Meilan 3s review: It has everything that a 699 yuan phone shouldn’t have

IT168 Review Meizu released the Meizu Meizu 3 at the end of April. This 599 yuan mobile phone is equipped with an eight-core CPU, a 5-inch 2.5D glass screen, and a polycarbonate body. It has good looks and good looks. All configurations are required, and it has become the benchmark for cost-effectiveness among 100-yuan machines. More than a month later, Meizu released Meizu Meizu 3S. Meizu 3s adopts a metal body design and adds fingerprint recognition. It has the same hardware configuration as Meizu 3. The price is 100 yuan higher than Meizu 3, and it has 16G. The standard version is 699 yuan. Why did Meizu launch Meizu 3s after launching Meizu 3?

▲Meizu M3s review

"Why launch Meizu M3s?

We have said before that Meizu PRO 6 starts a new round of brand adjustment for Meizu and changes, and Meizu 3s will be the continuation of Meizu’s brand adjustment and reform. Meizu will achieve sales of 25 million units in 2016, and will achieve both sales and profit increases. Meizu’s product strategy and marketing It is more aggressive than ever before. Meizu has achieved a greater brand premium on PRO 6. At the same time, it also shoulders the task of increasing sales of low-end Meizu. It can be seen that from Meizu note3 to Meizu 3 and then to Meizu 3s, Meizu The price-performance ratio of the Blue series is higher than that of previous Meizu products, and it has begun to seize the market of mobile phones priced below 1,000 yuan. More importantly, the sales volume has been greatly improved.

▲ Meizu 3 and Meizu 3s.

Looking at the current entry-level mobile phone market ranging from 599 yuan to 799 yuan, it is not difficult to find that everyone is starting to take the path of differentiation, changing the previous situation of 100 yuan mobile phones without design and hardware. The use of metal body design, such as Redmi 3, uses a metal body design, which changes the uniform and clumsy appearance design of the Redmi series. Metal body design has become the trend of current mobile phone design, as more and more mobile phones adopt it. Aluminum alloy body design, aluminum alloy body technology has become mature, and the cost has also been reduced a lot. It may not be much different from the price of materials such as double-sided glass or polycarbonate. This also allows mobile phone manufacturers to provide low-end entry-level products. The $100-class phone is equipped with a metal body

▲Meizu 3s

Meizu 3S is also the first product named "S" by Meizu, using Meizu's promotional saying: S generation. Can the new product only continue the appearance of the previous generation? Meizu 3S does have a lot of changes in appearance compared to Meizu 3. It has a typical Meizu metal body design, three-stage design, and high-gloss T-slot. Meizu has already used this design on the MX5. , PRO 5, and Meizu Note 3, it can be seen that this design is quite mature and has penetrated into low-end models. With the trend of metal phones costing less than 100 yuan, this metal body design will also be readily accepted by consumers. < /p>

Another differentiating point of Meizu M3S is the addition of fingerprint recognition. There are not many 100-yuan mobile phones with fingerprint recognition, but the fingerprint recognition function is now a mainstream configuration. On the one hand, it can add security protection to the mobile phone. On the other hand, it can also support the fingerprint payment function. Anything that can improve the user experience is better than nothing.

"Parameter comparison between Meizu 3 and Meizu 3s

Mobile phone models

Meizu 3

Meizu 3s

Screen size

5 inches 2.5D

Resolution

1280x720

Processor

MediaTek MT6750

Frequency

Eight-core 1.5GHz

Body memory

16GB

Running memory

2GB

Main camera

13MP, F/2.2 PDAF

Front camera

5 million, F/2.0, support beautification

Body Dimensions

141.5x69.5x8.3mm

141.9x69.9x8.35mm

Body weight

132g

< p>138g

Battery

2879 mAh

3020mAh

Body color

White/Blue/Gold /Ash/Pink

Platinum/Gold/Pink/Ash

Operating system

Flyme5.1 (YunOS)

Flyme5.1 (android5.1)

Network standard

China Mobile/China Unicom/Telecom

Price

Starting from 599 yuan

Starting from 699 yuan

Meizu 3 and Meizu 3S are also very close in terms of hardware configuration. They also use MT6750 eight-core CPU and also provide 2GB of memory. , with the same 5-inch 720P screen, Meizu can save a lot of manufacturing costs on Meizu 3s. The CPU, memory, screen, camera, etc. of Meizu 3s can be purchased together with Meizu 3, and the PCB design basically does not need to be large. You can even directly apply the PCB solution of Meizu 3, which can also reduce the cost. Meizu 3s only needs to replace the mobile phone casing with a metal casing and replace the HOME button with a fingerprint scanner. This completes a Meizu 3S. Meizu Blue 3S, the only real cost is the metal casing and fingerprint touch control. The entire research and development cost of Meizu Blue 3s has been well controlled. This is why Meizu Blue 3s is only 100 yuan more expensive than Meizu Blue 3. In this way Both Meizu and consumers have benefited, so why not?

