB Type-C(USB 2.0) for charge / sync, 3.5 mm for headset
• Navigation: GPS / GLONASS (support A-GPS)
• Optional: fingerprint scanner
• Sensors: accelerometer, position sensor, light sensor, gyroscope
• Battery: non-removable, 3000 mAh
• Dimensions: 147 x 70 x 7.3 mm
• Weight: 163 grams

Contents of delivery

• Smartphone
• Network adapter
• USB cable Type-C
• Metal clip for removing the SIM tray
• Brief instruction
• Warranty card
• Plastic bumper

Introduction

The MEIZU Pro 7 smartphone is the younger version of the flagship Pro 7 Plus device. Despite the similar design, the presence of the same additional screens and cameras, the devices still differ in chipsets, display diagonal and resolution, type and amount of built-in memory, RAM size and, of course, dimensions. In my subjective opinion, the decision is somewhat strange: it was easier and more efficient to do it the way SONY did it with the XZ1 and XZ1 Compact models. Let me remind you that there gadgets globally differ only in body dimensions and screen resolution.

The Chinese company is apparently doing very well, so it allows itself to set high prices for some devices. Specifically on the Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus. The first gadget will cost you 36,000 rubles, and the second - 45,000 rubles (RRTs). However, if you try, you can find new items exactly 10,000 rubles cheaper, and from official deliveries.

In this article, we are only talking about the differences between Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus.

Design, dimensions, controls

If we talk about which of the two smartphones is more convenient to use, then, of course, the first place will be taken by the Pro 7 with its compact size. The gadget fits perfectly in the hand due to the small width of 70 mm, and it became more comfortable to reach the upper border of the screen due to the height of 147 mm. The thickness relative to the Pro 7 Plus remains the same - 7.3 mm.

The bezel is protected by 2.5D glass and the rest of the body is made of durable metal. The antennas were placed along the edge of the upper and lower ends. This decision made it possible not only to use an all-metal case, but also to give the rear panel an unusual appearance. The glass has an oleophobic coating, the quality is above average.

On sale MEIZU Pro 7 is available in three colors: gold (the back panel, and the "face" is white), black and red (the "face" is black). Of course, a smartphone in red looks the most advantageous - I advise you to take a closer look at this color: now black and white devices reign on the market, which is sad.

The back cover is rough to the touch, it doesn't slip out of your hands. During testing, not a single scratch appeared - a sturdy baby. By the way, everything is also good with the assembly. Not like mine Apple iPhone 8 Plus, in which the lower part of the front panel has already begun to play.

On the front of MEIZU Pro 7 - sensors, a camera, an indicator of missed events, speaker... The speaker is loud, sounds clear, the timbre is closer to low frequencies.

Below is a standard mechanical button with a built-in fingerprint scanner. Fires on touch "Back".

At the bottom there is a speaker speakerphone, Type-C connector, microphone and 3.5 mm headphone jack. And on the top is a lonely additional microphone.

The power button and volume rocker are on the right, on the left - a metal slot for two nano SIM cards. There was no room for a memory card - no one needs it, right? ..

In my subjective opinion, the display is almost useless, at least until the software update, where all notifications with detailed information should appear.

Meizu Pro 7 and pro 7 Plus

Meizu Pro 7 and ASUS Zenfone 4

Meizu Pro 7 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Display

MEIZU Pro 7 uses a 5.2-inch screen. The physical size of the Pro 7 display is 70.5x125 mm, the frame on the top is 16 mm, on the bottom - 16.5, on the right and left - about 3 mm. There is an anti-reflective coating.

Permission display MEIZU Pro 7 - FullHD, that is, 1080x1920 pixels, density - 423 pixels per inch. The matrix is ​​made by Samsung - SuperAMOLED. The so-called Pentile effect is completely invisible, the density decides!

The maximum brightness of white is 340 cd / m2 (official data is 350). Contrast - 10,000: 1.

