IT168 Review In the second half of 2017, full-screen mobile phones ushered in a wave of explosion, and all major mobile phone manufacturers launched full-screen mobile phones one after another. The full-screen mobile phone brings an 18:9 screen ratio and a higher screen-to-body ratio, which not only improves the appearance of the phone, but also brings a better visual experience. However, we found that Meizu is the only one missing from the ranks of domestic full-screen mobile phones. Perhaps out of various considerations and to allow full-screen phones to bring a better experience, Meizu finally released its first mobile phone on January 17, 2018. Taiwan's full-screen mobile phone - Meizu M6, although a little late, may be a surprising product.
▲Meiblue S6 review
Currently, all full-screen mobile phones on the market have a unique feature, that is, they use 18:9 screens, and Meizu S6 also has the same feature. Same. Full screen literally means that the front is all screen. The four border positions of the mobile phone are all borderless designs, pursuing a screen-to-body ratio close to 100, but it is impossible to achieve it with current technology. What everyone calls full-screen mobile phones now refers to mobile phones with a high screen-to-body ratio of 18:9. Some manufacturers call it full-screen regardless of the high or low screen-to-body ratio, as long as the screen ratio is 18:9. Perhaps we can understand Meizu’s understanding of full-screen from the design of Meizu S6. Of course, it is impossible for Meizu to produce a flawless product with its first full-screen phone.
▲The return of small dots
Meizu’s first full-screen mobile phone is not a high-end product. Meizu S6 is a thousand-yuan full-screen phone targeting the mid- to low-end market. Some Meiyou friends will be disappointed, but Meizu S6 has brought a lot of changes and innovations, especially innovations in interaction. Meizu has gone from small dots to mBack. This time Meizu has returned to small dots. With the new interactive experience brought by the full screen and new gesture operations, it may be Meizu’s exploration of the full screen interactive experience. So Meizu Can S6 deliver a satisfactory answer in terms of interaction?
Meiblue S6 parameters
Mobile phone model
Meizu S6
Screen size
5.7 inches 18: 9 full screen
Resolution
1440x720
Processor
Samsung Exynos 7872
Frequency
Six-core 2xA73 2.0GHz 4xA53 1.6GHz
Body memory
32/64GB
Running memory
3GB
Main camera
16MP, Samsung 2P7 F/2.0
Front camera
8MP, F/2.0, supports beauty
Body size
152x72.5x8.0mm
Body weight
160g
Battery
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3000mAh (mCharge 18W fast charging)
Body color
Matte black, moonlight silver, champagne gold, light cobalt blue
Operating system
Flyme 6 (based on Android7.0)
Network standard
Full Netcom
Listing price
999 Yuanqi
Meizu S6 is not only equipped with an 18:9 full screen, but also brings "surprises" in terms of hardware configuration. As early as when Meizu released Meizu Note6, the author had already predicted that Meizu would Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Samsung launched products simultaneously on three platforms. Five months later, the Meizu M6 S6 used a Samsung Exynos 7872 processor, which is a CPU targeted at the mid- to low-end market.
Meizu mobile phones not only use MediaTek processors, but also Qualcomm processors. Now they also use Samsung processors. It can be said that it is one of the few mobile phone brands that uses all three mainstream SoCs. Regarding the Samsung Exynos 7872 used in Meizu M6 S6 What kind of processor it is, we will introduce it in detail later.
▲Meiblue S6
In terms of screen, Meizu S6 uses a 5.7-inch 18:9 full screen with a screen resolution of 1440x720 and integrated LTPS/IGZO/α-si It is a high-quality screen panel that integrates multiple technologies. In addition, this screen supports pressure sensing. As for how to use this pressure sensing, we will introduce it one by one in the interactive experience section later. In terms of storage, there are two versions: 3GB 32GB and 3GB 64GB. This storage combination is quite sufficient for entry-level users. In terms of battery, it uses a 3000mAh battery and is equipped with 18w mCharge fast charging. It is also Meizu’s fine tradition to provide fast charging for thousand-yuan phones. The Samsung Exynos 7872 processor used in the Meizu M6 can already support all Netcom without the need for an external baseband. The Meizu M6 S6 supports full Netcom dual-SIM dual standby and supports SD card expansion up to 128GB.