▲Meizu 3

You may wonder whether Meizu 3s and Meizu note 3 will compete directly, but we can see that Meizu 3s and Meizu note 3 are in the same position There are relatively big differences. Meizu Note 3 has a larger screen and battery, while Meizu 3S has fingerprint recognition and a compact body. They also have more advantages. They target different user groups and will not create competition. relation. In addition, for Meizu 3, which costs 599 yuan, Meizu 3s is just an upgrade and supplement based on the original product, and the price difference of 100 yuan gives users one more choice.

"Classic Meizu metal body design

In terms of appearance, Meizu 3s still follows Meizu's classic metal body design, with a three-stage design and Meizu's iconic High-gloss T-slot. But based on Meizu 3, the appearance and feel have been further optimized, improving the feel and look of the phone. Let’s take a look at the appearance of Meizu 3.

▲Meizu 3s and Meizu 3

There are certain differences between Meizu 3s and Meizu 3 in appearance. Meizu 3s uses aluminum It is made of alloy, while Meizu M3 is made of polycarbonate. In terms of material, the metal material brings a better texture. In addition, Meizu M3s continues the hand feel of Meizu M3, with a 5-inch compact body. The body thickness is only 8.5mm, which is basically the same as Meizu M3, and the battery of the phone has been increased to 3020 mAh.

▲Meizu Blue 3s

The front of Meizu Meizu 3s still continues Meizu’s classic family-style shape. The rounded body + classic waist round buttons make the front look clean and neat. As one of the few domestic brands that has its own thoughts on appearance design, Meilan 3s does not have much to criticize in terms of appearance, and it can be said to be the most beautiful among hundreds of yuan phones.

▲The top of Meizu M3s

The opening on the top of the fuselage is relatively simple, with the front camera, earpiece, and fiber optic sensor in that order, but it does not use the symmetrical design like Meizu Note3. Meizu M3s is equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, coupled with FotoNation intelligent beautification technology and Face AE facial exposure algorithm, making Meizu M3s have good selfie performance.

▲Meizu 3s mTouch

The bottom of the fuselage is Meizu’s classic “waist round key”. The waist round key of Meizu M3s is equipped with a fingerprint recognition function. This is also the first time that the fingerprint recognition function has been applied to Meizu series products. It also supports Alipay fingerprint payment, which also makes the Meizu new product series stand out in the competition at the same level. Improved strength.

▲High-gloss T-slot

The biggest difference between Meizu M3s and Meizu M3 is that it uses a colorful metal body and performs a 360° sandblasting process on the metal surface to increase the metal surface. touch. Moreover, the surface of Meizu Blue 3s is colored using anodizing process. As a "good product for youth", Meizu Blue 3s will be available in four colors: gold, silver, pink and gray, making it appear more dynamic.

The bottom of the fuselage is Meizu’s iconic high-gloss T-slot. As a metal body, it needs to be cut using a 100,000-rpm CNC machine tool at the opening of the T-slot, but the plastic material and metal underneath are still There is a certain color difference, and there is a slight "hand-cutting" feeling at the junction of the two materials.

▲Camera

The back of the fuselage is a 13-megapixel sensor camera with F2.2 aperture and a single pixel size of 1.12μm. In terms of lens module, Meizu M3s uses a 5P optical lens and a blue glass filter, which can filter out infrared rays and improve photo quality. Meizu M3s also incorporates PDAF focusing technology, which is rare among thousand-yuan phones, and supports 100P resolution video shooting.

▲Buttons

The volume button and power button are on the right side of the fuselage. Meizu M3s uses a laser tool setting system for the volume button and headphone jack, which can make mold simulation calculations more accurate. Precise processing routes to ensure the same metallic texture in every detail.

"It is no longer the underlying Flyme system of YunOS:

Different from the previous generation Meizu 3, this time Meizu 3s is not equipped with the Yun OS system, which means that geeks Users can obtain the highest authority of the phone through ROOT, streamline the system's built-in software or use some game auxiliary tools, etc. In terms of system version, the Meilan 3S (engineering machine) I got is equipped with Flyme 5.1 based on Android 5.1.1. The system does not use the Android 6.0 base package for development like the PRO 6. In fact, for a mobile phone that is positioned relatively low-end and pursues practicality and power saving, stability and reliability are the most important, and for a deeply customized system like Flyme. Generally speaking, the new base bag has minimal improvement in user experience.