The white line is the goal we are trying to achieve. The yellow line is the actual screen data. You can see that we are almost directly above the target curve at values ​​from 0 to 100%. This means that at each value the image is slightly overexposed. The yellow line is actually the average amount of red, green, and blue.

The average gamma is 2.18.

Judging by the level chart, blue is in abundance and red is in short supply.

The temperature does not "jump".

Based on the diagram, the resulting data is MUCH larger than the sRGB triangle, especially in the green area.

Almost all gray points are located outside the DeltaE = 10 radius, which indicates that other shades will be present in the grays.

The viewing angles are maximum, the picture slightly greens under certain slopes of the screen.

In the settings, you can choose one of four modes: adaptive, standard, photo and full color. I tested the first mode.

Various modes screen

Viewing angles

Read about the additional screen in the material Pro 7 Plus.

Battery

This model uses a 3000mAh non-removable battery (lithium polymer). The manufacturer does not provide any official figures.

Smartphone quietly "lives" full daylight hours (for winter it is more relevant to write "until 20 - 22 hours") with all services and applications included.

If we test only video playback (HD, maximum brightness), then the smartphone sits down after 15 hours. This is a very good indicator. For example, Pro 7 Plus "spins" the same video for about 13 hours. The Pro 7 toys are also doing well - over 7 hours.

In the kit you will find a fast charger, so MEIZU Pro 7 will receive 100% charge in about an hour and a little.

Communication capabilities

Here the situation is about the same as with the Pro 7 Plus: support for LTE Cat 6 Band 1/3/5/7/20, two SIM cards. V this case Wi-Fi does not "see" the AC standard, and there is no BDS in navigation. The NFC chip is still missing. Signal reception is stable, I did not notice any problems. The sensitivity is decent.

Memory

The RAM in the Pro 7 model is 4 GB LPDDR4 with optimized power consumption. Average speed - 4500 MB / s. The built-in memory is only 64 GB, and you can't put a memory card here. The read speed is 196 MB / s, and the write speed is 228 MB / s. It should be noted that the speed of the built-in memory of the eMMC Pro 7 is higher than the speed of the UFS memory in the Pro 7 Plus. Or an app glitch, or a "curve" sample of the Pro 7 Plus.

Cameras

In the introduction, I wrote that in this article I will only talk about the differences between Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus. The cameras are exactly the same, so I'm sending you to Review Pro 7 Plus in the Cameras section.

Performance

Smartphone Pro 7 is equipped with not the newest and not the most nimble MediaTek Helio P25 chipset. Nevertheless, it is created using 16 nm technology with FinFET transistors, 8 cores, and each clock frequency is up to 2.5 GHz. Responsible for the graphics ARM Mali-T880. Also, it's worth noting that the Pro 7 uses Imagiq technology for processing photos and videos. It allows you to make video more stabilized (digital "stub"), reduce noise, improve the quality of the final result.

In the Antutu test, the smartphone scores 65,000 points, which is quite normal. This is not a record at all, but the processor runs almost all toys without difficulty. Glitches, brakes and microlags are absent.

From point of view software everything is calm here: Google android version 7, shell Flyme 6.1.3.0G. I don't really like the branded UI because of the too simple design and a small number of interesting features. It seems to me that it's easier to abandon Flyme in favor of "bare" Android, given that you still don't get out of the box Google services, because first you need to find them in the local AppStore, and then install them. By the way, if you go to Google play- Settings, then in the "Device Certification" section it will be written "Not certified".

Multimedia

The Pro 7 speaker for music output is slightly quieter than the Pro 7 Plus speaker. Plus he's not that bass. As for the musical component, traditionally MEIZU offers separate DACs in its top-end devices. This time it's a 32-bit Cirrus Logic CS43130 with a built-in headphone amplifier. It provides:

• Output power up to 30 mW per channel into 32 ohms or up to 5 mW per channel into 600 ohms!
• Dynamic range 130 dB
• Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise -108
• Sampling rate 384 kHz

The sound is relatively loud, at least the big "ears" should wobble. Good quality. However, I cannot single out something unusual.

