Meizu 18x Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Meizu 18x - unexpected sub-flag

The Chinese company Meizu has already been largely forgotten by Android users from Europe and the CIS. In just a couple of years, the successful corporation lost the competition to other A-brands due to mediocre product support and problems with software and marketing. Now the manufacturer has focused exclusively on the Chinese market, but even for the inhabitants of the Middle Kingdom, the release of the hero of today's review came as a surprise.

The work of the organization's designers simply cannot be criticized. Although the novelty is somewhat cheaper than other representatives of the line, the expensive materials of the case in the form of glass and metal remained in place. The 6.67-inch AMOLED display gracefully transitions to the side edges, the 13-megapixel selfie camera at the top is very difficult to notice. The screen resolution of 2400x1080 pixels with the used diagonal creates excellent picture clarity, it is easy to praise the image for increased smoothness at a refresh rate of 120Hz . In addition, the AMOLED panel is characterized by a huge margin of brightness, an accurate fingerprint scanner and a high-quality oleophobic coating.

Specifications are one step away from the title of top-end. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 CPU is still an excellent solution for combining performance and energy efficiency. The chipset with 8GB / 12GB of RAM leaves no chance for jams, even for such gaming giants as Genshin Impact and Fortnite. Of course, smooth gameplay is achieved with maximum graphics presets. The 4300mAh battery is far from the capacity record, but even such a battery is ready to offer about a day and a half of active use of the device. At the same time, the device does not suffer from strong heating, for which it is worth expressing gratitude to the good passive cooling system. The size of the internal storage varies from 128 to 256GB , depending on the version. It cannot be expanded, so the second option is preferable when purchasing.

64- (main sensor Samsung GW3), 8- (wide-angle lens) and 2-megapixel (macro lens) cameras are inferior to camera phones in the price category in terms of image detail. Electronic stabilization does not reduce the amount of noise in the photo, and the quality of the footage is frustrating with the effect of ghosting in low light. But stereo sound has not disappeared from the Android smartphone, as well as contactless payments NFC , 5G networks. But the proprietary FlymeOS shell is still limited in functionality. Buyers outside the homeland of the gadget will be upset by the lack of FDD-LTE B20 and many untranslated applications. As a result, the device makes a positive impression, but the shortcomings mentioned will be significant for a large number of users.