Meizu Pro 7 Plus: a powerful flagship with two screens

Today, it is difficult to surprise a buyer with a new smartphone and come up with something new. It’s silly to be proud of a powerful processor, a multi-pixel camera or a curved display. In this regard, the release of a new device does not arouse keen interest among the general public. Meizu tried to bring something new to the routine devices and introduced the Meizu Pro 7 Plus smartphone with two displays. It sounds unusual, but is it really interesting? In fairness it should be noted that this is not the first phone with two screens. Some companies tried to make a small screen on the side or vertical ends, and there was also a device with an additional screen based on E-ink technology. This time, both display technology was purchased from Samsung, and these are Amoled displays.

Components and specifications

The price of a new smartphone from Meizu, to put it mildly, is not budget.Without having the most top characteristics, the device offers buy for 45 thousand rubles. The thought involuntarily arises that in the box it will be possible to find not only a phone and a familiar set of accessories, but something interesting and unexpected, it’s not just that it is expensive. In fact, in addition to the phone, paper clip, adapter, cable and instructions in the box is a cover. The simplest silicone transparent bumper with fastening on the corners, which, in fact, does not protect the ends and sides of the device.

Important! The case is created for a specific phone, which means that it has a cutout for an additional screen on the back. Due to this, the buyer does not have to worry about how to protect the device, and the first time to use the complete protection.

Features Meizu Pro 7 Plus can not be called weak. The device has a good supply of RAM, a serious processor and other parameters necessary for a modern powerful smartphone.

Maize Pro 7 Plus is a phone with a very good hardware and several features.

1. The first is additional display.
   

2. The second is separate sound module, which significantly improves the quality of music, movies or the voice of the interlocutor. Not every manufacturer cares about the sound separately, except when the smartphone is positioned as a music player. In this case, the sound is really better, and in combination with good headphones you will surely like the true connoisseurs of music.
3. The phone can work with two SIM cards, but main memory is not available for expansion. At the same time, even in the simple version with 64gb, it is enough to store photos, music, videos and install many applications.

Smartphone Meizu Pro 7 Plus

Design and management

If you look at the front side of the Meizu Pro 7 Plus, then you will not be able to see something new. This is all the same mechanical button with a finger scanner, small gaps between the edges and the screen. The display itself has 2.5D technology, that is, rounded at the edges. Above the display is the front camera module. Next to it is a notification indicator and light and proximity sensors.Regardless of the color of the phone, the front side will be black.

The mTouch touch button is a feature of the company, it responds to touch and swipe in different directions. In Maize, she replaces the usual trinity of control buttons for other smartphones. At first glance, using such a control is not very convenient, but reviews claim the opposite. Dealing with the controls is quite easy, and in phones with a large diagonal, it greatly simplifies navigation around the screen.

The model comes in four versions - black, gold, silver and gloss black. The version with 128 gigabytes can be bought in a black matte version.

Important! An unpleasant moment for fans of color devices: Meizu Pro 7 Plus smartphone does not look too aesthetically pleasing due to the additional display. Due to the fact that it is offset from the center and created dark, on any color other than black, it is strongly striking and does not look logical.

In all the reviews of Meizu Pro 7 Plus, they point to this fact and say that the additional screen would look much nicer at the top of the device horizontally. Before the first photos of the phone, and after receiving information about the presence of a second display,the device is exactly what the enthusiasts drew in trying to guess its design.

The remaining interfaces and controls are located as follows.

1. The upper end is a microphone.
2. The bottom end is charging, speakers, microphone.
   

3. The left side is a card tray.
4. The right side is the volume and power button.
5. The back side is a display, in the upper part of the right horizontal side by side there are two cameras - color and black-and-white, as well as a double flash. The additional display itself is located below them and is visually a continuation. The camera is convex.

Display Features

Talk a lot about the display makes no sense. It was created by Samsung's technology - Amoled, so with the color rendition and margin of brightness everything is in order here. Resolution is QHDtherefore the picture is very clear, and there are no any cubes or blurry elements here. There are several options for adjusting colors, waking up the screen is possible by special touches or two tapas.