Conclusion

As always, there are no complaints about the quality of performance: solid metal smartphone with a comfortable grip and pleasant materials - these are the main advantages of the Pro 7.

The pluses also include the SuperAMOLED matrix, cameras, high-speed performance and a smart interface, a music chip.

If we talk about the shortcomings, then there are almost none, but only if you buy a MEIZU Pro 7 smartphone for 27,000 - 30,000 rubles. Otherwise, it is worth talking about the lack of NFC, optical stabilization in the camera, a simple f / 2.0 aperture, not the most successful location of the additional screen and its functionality.

Overall, however, the Pro 7 is a good device for AMOLED and dual camera lovers.

Competitors:

• Honor 9... The cost starts from 22,000 rubles. Inside 4/64 GB of memory, two cameras, 3200 mAh battery and 8 cores from Huawei;
• Xiaomi Mi6... The price is 30,000 rubles. Cool gadget, almost out of competition;
• ASUS ZenFone 4 ... It costs about 30,000 rubles. Two cameras - "shirik" and a regular one. Not quite suitable due to the diagonal of the screen;
• Huawei P10... You can find from 30,000 rubles. A compact and slim smartphone with a cool camera.

You can cite a few more, but I think that these are quite enough.

At a price of about 27,000 rubles, MEIZU Pro 7 is interesting, but at a higher cost above the purchase this device need to think carefully.

Meizu Pro 6 Plus was announced at the end of November 2016, which attracted a lot of attention: better screen, the best camera among all Meizu smartphones. In a word, this is the smartphone that Meizu lovers have been waiting for, but in the summer of 2017 the updated model Meizu Pro 7 Plus comes out and then the question arises: what better Pro 6 Plus or Pro 7 Plus? Let's take a closer look at whether all the new models are really better than their predecessors.

Completion of devices

At first glance, the package is worthy of flagship devices, which cannot be said about the Pro 6 Plus. Pro 7 Plus comes in a black, beautiful and expensive rectangular box with the PRO 7 Plus logo centered at the end of the box. The inner part of the box includes several small boxes packed in a plastic case. The Pro 6 Plus box looks more like a budget version: a square plastic box covered in dull black with the PRO 6 Plus logo on top of the box.

The set of both devices includes a fast charger with an output current of 2A and a voltage of 5/9/12 V, a USB cable with a Type-C connector, a key clip in the form of a Flyme icon (the official shell of smartphones manufactured by Meizu) for removing a SIM maps and documentation. The Pro 7 Plus also comes with a transparent plastic case.

Screen: let's figure out whose image is better.

The first thing that catches your eye when comparing smartphones is the displays. The matrix of devices was handled by Samsung, which produces the long-loved SuperAMOLED screens. A common problem with AMOLED displays is screen glare in the sun, for this Meizu developers have installed an anti-glare coating in their models, which prevents glare from the sun and other light sources

The Pro 6 Plus has a 5.7-inch display at a QuadHD (2560 x 1440) screen resolution. A similar display is used on the Pro 7 Plus. If you do not go into numbers, then the color rendition on the Pro 6 Plus looks much better: the white color of the Pro 7 Plus looks greenish, lifeless, on the contrary, in the Pro 6 Plus, the whites look cleaner, but they give a little to red, which can only be seen in isolated cases.

The brightness of the screens of both devices is the same, the difference is that the Pro 7 Plus has a lower minimum brightness than the Pro 6 Plus. In reality, these conditions will not greatly affect reading at night, so both smartphones are suitable for those who like to read from a smartphone at night.

Cameras

The main question today is: "Where is the best camera?" The kit, the device screen and the history of creation are not of interest to the buyer, most are looking for a phone whose camera will make the user's Instagram popular, and YouTube a trend, so the most important comparison will be a comparison of photos and videos of smartphones chips.