Meizu Blue S6 appearance
▲Meizu Blue S6 front face
Meizu Blue S6 follows the industry trend and adopts a 5.7-inch 18:9 full screen, continuing the Meizu The narrow bezel design of the mobile phone further increases the screen-to-body ratio of the mobile phone. Meizu M6 S6 has a 5.7-inch screen in the original 5.2-inch body. The increase in screen-to-body ratio not only improves the appearance of the phone, but also makes the front visual effect better.
▲The back of the Meizu S6
▲The back of the Meizu S6
The Meizu S6 adopts an integrated metal body design and uses a one-size-fits-all nano-injection antenna. The entire phone looks more integrated and beautiful. The back cover of Meizu S6 is made of aviation aluminum alloy and undergoes an anodizing process, which is already familiar to Meizu mobile phones. Such a design is not only beautiful but also brings a better feel. The back cover of Meilan S6 is also sandblasted multiple times with a specific type of zircon sand, available in four colors: matte black, light cobalt blue, champagne gold, and moonlight silver.
▲Meizu S6 side fingerprint recognition
Meizu S6 adopts a full-screen design, and the chin position on the front can no longer accommodate the mTouch HOME button, but Meizu is not willing to retreat from the rear fingerprint sensor. Features a new side fingerprint sensor. The side fingerprint solution of Meizu M6 takes into account the grip and operating experience of the phone, making it very easy to operate whether you are left- or right-handed. At the same time, the side fingerprint recognition of Meizu M6 also supports Alipay and WeChat fingerprint payment. The unlocking of the phone is as fast as 0.2s. It supports screen unlocking. The operating experience is the same as that of the front fingerprint operation.
▲The Meizu M6 S6 uses a 12-megapixel dual camera
The Meizu M6 S6 uses a 16-megapixel main camera. The camera uses Samsung’s 2P7 sensor and adopts a 5P lens design. It brings a large f2.0 aperture, and these configurations are also the mainstream configurations of current thousand-yuan phones. Meizu M6 S6 uses a dual-color temperature LED flash and does not use a running flash design. Since Meizu M6 S6 is positioned as a thousand-yuan mobile phone, it is understandable that it does not have these designs.
▲The Meizu M6 S6 uses a 16-megapixel front camera
The Meizu M6 S6 front-facing camera is an 8-megapixel camera with 1.12μm large pixels and a large f2.0 Aperture, supports ArcSoft beautification algorithm and Face AE facial brightness intelligent adjustment and other latest beautification technologies.
▲Meizu S6 supports fingerprint recognition
Meizu’s m-Back has become the face of the Meizu mobile phone family, but due to its full-screen design, Meizu’s m-Back cannot be placed on the front The HOME button is replaced by Meizu’s classic small dot design, but this small dot becomes a small dot within the screen.
The return of the small dot is combined with mBack. The position of the small dot at the bottom of the screen is pressure sensitive, which can realize the light touch return of mBack. Pressing hard is the function of the HOME button. Meizu named this small dot Super mBack. . The small dot HOME keyboard of Meizu M6 not only enables mBack-like operation, but also incorporates gesture operations, enabling multi-dimensional interaction on the bottom bar of the phone for the first time.
▲Meiblue S6 interface
The headphone jack and USB interface of Meizu S6 are at the bottom of the phone. Meizu S6 still uses MicroUSB interface, and old users do not need to replace the data cable when upgrading. Meizu M6 S6 has a 3000mAh battery and supports up to 18W mCharge fast charging, bringing faster charging speed.
▲Meiblue S6 supports dual-SIM dual standby and full network communication
In terms of network, Meizu M6 S6 supports full network communication, supports 6 modes and 18 frequencies, supports dual-SIM dual standby function, and is a mobile phone Provides a card slot design, supports SD card storage expansion, and can insert 2 NanoSIM cards or a NanoSIM and SD card at the same time.