The fingerprint recognition function is the main highlight of Meizu Blue 3s. Regarding the development of the fingerprint recognition function, Flyme is a more practical and achievable function. It mainly includes unlocking the screen, paying with Alipay, locking applications, and entering the document lock area through fingerprints. It is worth mentioning that after upgrading to the latest Flyme5 system, many users cannot find their previous documents. Locked area, it is now hidden by Meizu engineers in Documents-My Collection.

In addition, after the user locks the application, although the interface does not show that the user can enter the application through fingerprint when opening the application. , but as long as you turn on the fingerprint recognition function, you can directly enter your fingerprint to open the application. During the author's trial, the recognition success rate of Meizu M3s was very high, but the user needs to enter more finger edge positions when entering the fingerprint. < /p>

I believe that all users who have used Meizu mobile phones know that Flyme 5 is a milestone upgrade of Meizu’s system. The sliding damping is moderate, the animation transition is natural and smooth, and mBack is simple and easy to use. Significantly improved.

The Flyme 5.1 equipped with Meizu M3s has once again optimized the underlying code based on the previous one, and added some animation special effects in the system APP as the finishing touch. In terms of functions, folder names support the input of emoticons, and the application freezing function is added to the mobile manager. wait.

As a representative of domestic customized ROMs, Flyme’s optimization in localization is also worthy of praise. For me, the most frequently used ones are the daily yellow pages interface, the subscription function in the calendar, and the sliding search menu. When you need to recharge your phone bill to check for express delivery, you can directly enter the function page through the Life Yellow Pages. The calendar allows you to subscribe to movies or TV series you want to watch, sports events, special offers and even LPL matches. As for the search page, in addition to searching for local applications and Internet content, users can also directly search for the food they want to eat. It will be pushed directly to you in the form of cards, which is both beautiful and practical.

In summary, although we have not seen Flyme’s new features on Meizu M3s, as a lower-end product, the smoothness of its system and the beauty of its UI design have given it a I was impressed. From the perspective of system experience, although the hardware configuration of Meizu M3s is not high, it has good battery life and smooth fingerprint experience, but it is not suitable for large-scale games.

"Meizu 3s continues the performance of Meizu 3

Meizu 3s uses the same MediaTek MT6750 processor as Meizu 3. Since MediaTek and VMware reached a CDMA agreement Since the network patent cooperation agreement, Netcom has ushered in the spring of explosive growth. The MT6750 processor is positioned at the mid-to-low end and is part of MediaTek's second-generation Netcom processor. It uses a 28nm process technology and an eight-core 64-bit A53 architecture. The frequency is 1.5Ghz, and there are not many highlights in terms of performance, but the attributes of full Netcom and 4G+ network support still add a lot of points to it. It is worth noting that since Meizu 3 launched this processor, many processors have been launched on the market. This processor appears in all mid- to low-end models. It can be said that MT6750 is one of the star processors in the mid-to-low-end mobile phone market.

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Meiblue 3s system. Information (AIDA 64)

As MediaTek’s second-generation full network chip, the biggest highlight of MT6750 is that it integrates a baseband chip with a maximum LTE Cat.6 rate (about 300Mbps) and supports dual carrier aggregation technology , which is commonly referred to as supporting 4G+ networks. Although the processor performance is not very bright in the current mobile phone market, compared with MediaTek’s first-generation full network chip MT6735, the MT6750 has a lot of improvements. It has eight A53 cores, and the main frequency has also been increased from 1.2Ghz of the previous generation to 1.5Ghz. The GPU part uses ARM Mail-860 MP2. The Meizu M3s tested this time is the standard version of 2GB+16GB

. Let's take a look at the overall performance of this processor through performance testing and game performance testing.

"Performance test:

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AnTuTu benchmark test comparison (left: Meizu 3s; right: Meizu 3)

In the comparison of AnTuTu benchmark scores with Meizu M3 3, the system version of both is Flyme5.1, but their underlying systems are slightly different (Meizu M3: YUNOS; Meizu M3s: Android 5.1) , and from the comparison of AnTuTu, since the hardware configuration of Meizu 3 and Meizu 3s is almost the same, the gap between the two in AnTuTu's running scores is relatively small.

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Performance test (Geekbench)

In the entire performance test, it can be found that the performance of MT6750 is basically in the middle and low-end ranks. Of course, the running score only represents the theoretical performance. The actual usage experience is obviously more important. Since the release of Flyme 5.0, even the Meizu M3s, which is targeted at the mid-to-low-end market, has rarely experienced lags during daily use and has basically no problem handling daily usage scenarios. Since the Meizu M3s you received has only 2GB of running memory, it may freeze due to insufficient memory when running multiple tasks.

" Game performance experience:

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Game Performance Test (3Dmark)

In the 3Dmark benchmark test, the theoretical GPU performance of Meizu M3s is not ideal.