The main camera of both devices is equipped with a SONY sensor - IMX386, the optics of which consists of 6 lenses and an f / 2.0 aperture with optical stabilization. Front-facing 5MP cameras on both devices shoot well on average: there are retouching effects that are suitable for girls, but autofocus has not yet been delivered, but selfies are good even without it. More interesting are the main cameras, which we will talk about later.

The Pro 6 plus camera is one of the best cameras phones maize. The phone is equipped with a 12MP camera with 4-axis OIS that works wonders. Previously, most smartphones Meizu when the lighting deteriorated, the pictures turned out to be blurry, which were obtained only from the third, or even from the fifth attempt, in decent quality. Everyone who was waiting for the correction of this shortcoming - waited. Meizu Pro 6 with optical stabilization can also shoot in low light, the pictures are good with a greater probability, there is little noise in the dark and the stabilization has a positive effect on the video, which we will talk about later.

The Pro 7 plus is also equipped with optical stabilization, but this is not its main feature. The main camera of the device uses two modules with a resolution of 12MP and 12MP, one of which is color and the other is monochrome. The main feature of the smartphone is the selfie and the front camera has nothing to do with it. This is because the phone has a small screen on the back of the device that can act as a display for stills and videos, which will help you take high quality selfies with the least amount of effort.

Filming of both devices is also on high level: cameras have the ability to shoot in 4K resolution, but without 60 fps mode and optical stabilization. Optical stabilization works in Full HD resolution and helps the picture smooth out camera shake, autofocus is aimed smoothly, and the picture does not blur, as is the case in some Google and Xiaomi models. A pretty good microphone with noise cancellation and a bitrate of 96 kbps is also installed: the sound from loud rock concerts is recorded well, but in general it could have been better.

Summing up, it should be noted that with the release of Pro 6 Plus, Meizu did a good job on the camera of smartphones and began to release really high-quality cameras. In general, both cameras of smartphones shoot plus / minus the same: although there is stabilization, night shooting still leaves much to be desired, but daytime photography turns out to be rich and bright.

External appearance of devices

The front side of the maize has basically not changed for several years and no exceptions were made here. Perhaps this is because the front side of the maize has long established itself in the circle of smartphones and this gives a certain chip.

On the front side of the gadgets there is a 2.5D glass, a mechanical button with a built-in fingerprint and an oleophobic coating that practically bypasses fingerprints on the display.

The back side of the devices is very different from each other. The Pro 6 Plus is covered in a metal non-removable body, in the center of which is the Meizu logo and just above the camera with flash. Pro 7 Plus surprised maize fans with a rear view: the smartphone is also equipped with a metal rear body with an additional display and a dual camera above it, which shows the day of the week, weather and time, and can also help with selfies, as we already talked about above.

Sizes and fits comfortably in the hand

Smartphone cases are made with a 12-step sandblasting process to achieve the most comfortable feeling. With a diagonal of 5.7 inches, the phones fit snugly in the hand, avoiding accidental drops. The volume buttons and the screen lock are suitable for mid-finger lengths.

Performance

It is not worth mentioning the performance, which now occupies one of the main problems of each manufacturer, each of which wants to make their device more powerful than everyone else, budget Meizu have long been competing in their circle, but let's see how things are with the more prestigious Meizu smartphones. Let's compare which is better than the Pro 6 Plus Pro 7 Plus?

The Meizu MX6 comes with 4 GB of internal RAM and an 8-core processor from Samsung (Exynos 8890 2.0 GHz and Cortex-A53 quad-core 1.5 GHz), while the Pro 7 Plus includes 6 GB of RAM with a 10-core MediaTek Helio processor X30.