Meizu M6 S6 full screen
▲Meizu S6 uses a 5.7-inch full screen
Full screen has become the current trend, and Meizu S6 also uses a 5.7-inch full screen. It is a 5.7-inch full screen. After using the full screen, you can see that the body of Meizu M6 is slightly larger than that of Meizu 6, but the screen size has increased from 5.2 inches to 5.7 inches. The screen-to-body ratio has been greatly improved. This An 18:9 screen can display 15% more content than a 16:9 screen. The screen resolution of the Meizu M6 S6 is 1440x720. Although it does not reach the full HD level, the 5.7-inch size also brings a resolution of 282PPI. With the addition of LTPS/IGZO/α-si and other display technologies, it has more With a high brightness of 450cd/m2 and a high contrast ratio of 1000:1, the screen of Meizu S6 has a very good display effect.
▲Weibo reading
First of all, in some social applications, because the full screen screen is longer, more content can be seen on one screen, and the vertical resolution of the full screen ranges from 1280 has been increased to 1440. The extra length can display more content, allowing you to read one or two more messages on social software such as WeChat and QQ. The small dots of Meizu M6 can be hidden in some full-screen applications, but for general applications, they will occupy the bottom of the screen. It would be better if they could be automatically hidden.
▲Games
In terms of games, the full screen also has a longer screen, so when playing games, you can see more scenes than the 16:9 screen, and you can see more than others. More content will help you make better judgments during the game.
▲18:9 video playback
▲21:9 video playback
Due to the full-screen 18:9 screen ratio, this ratio is between Between the ratios of traditional movies and TVs, when playing movies with a traditional 2.35:1 ratio, the screen has fewer black edges, and the screen area that actually displays the movie content is larger. However, when playing some movies close to the 18:9 ratio, Full screen almost fills the screen.
Interactive experience of Meizu M6 S6
Full-screen faces these two important experience problems that need to be solved. The first is the problem of fingerprint recognition position, and the second problem is for full-screen Operational interaction experience issues. These two problems also stem from the full-screen high screen-to-body ratio design. The chin position of the mobile phone can no longer accommodate physical buttons and touch buttons. Generally, full-screen mobile phones have changed the front fingerprint recognition to the back fingerprint recognition to solve the fingerprint recognition problem. The interaction for full-screen phones has changed from physical buttons to virtual buttons on the screen. This solution is only a compromise solution for full-screen mobile phones, not the final solution.
▲The return of small dots
Meizu M6 has launched a full-screen 0.1 experience solution to address the pain points of full-screen. Meizu M6’s full-screen 0.1 includes side fingerprint recognition, Super mBack, pressure sensing, the small dots that were once the facial makeup of the Meizu family have returned to the Meizu S6, and combined with the full screen, create a new full screen experience for the Meizu S6. (The GIF below is larger, please wait patiently for loading)
Side fingerprint unlocking
▲Side fingerprint unlocking
Meizu M6 has a full screen The front-mounted mTouch has been cancelled. When the under-screen fingerprint recognition technology is not yet mature, Meizu is also looking for the most suitable fingerprint recognition solution. However, it is impossible for Meizu to use rear fingerprint recognition because this is a regression in experience. On the Meizu M6, the side fingerprint recognition solution is adopted. Currently, there are not many mobile phones using the side fingerprint recognition solution. Compared with the back fingerprint recognition, the side fingerprint recognition experience will be better. Of course, the cost and manufacturing process requirements are also higher. high.
▲The side fingerprint recognition is equally easy to use with both left and right hands
The fingerprint recognition of Meilan S6 is under the Power button on the right side of the phone, located in the upper middle of the phone. The identification position is dug into the side of the fuselage, continuing Meizu's classic round waist design, but this fingerprint identification does not have the mBack function. The side fingerprint design is very easy to operate regardless of whether you use the left or right hand. When using the left hand, use the index finger, and when using the right hand, use the thumb. There is no discomfort at all, and it is not much different from the front fingerprint recognition. Meizu M6's fingerprint recognition continues most of the functions of the previous front-facing fingerprint recognition, supporting fingerprint unlocking and WeChat Alipay fingerprint payment.
▲Side fingerprint unlocking
Perhaps you may wonder, why not combine fingerprint recognition with the Power button? I can tell you that as long as the fingerprint is entered, the fingerprint recognition position is no different from the Power button, and the user experience and ease of operation are definitely better than the Power button. This is because Meizu M6 has added a screen-off unlocking function to the fingerprint recognition module. , supports waking up and unlocking the phone through fingerprints when the screen is off, and the unlocking speed is as fast as 0.2s.
