Meizu pro 7: in pursuit of flagships

Meizu Pro 7 is a younger version of the Pro 7 Plus smartphone. There are a number of differences between the devices. Among them are the processor, diagonal, memory, size. The price of the device is about 35 thousand rubles, but at the time of release it was possible to buy it for 10 thousand cheaper also from official supplies. Interesting moments of the model is the presence of an additional camera and screen. A detailed review of the Maze Pro 7 is presented below.

Specifications

Due to the fact that Pro 7 Plus is the flagship of the company, the younger model turned out to be weaker, but still quite serious in terms of hardware. The main technical characteristics of the device are presented in the table.

The smartphone is made of metal and glass. Power connector - Type-C. Two SIM cards, there is no slot for memory expansion. In general, this is not necessary, since even in the simplest version the device has 64Gb drivewhich is enough for storing large amounts of data. The model works on the Android 7 operating system with the Flyme 6 proprietary shell.

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Design

The phone is sold in a beautiful black box. Inside, in addition to the gadget, paper clip, charger, cable and instructions, customers will find transparent bumper with additional display cutout. The presence of at least a simple, but still a bumper in the configuration pleasantly pleases and makes it unnecessary to immediately buy the first available case.

If you compare the Meizu Pro 7 with the older model, then it turned out to be more compact and comfortable in ergonomics. The width makes the phone comfortable for the hand, and at the expense of a smaller height it has become convenient to reach with your finger to the upper icons or curtains. The thickness is exactly the same.

Device completely made of metal, the front part is protected by durable glass with rounded edges. At the junction of the side edges to the top there are plastic inserts, under which the antennas are hidden.

Important! The color of the phone is gold, black and red.At the first device, the front part will be white, the other two will have it in black. Many reviews of the Meiza Pro 7 phone say that the red model is the most visually pleasing, but here it’s a matter of taste. It is also worth noting that finding the red model is somewhat more difficult than the two remaining colors.

Feels like the back side, despite the fact that it is made of metal, rough. The phone does not slip and, as practice shows, almost does not scratch. Often, metal devices quickly become covered with an unpleasant scratch mesh if you wear your phone in a karma with other metal objects. Here it does not occur.

The front panel is a selfie camera, proximity sensor, speaker, event indicator. Below the screen is located below traditional mTouch buttonin which the fingerprint scanner is located. Bottom line - speaker, microphone, headphone jacks and charging. On the top is an additional microphone. On the left side there is a slot for SIM cards, two of them can be installed. On the right is the volume control. There are two camera modules on the back from the left to the top, a two-color flash next to it. Below is an additional screen.

Displays

Maze Pro 7, like the older model, has two displays, both are made by Samsung technology, the density of points is very good. The main display holds the color perfectly, has a good margin of brightness, anti-reflective coating. In the viewing angles, the main screen has excellent image durability, and only at the extreme values ​​of the image they turn a little green.

Important! There are four color options available in the screen settings. Which one to choose depends solely on the personal preferences of the buyer.

The second screen has separate settings. It should immediately be said that of those functions that are set for it by the manufacturer, real use is only if the user wants to take a selfie on the main camera. In this case, the result will be visible on the additional screen. In the settings of the smartphone Meizu Pro 7 there is a separate menu for this screen. It can be turned off, set to activate by double-tap, set the wallpaper. There are currently 6 of them.

The main task of the screen is to display notifications (pedometer, weather, calls, messages, music and the charging process). The strangeness is that it is impossible to read or reply to a message, reset or accept a call, or browse tracks using this screen.In many reviews of the phone, the Maze Pro 7 Pro suggests that the manufacturer will seriously refine the functionality, and innovations will appear as updates are released on the firmware and operating system.

Battery and Camera

The characteristics of the Meizu Pro 7 indicate that non-removable battery has a capacity of 3000 mAh. There are no figures from the manufacturer, but in fact it turned out that in the real use mode, with all the interfaces turned on, the phone quietly works for 20-22 hours. View video - 15 hours, games - 7 hours. These are very good indicators. Also, the device is equipped fast charge technology, which charges up to 100% of the battery in just over an hour.

An overview of the camera in the phone to Meise Pro 7 will essentially tell exactly the same thing that you could read about the older model. The fact is that the cameras are exactly the same here. The main module is from two cameras - color and black and white. They were created by Sony. The use of color and monochrome allows you to expand the dynamic range.

Important! The strange moment of the camera is the lack of stabilization and laser focusing that were in the previous Pro 6 phone.

It is worth noting that the expectations and the reality regarding the camera Meizu Pro 7 were different. Shooting during the day does not cause questions, but if you use the camera at night, the picture will turn out to be an order of magnitude better than that of inexpensive models, but the quality is generally the same as that of Huawei in the P10 Plus smartphone. Compared to the iPhone 8 Plus, the apple product is still better in terms of creating photos.

Two cameras in smartphones are used to create a bokeh effect. In the considered device, it is impossible to adjust the level of blur, which, of course, is not very good, and sometimes the smartphone makes it hardware-based so that the frame loses its full naturalness. The native photo application has a decent amount of settings, including manual mode.

Selfie camera, despite 16 megapixels, does not cause any emotions. Removes quite standard. Autofocus is not, but it's not scary. Video - FHD is obtained with dignity.

The main camera copes with the video subject to shooting in 4K with 30 frames per second. In this video is equally good in good lighting conditions, and at night. But switching to shooting in FullHD, the picture deteriorates dramatically.

Performance and Operating System

The model is equipped not with the most powerful or new, but quite decent Helio P25, it was created using 16nm technology, it has eight cores with a frequency of 2.5 GHz each. Imagiq integrated technology responsible for processing photos and videos, which allows to reduce noise, stabilize video digitally and generally improve the final result. Phone copes with any games, does not lag, smartly works in multitasking mode.

Important! When running through Antutu, the device gives 65,000 points. This is not a record, but a significant indicator.

In the version out of the box, the buyer receives smartphone for Android 7 and Flyme 6. Of the benefits - there are no pre-installed Google services, you will have to download everything you need yourself. Minus - the shell has almost no features and chips. Many reviews say that it is better for companies to abandon their firmware and sell devices with bare Android.

In the description of the characteristics, attentive users could see the Cirrus Logic CS43130 technology. it special sound processor. In their top smartphones, Meizu always puts something like that. At the output, the user receives a very high-quality sound, both from the headphones and through the speakers.If you use high-quality headphones on Pro 7, then the sound level of the music will be the same as in an expensive music player. This is undoubtedly a plus, since today many buyers prefer not to distinguish between devices.

Conclusion

Smartphone Meizu Pro 7 is a quality device with a number of advantages: good display from Samsung, autonomy, performance, ergonomics and build quality. If you buy it at a price of 28-30 thousand rubles, then there are no questions. If you look closely at the phone with a price tag of 35 thousand, then you immediately recall the absence of NFC, optical stabilization in the camera and the incomprehensible purpose of the additional screen. Alternatively, in this case any of the phones will be:

• Honor 9;
• Xiaomi Mi6;
• ZenFone 4;
• Huawei P10.

In any case, the final choice is the business of every customer, and Pro 7 is a worthy option.

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