【Mobile Phone China】Meizu, once started with MP3, once defeated a number of domestic and foreign brands MP3 at that time, becoming a representative of the high quality of domestic MP3, known as "the first brand of MP3 in China". Meizu, in 2008, entered the mobile phone market and launched the first domestic smart phone, which was treasured by Microsoft headquarters in the exhibition hall. Meizu, after 19 years of ups and downs, finally occupies a place in the smartphone industry.
On March 14, Meizu ushered in its 19th birthday, Meizu official sighed: Meizu's 19 years, is the 19 years of moving forward side by side with Meizu, Meizu's 19th year, with the original heart wrapped love, will adhere to the dream of rebirth. At the same time, Meizu sent a very commemorative gift - "Meizu 19th Anniversary Spring Painting" photo frame, expounding the 19 core events of Meizu in the past 19 years, in the form of illustrations, so that many Meizu friends who are still insisting on it are trapped in memories.
In the past 19 years, Meizu has released many impressive products, leaving a strong mark in the long river of history. On the occasion of Meizu's 19th anniversary, Mobile China takes everyone back to the 8 classic products released by Meizu, do you remember?
Meizu M8
I believe that many old users who have been in the mixed machine circle for many years must have a fresh memory of this former "domestic machine emperor", as the first domestic smart phone, Meizu M8 uses mymobile operating system based on Windows CE 6.0, the operation page is simple and easy to use, even in the current point of view, this phone is also very advanced. At that time, in order to buy Meizu M8, people lined up in front of Meizu stores, and even more believed that Meizu M8 was more suitable for Chinese users at that time than iPhones.
Meizu M8 launched only two months, sales reached 100,000 units, only 5 months sales exceeded 500 million yuan, at that time the overall downturn in domestic mobile phones in the context, Meizu can be described as a standout. As of April 2009, Meizu M8 has established itself as a leading position in domestic smartphones, laying the foundation for Meizu's pioneering position in China's capacitive touchscreen mobile phones.
Meizu M9
Thanks to the success of the Meizu M8, Meizu launched another blockbuster model in 2011 - meizu M9. Meizu M9 is equipped with the most powerful SGX 540 display chip architecture in the industry at that time, which is unparalleled in 3D performance, and even surpasses the iPhone 4 of the same period. Different from Meizu M8, Meizu M9 abandons the original Mymobile system and adopts a deeply customized Android system, and the software ecological problem has been initially solved.
Meizu MX2
On November 27, 2012, Meizu released another milestone model, the Meizu MX2. Meizu MX2 is equipped with a small circle Home button for the first time, completely abandoning the design concept of "physics + touch", and bringing a new way of interaction to the Android system. At the same time, Meizu MX2 is equipped with Samsung's Exynos 4412 quad-core chip customized for Meizu, which is about 20% faster.
Meizu MX4/MX4 Pro
On September 2, 2014, Meizu unveiled a new affordable Model, the Meizu MX4, with a 5.36-inch display with a resolution of 1920×1152, which was called "probably the best screen in the industry to date" at the time. At the same time, Meizu MX4 is also the first mobile phone to use a 20.7 million pixel Sony IMX220 Exmor RS sensor.
In November of the same year, Meizu launched a high-end model, the MX4 Pro, which is also the predecessor of the Meizu PRO series. It is worth mentioning that Meizu MX4 Pro is equipped with a 5.5-inch 2K screen, which is unique at the time, and uses frontal press fingerprint recognition, becoming the world's first Android mobile phone that supports frontal press fingerprint recognition.
Meizu Pro 5
In September 2015, Meizu released the first Pro series model - Meizu Pro 5, which was equipped with the strongest Samsung Exynos 7420 processor in the same period, ranking the first echelon of hardware configuration in the Android camp at that time. In addition, the Meizu Pro 5 is equipped with a 5.7-inch 2.5D curved screen, which greatly improves the holding comfort and is more stylish; the rear adopts a 21.16-megapixel camera, which supports phase focus and laser focus, bringing more powerful camera effects.
Meizu Pro 7 series
On July 26, 2017, Meizu released a mobile phone that seemed very different at the time - Meizu Pro 7 series. Meizu has not been satisfied with the ordinary mobile phone form, began to innovate continuously, Meizu Pro 7 series is a dazzling product. The machine adopts the design of the front and rear dual screens, in addition to the 5.2/5.7-inch large screen on the front, there is also a 1.9-inch AMOLED secondary screen embedded in the back, which is also the only dual-screen mobile phone of Meizu.
Meizu Pro 7
Meizu 16th
On August 8, 2018, this flagship by Huang Zhang personally operated by Meizu 16th was released, the machine in addition to not supporting NFC functions, even can not find a place to criticize, whether it is the design or hardware configuration is remarkable, in the current view still has the value of purchase. Meizu 16th adopts a 6-inch full screen, under the blessing of COF packaging technology, while retaining the forehead and chin, it still has a super high screen ratio; equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 mobile platform, the rear adopts a dual-camera scheme of 12 million pixels + 20 million pixels.
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The above 8 models can run through the growth process of Meizu, from unknown origin to well-known, from brilliant to low to steady progress, Meizu not only let us understand the development history of Android mobile phones, but also experience the cruelty of the mobile phone industry. However, we are willing to believe that Meizu will definitely be able to make a comeback with its strong self-research and innovation capabilities, like Meizu M8, to subvert the mobile phone industry again.