Super mBack: Pressure-sensitive mBack
▲Touch to return
▲Press hard to realize the HOME button function
Meizu has experienced From physical buttons to small dots to mBack key interaction changes, Meizu has not stopped on the road to find the best mobile phone interaction experience. Meizu M6 S6 adopts a newly designed small dot HOME button. Meizu calls the small dot on Meizu Blue S6 Super mBack. Although this small dot is inside the screen, it can realize the function of the HOME button through the pressure sensing of the screen. It also retains the function of tapping to return, making this screen The small dot inside has the same operation method as the previous mBack, retaining the good operating experience of mBack.
▲mBack and Android navigation bar switching
The small dot position in the screen of Meizu S6 specially adds pressure sensing. Although it is a virtual button, it can be similar to a physical button when combined with pressure sensing. The operating feel is very good, and there will be vibration feedback after pressing hard, but there will be no vibration feedback when pressing back lightly. In addition, for some users who are not used to small dot operations, Meizu M6 also provides three native Android virtual buttons, which also provides convenience for some users who are new to Meizu Flyme system.
New full-screen interaction:
▲Press and hold the HOME button to turn off the screen
In addition to the small dot Super mBack in the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen, Meizu M6 S6 , and can also achieve some brand-new interactions. A long press of the small dot HOME button can turn off the screen, and sliding left and right on the navigation bar can switch mobile APPs. These operations are all for full screens, and some of these interaction methods are based on previous interactions. With the evolution of methods, some are completely new interactions, all with the same purpose of improving the interactive experience of mobile phone operations.
▲Swipe up to bring up the application background
▲Long press the empty area of ??the bottom bar and slide with your finger to switch background tasks
▲Swipe the bottom bar horizontally to switch to the background Task
Meizu M6 S6 provides three background switching methods, all of which are based on gesture operation. Gesture operation is another operation method of Meizu Flyme system that brings good interaction in addition to the HOME button. The operation of swiping up to start the application background is familiar to Meizu users, and the newly added two switching methods of sliding the bottom bar horizontally to switch background tasks and long-pressing the empty area of ??the bottom bar, sliding with your finger, and switching background tasks are the two switching methods of Meizu S6. Proprietary, it can improve the switching speed of background applications. Two adjacent background apps can be quickly switched, simplifying the background switching operation.
The method of horizontally switching the background reminds the author of the internal testing of Flyme6. There was also an internal testing version of Flyme6 that provided a horizontal sliding operation to switch background applications. However, due to the conflict between the operation method and the desktop sliding, Later it was cancelled. Meizu has been looking for better background switching methods. It provides 3 background switching methods on Meizu S6. Maybe it is a test of the water. Maybe Flyme wants to use Meizu S6 to let users understand how to operate the Flyme system in the future. Looking for An interactive method that is more in line with users' usage habits, faster and more usable.
Meizu M6 performance experience:
Meizu M6 uses Samsung Exynos 7872, a CPU that indeed brings a lot of surprises, and this surprise is no less than Meizu M6 S6 Full screen is used for the first time. After Meizu and Qualcomm reconciled, Meizu Note 6 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor. Meizu has always been a loyal fan of Samsung for its high-end products. The mid- to low-end Meizu is also a "big fan" of MediaTek. Meizu has achieved global success. All three major mainstream SoCs are used by mobile phone manufacturers. Now Meizu M6 uses a Samsung mid-to-low-end product. This is the first time. What is the performance of Exynos 7872?
Samsung Exynos 7872
The information about Samsung Exynos 7872 is very limited. This product is not even available on Samsung Semiconductor’s official website. What is the origin of Exynos 7872?
▲Samsung Exynos 7872
Samsung Exynos 7872 uses 14nm FinFET process, which is also produced by Samsung Semiconductor. The 14nm process brings better power consumption control, compared with 28nm manufacturing The technology can reduce heating power consumption by 30%. Samsung Exynos 7872 uses the sub-flagship 14nm FinFET process. The 14nm process has been quite mature through years of iteration, allowing Meizu M6 to achieve better performance in terms of power consumption and performance.
