Meizu’s Blue Charm division is known for top-grade
midrange models that could compete for space with flagship models on their
design. One of such flagship-looking midrange smartphone is the Meizu X. The
Chinese company launched the Meizu X around November last year packing an
impressive design, Helio P20 chip and 2.5D curved glass among other features.
The tech giant should have launched a successor to the well-received smartphone
but that didn’t happen up till now.
It is almost certain that we wouldn’t be seeing a
successor to the Meizu X this year anymore. However, Meizu’s VP Li Nan may have
revealed some details of the second-gen model that would take over from the X.
We still don’t know the name of the model but previous leaks had identified it
as the Meizu X2. Li Nan is credited to have hinted in a live broadcast that the
next generation Meizu X is a flagship model and no longer a midrange phone. He
also hinted that there would be a
substantial upgrade in the specs and that would take the price up to around
2,499 Yuan. This would place the next-gen Meizu X way higher than its predecessor that started
at 1,699 Yuan for the lower model and 1,999 Yuan for the topmost model.
The Meizu VP did not disclose specific details of
the Meizu X2’s specifications but the smartphone is expected to keep up with
the current full-screen trend. We also expect the device to feature a Qualcomm
Snapdragon processor since MediaTek has stopped developing flagship chips. No
word yet as to when the device will be launched but we expect it to drop in the
first quarter of 2018.
