Meizu M5 versus the M5 Note - budget smartphone review By Phandroid

We've seen in some of our most recent reviews that major is capable of creating flagship, terror devices at a good price, but today we're taking a look at two devices on the way opposite end of the spectrum, the m5 and the m5 note. As their names imply. These two devices have a lot in common, both come with the same 13 megapixels and five megapixel camera sensors. Both have fingerprint scanners, 16 gigs of storage, both have micro, SD card slots which support cards up to 256 gigabytes, and they both run on Android marshmallow with mazes fly me UI and come with a variety of different color options, but there are also some differences to consider. First, is the price Marie was selling the base m5 for just $100, while the m5 note commands nearly a 50% price bump selling for a hundred and forty-six dollars. That higher price means that you get a larger higher resolution display a 5.5 inch 1080p panel versus the 5.2 inch 720p panel. That's found on the standard m5.

It also has three gigabytes of RAM, one more than the other device. There's also a big difference when it comes to build materials. The basic design of these two phones is the same with a glass panel covering the front of the device, but the m5s body is wrapped in cheap plastic. While the body of the m5 note is wrapped in an aluminum shell, with stylus chamfers on the front and back in simple terms, the m5 looks apart as if it should command $100, but the m5 note looks like it should be selling for $300 or more and to top things off. The note is powered by MediaTek mt6752, with a four thousand William hour battery.

While the base m5 has a slower, MediaTek, mt6752 3070 William hour battery as the respective spec sheets make perfectly clear. The maze m5 note is a much better device than the m5. It's faster having a higher resolution display and the added RAM and faster processor and extra battery life makes the m5 note much better suited for someone who enjoys playing games or surfing the web. But that doesn't mean that m5 here is a bad phone. Maybe was selling this thing for only $100.

Think about that. For just a second, maybe is selling a smartphone for the same price as what you would pay for a decent pair of Bluetooth headphones with phones selling. This cheap performance isn't going to be one of their main selling points they handle. The phones fly me UI, just fine and came multitask reasonably well, but limited RAM means that apps fall out of memory quite quickly. Both phones can be used for gaming, but don't expect to smooth this experience available if you're loading up first-person shooters, like modern, combat or a fast-paced racing game like Need for Speed you'll, be treated to long load times dropped frames and lag from time to time.

Your best bet is sticking with simple puzzle, games or titles, with minimalistic graphics that don't tax the GPU again, the m5 note does come out on top, but playing some newer games from the Play Store can be a frustrating experience. As mentioned in our other major reviews. You will have to use the Google Play Services installer to get the Play Store and Google's other apps up and running. These two devices also use mazes unique navigational system which relies on tapping and pressing on the home button, along with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen to navigate back to the home screen and pull up recent apps on the battery front. Things are a little different since both phones come with under powered processors in limited RAM, their respective batteries perform exceptionally well.

The m5 and its 3070 William power cell is outstanding. Getting through a long day on a single charge is a breeze even with 2 hours of gaming and 4 to 5 hours of screen on time. The same can be said for the m5 note, and it's 4,000 William hours sell most of the time. These phones have more than a 25% charge when plugging them to em at night, after being used during a long 14-hour day, and if you pretend you're over 60 and cut down on gaming and excessive web browsing, you can easily stretch out battery life on both of these phones to two full days without even breaking a sweat. Since these two phones are quite cheap, don't expect much from the 13 megapixel and 5 megapixel cameras on these devices.

The camera UI is clean and easy to use, but autofocus on both phones is a little slow. Once you get used to that, you can get some decent shots from both devices, but just as long as you don't zoom in, if you do, you will notice a lot of artifacts and blurred edges, especially if you don't have a steady hand and if you enjoy taking pictures once the Sun Goes Down you'll need quite a bit of patience. If you want to get a good shot more often than not, the images turn out blurry and even when you do get a blur free shot, it'll likely be darker than what you expected. After all that, you may think that the m5 and the m5 note aren't worth your hard-earned cash. If you're looking for a great mid-range device, you might want to look elsewhere, but if you need something simple and cheap for someone who might not push the phone to its limits, the hundred and $150 price point of these two devices make them extremely appealing.

My choice would be the m5 note, but you may also want to consider doubling the storage to 32 gigabytes for an extra $30, just to make sure that you don't run out of memory after you install a couple dozen apps.

Source : Phandroid