Samsung Exynos 7872 uses ARM’s public version architecture, with 2 A73 large cores and 4 A53 small cores. The A73 large core core frequency is 2.0GHz and has a 512KB secondary cache. The four A53 cores have a frequency of 1.6GHz and a 256KB secondary cache, which are mainly responsible for some low-load tasks. The A73 large core used in Samsung Exynos 7872 provides excellent computing capabilities. It is improved on the basis of the A72 architecture to improve integer computing and floating point computing capabilities. The energy consumption of data transfer is greatly reduced, and the overall energy saving is at least 20%.
▲Samsung Exynos 7872 architecture
In terms of GPU, Samsung Exynos 7872 uses the Mali-G71 display core, and the Mali-G71 display core is used on many high-end SoCs. According to official information, the default core frequency of Mali-G71 is 850MHz. At the default frequency, the triangle fill rate is 850Mtri/s and the pixel fill rate is 27.2Gpix/s. The performance is already quite powerful.
However, Samsung is quite confident in its SoC. It has increased the core frequency of Mali-G71 to 1.2GHz to further improve the 3D performance of Exynos 7872. Perhaps due to product planning reasons, Mali-G71 on Exynos 7872 has only one core, although it is one Core, but performance cannot be ignored.
Samsung Exynos 7872 has achieved full Netcom for the first time. Exynos 7872 has added CDMA baseband, so Meizu M6 can achieve full Netcom without the need for an external CDMA baseband. The Samsung Exynos 7872 baseband supports downlink dual-carrier aggregation, with a downlink peak rate of 300Mbps and an uplink dual-carrier aggregation peak rate of 150Mbps. In addition, Exynos 7872 also supports licensed spectrum assisted access (LAA), LTE-Wi-Fi link aggregation (LWA), and can provide high-definition and ultra-high-definition voice (EVS).
Meiblue S6 performance:
Meizu M6 not only uses the Samsung Exynos 7872 processor, but is also equipped with 3GB of LPDDR3 memory and 32GB/64GB of body storage. For a thousand-yuan full-screen mobile phone, this configuration is quite good.
▲AnTuTu test
AnTuTu test shows that Meizu M6 can achieve a high score of 91,480 points. This score is similar to that of Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 mobile phones. Thanks to the dual-core A73 large core of the Exynos 7872, the performance has been improved, which is quite sufficient for daily operation.
▲GeekBench test
The GeekBench results show that the Exynos 7872 used in Meizu M6 has a very good performance. Although it is a mid-to-low-end processor, it has two The A73 large core has improved performance. The single-core performance can reach 1318 points. However, the multi-core performance is limited by only two large cores, only 3168 points. However, the computing score of this processor can already surpass the Qualcomm 4 series and Some 6 series processors.
▲PCmark test
In terms of comprehensive performance, we can see that Meizu M6 S6 scored 4852 points in the PCmark test. This score has reached the level of many mid-to-high-end mobile phones. This result It is on top of Qualcomm Snapdragon 653. Judging from the test curve, the performance scheduling of the Exynos 7872 during the test is not as efficient as the Qualcomm processor. If the performance scheduling efficiency is improved through later optimization, the performance of this CPU will be even better.
▲3Dmark test
Exynos 7872 uses the Mali-G71 display core. This core is also used in Samsung’s latest flagship Exynos 9810. However, due to the positioning of Exynos 7872, only A core Mail-G71 is used. Through the 3Dmark theoretical test, we can see that the 3D performance of the Exynos 7872 is quite satisfactory, with no outstanding points and no major flaws. A score of 425 is also the expected performance of many mobile phones priced from 1,000 yuan to 1,500 yuan.
▲Honor of Kings game test
Let’s take a look at the game experience again. Run Honor of Kings on Meizu S6 and turn on the high frame rate mode. You can see the frame rate of Meizu S6 during the test. Maintained at around 60 frames, the frame rate in large multiplayer scenes can still be maintained at no less than 50 frames. The game maintains a very high smoothness without any lag. Samsung Exynos 7872 can already provide sufficient 3D performance to support The latest big game.