Meizu did not waste time on trifles and installed in the Pro 7 Plus the first processor with a three-cluster architecture, created using the 10 nm process technology, with which the smartphone automatically switches between performance and power saving. It also boasts the new System Power Allocator smartphone technology, which distributes power and predicts energy use. With its help, the smartphone intuitively determines which of the applications on this moment more important and controls energy consumption.

The internal stuffing of the devices shows itself very well. The performance of each smartphone gives out almost the same results, in some cases it is better about 6, in some about 7, but in general, both are suitable for games in high quality.

In 2015-2016, Meizu released new smartphone models one after another. In two years, the company has announced twenty-one new products. The devices differed little from each other, sometimes the difference between the models had to be looked for, if not under a microscope, then with a magnifying glass. All the more unexpected is the experiment with an additional screen on the rear panel, which the company went to in the flagship Pro 7. Let's study it and see how successful this experiment turned out to be and what, besides it, is interesting for the compact flagship Meizu.

It should be noted that Meizu worked closely with MediaTek on many aspects of the smartphone, and for both companies the implementation of the second display was a novelty. The Pro 7 model exists with the Helio P25 and Helio X30 processors, however the small variant of the smartphone with the X30 will not be sold anywhere other than the Chinese market. Therefore, hereinafter we will talk about Pro 7 on Helio P25.

Specifications Meizu Pro 7:

• Network: GSM (Band 2, 3, 5, 8), CDMA (BC0), WCDMA (Band 1, 2, 5, 8), TD-SCDMA (Band 34, 39), FDD-LTE (Band 1, 3, 5, 7, 20), TDD-LTE (Band 38, 39, 40, 41)
• Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat with Flyme OS 6 firmware
• Main display: 5.2 ", 1920 x 1080 pixels, 423 ppi, 10,000: 1, 350 nits, SuperAMOLED, 2.5D glass, 10-point multitouch
• Additional display: 1.9 ", 536x240 pixels, 307 ppi, 10,000: 1, 350 nits, AMOLED
• Camera: dual (b / w + color), 12 MP + 12 MP, Sony IMX386, f / 2.0, phase focus, 6 lenses, dual LED flash of different tones,
• Front camera: 16 MP, f / 2.0, 5 lenses
• Processor: 8 cores Cortex-A53, 4 x 2.6 GHz + 4 x 1.6 GHz, 16 nm, MediaTek Helio P25
• Graphics chip: Mali-T880MP2, 1GHz
• RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X
• Internal memory: 64GB (eMMC 5.1)
• Memory card: no
• A-GPS, GLONASS
• Wi-Fi (802.11a / b / g / n)
• Bluetooth 4.2LE
• Ports: USB Type-C, 3.5mm
• Two nano-SIM slots
• MTouch 2.1 Fingerprint Scanner
• Audio: Hi-Fi DAC Cirrus Logic CS43130, SmartPA
• Battery: non-removable, 3000 mAh, fast charging mCharge 3.0
• Dimensions: 147.62 x 70.72 x 7.3mm
• Weight: 163g

Video review and unpacking

Complete set and design

Meizu Pro 7 comes in an unusual black plastic box. The kit includes the smartphone itself, a needle for ejecting SIM trays, a USB cable, an mCharge 3.0 charger (up to 24 W), documentation and - which is very unusual for Meizu - a case. A simple hard case that protects the smartphone from the back and sides, and also protrudes slightly above the front panel to protect the screen. The case is easily scratched and deprives you of the buzz from touching the metal case, but the smartphone protects - and this is the main thing.

In Russia, Meizu Pro 7 is available in black, red and gold. All colors are matte. I like the red and black colors the most. Red - because the combination of a red back and a black apron, which, unfortunately, Apple did not think of, looks very cool. And black - because in this color the second display does not stand out. In the red version, the display unit also, surprisingly, fits organically. What can not be said about gold - the screen looks very alien there.

