Meizu has launched its M5
smartphone in India. The Meizu M5 is priced at Rs. 10,499, and it is available
exclusively on TataCliq in Blue and Champagne Gold colour variants. The big
highlights of the smartphone are that it offers 4G VoLTE support, a hybrid
dual-SIM slot, a fingerprint sensor, an octa-core processor, and a 13-megapixel
camera, at this price range.
The fingerprint sensor is housed underneath the Home
Button and is claimed to read prints in under 0.2 seconds. The Meizu M5 sports
a polycarbonate body, with the power and volume buttons housed on the right
edge. The 3.5mm audio jack, speakers, and the charging port are all housed at
the bottom of the smartphone.
The Meizu M5 runs on Yun OS
5.1 with Flyme OS 5.5 skin on top, and supports a hybrid dual-SIM slot
(Nano+Nano) which doubles up the second slot as a microSD card for storage
expansion as well (up to 128GB). It sports a 5.2-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) 2.5D
curved glass display with a pixel density of 282ppi. The smartphone is powered
by a MediaTek MT6750 octa-core processor (4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 + 4 x 1.0 GHz
Cortex-A53) with Mali T860 GP and 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
The Meizu M5 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with
dual-tone LED flash with PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, and 5P Lens. There's an
additional 5-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture, 4P Lens for selfies.
The smartphone packs a 3070mAh battery, and it is rated to offer up to 66 hours
of music playback, 37 hours of talk time, 9 hours of gaming, and 5 hours of
photography.
Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11
a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS/ A-GPS support. Sensors on board
include infrared, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor,
gyroscope, and a magnetometer. The Meizu M5 measures 147.28x72.8x8mm and weighs
138 grams.