The second display is created using the same technology. The resolution here is worse because of its size, but it is not intended for watching movies or photos. On the additional screen, you can choose one of six wallpapers, or you can turn it off altogether. This display will help to take a selfie on the main camera: in the settings there is such a function. In addition, it displays the steps taken, the weather, the track in the player, message notifications or a call.

Important! The disadvantage is that the second screen gives only introductory information. Answer the call or read SMS can not. Music also does not switch.

The overall impression of the additional screen of the phone Meizu Pro 7 Plus - it is not finalized. More precisely, the company did not have time to create and implement the necessary functionality, and with the current value of this display is almost zero. Obviously, the creator will not leave it as it is, and as the updates are released, the functions will be added, but at this stage things are as described above.

Camera review

Attentive readers could see that Meizu Pro 7 Plus Dual Camera. This is not surprising, since installing two camera modules on a smartphone is the most modern trend. This is done in order to make the dynamic range wider, and all manufacturers as one claim that the phone can choose focus on objects of different distancesAnd this makes the camera comparable to a SLR camera.The background is really blurring, only a similar function was still in the Samsung Galaxy S5 at a time when no one could even think about dual cameras. However, this is a stone towards all brands, not just Meizu.

Returning directly to the camera, the Pro 7 Plus is the same module that stood in the previous version of the phone. Created by Sony, it has six lenses, phase focus and aperture F: 2.0. In this regard, there is a misunderstanding of why there is such a small diaphragm in a phone for 45 thousand rubles, and also where the laser focusing from the previous phone went, because the camera there was exactly the same. At the same time, the device takes great pictures during the day, copes well with noise when shooting at night, the bokeh here is sometimes unnatural, since the blur level of the background cannot be adjusted in the application, the device decides how to do it. Other Chinese brands have not noticed such nuances.

As a result: the phone shoots better than its budget counterparts, but the iPhone 8 is also inferior in all respects, comparing it with Samsung’s top devices is also not very logical.

Selfie camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels, and many fans will put their photo on Instagram for sure, because buyers still look at the number of pixels as the main indicator of camera quality.In fact, the phone has a decent front-end, but no more. Regarding the video, shooting in 4K turns out great day and night, but on the recording in FullHD there will be artifacts and numerous bugs.

Battery and processor

For autonomy in the smartphone meets the battery with a capacity of 3500 mAh. By itself, the battery is average, but given the screen from Samsung, the energy consumption is lower here. Also charge saves the new processor. Thus, with the active use of a smartphone, it will be enough for 15-17 hours, if the usage pattern is more benign, then you can count on a full day. The video puts the device in 13 hours, you can play 6 hours, but you can listen to music for at least 60 hours at maximum volume. In general, with the autonomy of the phone everything is in order. An additional advantage is fast chargeBut the official figures from the manufacturer about how fast it is, no.

Smartphone processor - ten nuclear new Helio X30, it is new, and only recently was presented to the public. Features of this platform - smart load distribution, reduced power consumption. Created this chipset technology 10 nanometers, that is, is one of the first of its kind.

Important! An interesting feature is the heating control.Above it was said about the distribution of loads, it is implemented as follows. The processor understands what task requires large power consumption, and performs it first of all so that during idle time (imperceptible to the user) it does not waste a charge.

The second pleasant moment in the smartphone - adapted graphics under the new processor. Due to this, the phone launches any games, some lags or brakes are not noticeable, while the device even under severe loads remains barely warm. When you run a smartphone through AnTuTu, it gains about 116 thousand points, which is modest for the flagship.

Conclusion

With a price of 45 thousand for the 64-gigabyte version and 50 thousand for a more capacious phone memory, today you can buy a lot of interesting devices from other manufacturers. What are the benefits the Pro 7 Plus owner will get:

It’s a lot or a little for a phone with a price of 45 thousand rubles - difficult to judge. All devices have certain disadvantages and advantages. Surely, one thing is for you to say: the phone will definitely appeal to fans of the brand, for other users it can be an interesting alternative, but it is hardly the best option of all.

Smartphone Meizu Pro 7 Plus