A mid-to-low-end entry-level CPU that is positioned similar to the Snapdragon 450, but has the computing power of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653. The only drawback is that the GPU only has a single core, but this GPU is positioned at the flagship level and It has been overclocked by Samsung to 1.2GHz, so there is no doubt about the performance of Samsung Exynos 7872 as a mid- to low-end entry-level processor. It also provides sufficient performance for Meizu M6 S6 and brings a better performance experience. It is also the only one in the same price range that can A phone that offers A73 core CPU.
Meizu M6 S6 photography experience
▲Meizu M6 S6 uses a 16-megapixel main camera
The back of Meizu M6 S6 is equipped with a 16-megapixel camera. Samsung 2P7 sensor has a pixel size of 1.12μm, a built-in ISP image signal processor, and a 5P lens with a large aperture of f2.0. As for the front camera, it uses an 8-megapixel front camera, which also has 1.12μm large pixel CMOS, uses an f2.0 large aperture lens, and supports ArcSoft beauty algorithm, adaptive skin beauty technology, and Face AE automatic facial recognition. .
Daytime proofs:
▲Meizu S6 proofs
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▲Meizu M6 S6 Proof
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The Meizu M6 S6's photo-taking effect is quite guaranteed when there is sufficient light in the daytime. The picture is clean and there is no obvious smearing. Although the colors are not very bright, they are relatively realistic. Thanks to HDR technology, the Meizu M6 S6 has excellent performance when taking photos against the light. Turning on HDR can make the picture more detailed and the light and dark performance better.
Night scene sample:
▲Meizu S6 sample
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The Meizu M6 S6's night scene low-light shooting effect is relatively average. The metering and color are very accurate, but the noise control and the smearing of details need to be improved. The Meizu M6 S6 is positioned as a thousand-yuan mobile phone. Of course, there is a certain gap between the camera experience and mid-to-high-end products, but the overall camera quality is still at the upper-middle level among phones in the same price range.
Meizu Blue S6 test summary: Opening a new chapter of Meizu’s full-screen experience
Meizu has made many new attempts in the past 2017, using painting screens, Qualcomm processors, dual-screen Photography, signal with flash, etc. At the beginning of 2018, Meizu immediately launched Meizu S6, its first full-screen mobile phone. This is also a big new attempt by Meizu. Since mid-2017, major manufacturers have begun to produce full-screen mobile phones, and everyone is also looking forward to the birth of Meizu's full-screen phone. The general trend of the market is like this. You don't follow the trend, but the waves behind push the waves ahead. With the arrival of full-screen, Meizu must also follow the direction of the trend. As Meizu’s first full-screen phone, Meizu S6 no longer simply installs an 18:9 screen on the phone, but improves the interaction of the full screen, bringing side fingerprints, Super mBack, etc. New interaction methods bring a better experience.
▲Meiblue S6
What is even more surprising is that Meizu S6 uses Samsung’s Exynos 7872 CPU, which is of great significance. After the reconciliation between Meizu and Qualcomm, there are three platforms to choose from: Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Samsung. It is also one of the few mobile phone manufacturers in China and even internationally that has three platforms at the same time. If this advantage is taken advantage of, the competitiveness of Meizu's products will be greatly increased. . The Meizu M6 S6 is the first non-flagship mobile phone to use Samsung processors in addition to Meizu’s high-end products using Samsung platforms.
▲Meiblue S6
We have seen many new things from Meizu S6, such as full screen, Samsung processor, side fingerprint recognition, return of small dots, Brand new application background switching method and more.
The author believes that Meizu M6 is a full-screen trial product, and it also provides a reference for Meizu to launch more full-screen mobile phones in the future. Meizu's delay in launching a full-screen mobile phone may have its own considerations, but more importantly, how to improve the full-screen experience. When under-screen fingerprint recognition is not yet mature and everyone is not doing well in full-screen interaction, Meizu has to do something It’s easier said than done to build a “easy-to-use” full-screen mobile phone. The Meizu S6 just provides an important reference for Meizu’s future full-screen experience. Meizu may make adjustments based on Meizu S6 users’ full-screen experience feedback to create a full-screen phone with a better and more comprehensive experience.