I liked the design of the black Meizu Pro 7. The device looks very neat, all the elements are in place. Plastic strips merge with the body. If you don't know about them, you might not even notice. Perhaps, the second screen could have been beaten better, but the option chosen by Meizu does not seem to be unfortunate. And the recessed vertical company logo, sent to the bottom right corner, looks very appropriate and advantageous. There is no scattering of round holes above the screen - only the front camera's peephole. The light and proximity sensors are neatly located in the cutout for the speaker grill. An interesting solution, this was the case with Smartisan.

The smartphone is small (5.2 "plus small frames on the left and right), the location of all controls is good, the fingerprint scanner is in the best location- under the screen, so the ergonomics should be at their best. However, not everything is so smooth. More precisely, everything is too smooth: Meizu overdid it a little with the polishing of the phone, and it turned out to be slippery. No matter how you take it, the feeling of a secure grip does not arise. I have to put on a case: (But the matte back to the touch just like the iPhone 7. I think the company was striving for this. And I will sound an engineering miscalculation - the only multimedia speaker is located on the left side of the bottom end, and it is very easy to block it. Some other Chinese manufacturers also sin (OnePlus 5 is one example.) The build is perfect.

The main SuperAMOLED screen has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels with a diagonal of 5.2 ". The pixel density is 423 ppi. The display brightness is 350 nits. For outdoor use on a sunny day, there is enough end-to-end. As is traditional for OLED screens, the black color is very deep, but white is not up to par (but not particularly annoying) PenTile is noticeable if you look closely, but under normal use it also does not cause discomfort.Viewing angles are maximum, noticeable inversions appear only when looking almost along the display.

At first glance, it may seem that there is no LED indicator in the Meizu Pro 7, but it is there - to the left of the speaker, reacts to missed events. The mTouch fingerprint scanner is in its usual place - below the screen. This is a button, pressing which means “home”, and touching it means “back”. The multitasking menu opens with a swipe up (or from right to left, if changed in the settings), there are no buttons for it. For those who switch to Meizu, such a control system may be unusual at first, but in one or two days you completely get used to it and begin to consider it convenient and well thought out.

Software

Meizu Pro 7 is based on Flyme OS firmware based on operating system Android version 7.0 Nougat. The Flyme OS version itself is 6. As I said in the Meizu M3E review (link), there are a lot of small changes in it, but nothing revolutionary. All functions, which we have never seen before, relate to the second screen, and we will talk about them separately. The shell is pleasant and convenient, I have no complaints about the stability of its work.

Second screen

It's time to talk separately about the main feature of Meizu Pro 7 - an additional screen on the back panel. It has a diagonal of 1.9 "and a resolution of 536x240 pixels (307 ppi), the brightness is the same 350 nits, the technology is AMOLED (this time, for some reason, without the Super marketing prefix).

By default, the secondary display interface consists of three screens scrolling horizontally: clock, steps, weather. With a swipe up or down, we get to the camera menu, where three modes are offered: background blur, face beauty, original. Taking pictures is carried out by touching the screen (with a three-second timer) or the volume down button (without a timer). When shooting on the volume rocker, especially when there is a lack of light, try to hold the device firmly - otherwise the frame will be blurred. A timer in such a scenario would also be helpful. The ability to use a second screen is also available in the camera application. When you click on special button the rear display begins to act as an additional viewfinder. As a result, both the photographer and the person being photographed can see the frame. What else is a second screen for? To show notifications and animated screensavers, of course!

But that's not all about the second screen! Many people know that Meizu began its journey with the release of players. Therefore, it is not surprising that a smartphone can be turned into a purely music player, which can be useful during a flight. To switch to music mode, you need to hold down the power button and select the appropriate option. After that, all telephone functions will be inactive, the main display will turn off, and tracks will be displayed on the additional one. As for the sound from the phone in general, I would put it on the level of Pro 6. The volume is enough, the tracks are played neatly, energetically, for most users this is enough with their heads. It is better not to connect high-impedance headphones. And what to connect? Well, the Meizu HD50 and the new Flow plugs played great with the device. I am glad that Meizu and MediaTek do not ignore the musical roots of the Zhuhai vendor and have agreed to enhance the audio capabilities of the device by integrating the Cirrus Logic CS43130 Hi-Fi DAC into the Helio P25 platform. But we could have put it on the stock codec!