Of course, it is still on the table among mobile phones of the same level, so how does it perform in the actual gaming experience? The author tested it by trying out "Honor of Kings", a popular game at the moment, and the picture quality of the game The default is the highest, and the game's frame rate is recorded through the GameBench application.

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Game performance test (Honor of Kings)

It can be seen that the frame rate of Meizu M3s is quite stable during the whole process, and there is no lag. Appear. The Mail-860 MP2 equipped on Meizu M3s has no problem handling daily online games and casual games. As for large-scale games such as Need for Speed ??and NBA 2K13, Meizu M3s has a much harder time handling them. Even if it can play games, the experience is still poor. Very bad.

Taken together, the performance of Meizu M3s can basically meet the daily needs of users. Of course, if you are buying it for games, this phone may not be your cup of tea. It will suffer in terms of frame rate when dealing with large-scale games.

"Photography effect: the best in its class

Meiblue 3s also uses a Samsung/OV 13-megapixel sensor in terms of camera, F/2.2 The aperture, single pixel is 1.2μm, and the fill light of Meizu Blue 2 has been upgraded from a single one to a dual color temperature fill light, and PDAF focusing is added. But the difference is that the size of the flash opening of Meizu Blue 3s is slightly larger than that of the previous generation, so that It will also be slightly better when the flash is turned on. At the press conference, Meizu emphasized that Meizu 3s is not a re-shelled version of Meizu 3. So what? We also conducted a simple sample analysis of the two models.

In daily life, we mostly take macro or close-up shots of a certain object. We are choosing a blooming flower for testing. During the test, we can see that whether it is Meilan 3s or Meizu Mei. Meizu 3 can record the details of flowers very well, but the effect of water droplets behind Meizu 3s is slightly clearer. So we can see that Meizu 3s can show more details when taking macro photos. User.

One of the more important factors in evaluating whether a mobile phone is good at shooting is the white balance. Only a better white balance can restore the color of the scene seen by the naked eye to a greater extent. To be more realistic, Meizu Blue 3 looks more yellow, with a deliberately bright color bar. Although Meizu Blue 3s is a bit whiter, it is closer to the color we see with the naked eye.

This sample is more obvious. Not only is the color of Meizu M3 more colorful, but more details on the top of the stone pillar are lost. We put the focus point on the UCP position at the same time, and the Meizu M3S pillar body details are restored. In addition to being more realistic, the details on the top of the stone pillars are also preserved. This is because Meizu Blue 3s can better restore the focus in darker areas and high-light areas, while Meizu Blue 3 appears to be overexposed.

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Meizu 3s sample ()

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Meizu 3s sample ()

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Meizu 3s proof ()

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Meizu 3s proof ()

Through the proof, we can see that Meizu 3s and Meizu 3 The software has been simply debugged, and the two have maintained the mainstream level of 100-yuan phones. Meizu M3s has been slightly improved. Although Meizu M3s has some upgrades in software focus speed, regional white balance, and fill light. The white balance of Meizu M3 is not as accurate as Meizu M3s, but the more vivid colors are more eye-catching. Accurate white balance and bright colors are not both good and bad. Meizu M3s’ 13 million pixels, dual-color temperature fill light, PDAF focus is among the best in its class. So let’s simply say that if you want to buy a 100-yuan phone that takes good photos, it is a good choice.

" Meilan 3S test summary. : Everything you need in a 100-yuan phone

Meizu 3s is very close to the previously launched Meizu 3 in terms of hardware configuration. It adopts a metal body design and adds a fingerprint recognition function. Meizu 3s has 2.5D The glass screen, eight-core CPU, and excellent hand design have all been retained. It can also be regarded as the metal plate of Meizu M3. Of course, this is not a simple copy of the configuration. Meizu M3s adds fingerprint recognition and enlargement In addition to the battery capacity, these are also things Meizu M3 does not have.

▲Meiblue 3s

Meizu 3s integrates the advantages of Meizu 3, while adding fingerprint recognition and a metal body, increasing the battery to 3020 mAh, making Meizu Everything that the Blue 3 does not have has been supplemented. As a 699 yuan mobile phone, it has to be said that it basically has all the functions it wants to have, except that it does not have fast charging, which is of course the only flaw.

▲Meizu blue 3s test summary

For most mid-to-low-end users, it has a good appearance, metal body, excellent feel, fingerprint recognition, and a price of only 699 yuan does have good appeal. Users can buy a 100 yuan mobile phone with the above-mentioned features at this price and have no regrets. For the market, the direct competitor of Meizu M3s is Redmi 3, as well as Honor, 360 and other phones of the same price range. They are similar in price but have more functions and features, and will also become the benchmark for the $100 phone market.