The features of the second screen do not seem far-fetched to me. These are mostly interesting and convenient things that cannot be realized without an additional display on the rear panel. I hope Meizu will not abandon an interesting development, and in new models we will continue to see a second screen, which will eventually receive new interesting functions.

Camera

Meizu Pro 7 was the first among the company's smartphones to receive a dual main camera. And who came to the rescue? That's right - MediaTek! The Helio P25 chip has an advanced digital signal processor (ISP) optimized specifically for dual cameras with a monochrome matrix. This ISP can work with two 13-megapixel sensors (or one 24 megapixel), but for the Pro 7 they took a pair of 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensors, equipping them with six-lens optics (f / 2.0). The additional camera lacks a color filter and can be used to create black and white photographs. It also serves to blur the background in portrait mode. By default, the phone puts a watermark on the pictures taken by it, but this can be turned off (and it is better to turn it off, I think).

Meizu Pro 7 is capable of doing very nice photos... The camera of the smartphone practically does not make mistakes with the white balance and color rendition, and the detail is often pleasing, and this also applies to pictures in low light conditions. Sometimes there were problems with autofocus, which could not tune to the end of the distance and he had to help with his finger. This is noticeable in early comparison shots next to the Pro 7 Plus. The photos of the Pro 7 are not so clear and it is clear that the focus was slightly not refined. Fortunately, this has already been fixed. We, as reviewers, were sent test firmware several times, and here one of them just corrected the camera's operation. With commercial vehicles, everything was fine at once.

By the way, despite the absolute identity of the Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus cameras on paper, they still take pictures in different ways. The difference in color rendition is very rare and the pictures look the same with rare exceptions (a photo of a sunset, for example), but differences in noise and detail can be traced and they are not in favor of a small one. Why? Because the drivers are different and different chips - the P25 is of the middle level, and the X30 is the flagship. However, the differences are so small that they can be noticed only by direct and close comparison, and even then not always. In general, do not worry about the photo.

Meizu Pro 7 - Pro 7 Plus:

Meizu Pro 7 - Pro 7 Plus

Photo with old software - photo with new software
Each pair of Pro 7 on the left, Pro 7 Plus on the right

The portrait mode of Meizu Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus works the same way - quite neatly, although the boundaries of objects are not always determined accurately. The main point of Meizu's portraits is the "aggressive" bokeh, which makes the picture in the background very blurry. It is impossible to adjust the strength of the bokeh, it does not always look natural, and there really is someone like that. Some people like the naturalness of portraits from the iPhone 7 Plus, while others like this wow-blur of Meizu.

Meizu Pro 7

Meizu Pro 7 Plus

Meizu Pro 7 - Pro 7 Plus

Although it is easy to shoot selfies with the main camera with Meizu Pro 7, the smartphone also has a front one, and a good 16-megapixel one is useful for video calls. Selfies are good, but they are still inferior to images on the rear module. We compared them for interest. Comparison in favor of the main camera, of course. This is the very moment when the resolution does not speak of quality.

Main camera, facial beauty - DOS. camera, blur - front camera

Video shooting is limited [email protected] Moreover, for the Helio P25, 4K recording at 24fps is declared. Meizu deliberately did not turn on this mode on the Pro 7, as the result would be inferior to the smoothness of Full HD (judging by other models on the P25, where 4K is active). Nevertheless, the smartphone captures sound quality, the detail for 1080 is not bad. You can shoot slow motion videos (480p, 4x slow motion) and time lapses (15x to 240x speed).

Performance and benchmarks

A lot of controversy was caused by the hardware of Meizu Pro 7. People wondered why the company installed a mid-level chipset in a smartphone from the flagship line. However, MediaTek is positioning the Helio P25 as a “premium solution for thin smartphones", That is, it is still a top-end processor in the understanding of the Chinese parties. The eight-core processor includes four "slow" Cortex-A53 cores (up to 1.6 GHz) and four "fast" Cortex-A53 cores (up to 2.6 GHz). Responsible for the graphics is the Mali-T880MP2 video accelerator with a frequency of up to 1 GHz. It comes with 4 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64 GB of eMMC5.1 internal memory (52.6 GB free). There is no microSD slot. The more powerful version of the compact Pro 7, which features the Helio X30 chipset and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage, is not available outside of China.

Performance mode

Meizu has had several performance modes in smartphones for a long time. We tested the Pro 7 under heavy load with maximum performance and in the mode of balance between performance and autonomy, and the difference in speed was not noticed. Therefore, you can bet any or play it safe (if you are a gambling addict) and enable the maximum performance mode, there will be no problems. According to Meizu, Flyme OS 6 introduces the One Mind intelligent system, which studies the user's habits and suggests optimization solutions based on the analyzed data. The system allegedly can reduce the launch time of the most frequently used applications, finds unclaimed processes running in the background to make the entire smartphone more efficient. I don't know which of these is true, but the Pro 7 really works smartly in everyday life.

Balance mode between performance and autonomy

What about performance in real games? The lack of speed is felt only in the most demanding titles, for example, World of Tanks - 60 fps rarely happens there, although there are no wild lags. And it's better not to include Injustice 2. But with maximum graphics, we played Unkilled, Dead Trigger 2, Asphalt Extreme, Modern Strike Online, Last Day on Earth and Air Attack 2 without any problems. ... It is a pity that many users, before the appearance of real tests and reviews, had time to label the Pro 7 with the Helio P25 as a “phone not for games”. For fun, check out the Meizu Pro 7 Plus gaming test on the Helio X30:

Unlike the Helio X30, which uses the latest 10nm process technology, the Helio P25 is more old technology 16 nm FinFET +. Despite this, the Meizu Pro 7 cannot be blamed for the fact that it runs out of battery quickly (figures in the next paragraph), or that it gets very hot. Yes, there is heating, but it never reached such a level for me that it became unpleasant to hold the case.

For autonomy in Meizu Pro 7, a battery with a standard capacity of 3000 mAh is responsible for the current times. When playing a video with maximum brightness and all the included wireless modules, the discharge from one hundred to zero took fourteen hours. For an hour in Asphalt Extreme, the smartphone lost 19% of its charge, that is, it will last for five hours of playing. During normal use, the smartphone lives for one and a half to two days with 4-7 hours of the screen, and it can be discharged in one day only with a very heavy load. We never succeeded in doing this. Colleagues also speak very positively about the autonomy of the Pro 7. Whatever one may say, the combination of the SuperAMOLED screen and the MediaTek Helio P25 processor turned out to be successful. Meizu Pro 7 turned out to be a compact, long-lasting flagship, which copes well with games.

conclusions

After two years of self-copying and stagnation, Meizu decided on an unexpected experiment, setting in flagship smartphone additional screen. This idea caused a lot of controversy, but I personally liked it. First, it makes the device stand out from the crowd. Secondly, it offers a range of interesting handy features. Another experiment was the use of the MediaTek Helio P25 chipset. In terms of gaming capabilities, it did not turn out to be top-end, but it did not disappoint either, and also had a positive effect on the autonomy of the device.

Otherwise, we have Meizu in the best traditions: a calm pleasant design, an excellent fingerprint scanner, decent autonomy and functional Flyme OS firmware. The cost of Meizu Pro 7 in Russia is 35,640 rubles. You can get more information on the official website of Meizu in Russia.