Meizu 16T smartphone review with key features

"Meizu is reborn from the ashes" - this is what you can now hear about a once successful company that almost went bankrupt. One of the stages of the revival was the presentation of a new smartphone - Meizu 16T.

What do you imagine when you hear about a $ 280 smartphone? Most likely, a device with average parameters and technical characteristics will appear before your eyes. But Meizu decided to surprise, and for a low cost they offer to purchase a flagship gaming device, which will be discussed in this article.

Meizu 16T review

In the review, we will tell you in detail what the cheapest flagship is and whether it is worthy of being in your hands.

Design and ergonomics

The most important thing in a smartphone is its "filling", but despite this, first of all, most users pay attention to the appearance. Meizu 16T coped with this point of the main selection criteria.

The novelty has a very noticeable, bright appearance. The classic black and white colors are absent, the manufacturers offer them to enjoy juicy colors in the form of green, blue-violet and orange. The back panel is covered with a glass surface, on which bright colors shimmer very beautifully.

The colorful panel in the upper left corner has a triple module with a main and ultra-wide-angle camera, a depth sensor. There is a LED flash under the module. The Meizu logo is in the middle of the panel.

The front panel is solid minimalism. The 16T does not support the fashion of a waterdrop notch for the front camera, which many consumers will be happy about. The camera is neatly and almost imperceptibly located on the right side of the "bangs". The bezels of the device are very thin, they do not distract the eye from the large screen, which occupies 85.2% or 106.3 cm2 of the body area.

The location of the keys and connectors is as follows:

• left side - tray for two SIM cards;
• right - volume rocker and power / lock-unlock key;
• bottom - microphone, speaker grill, 3.5 mm audio jack, USB-C port;
• the top is the second microphone.

Meizu 16T has a very light weight - 183 grams and dimensions - 159.6 x 78.2 x 8.3 mm. The aspect ratio is 18.5 to 9.

Display

The display is represented by the third generation OLED materials - Samsung Super Amoled Custom Screen. The 6.5-inch screen is ideal for watching videos, movies, reading books, as well as playing games, which is facilitated by a number of positive characteristics:

• German TÜV Eye Comfort certification, confirming low emission of blue light, which is harmful to the eyes;
• full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space;
• maximum possible brightness 600 cd / m2 (average brightness is 430 nits);
• screen resolution - 1,080 to 2,232 pixels, with a density of 382 ppi);
• the number of color points - 16 million;
• contrast - 100,000 to 1;
• good visibility in the sun;
• oleophobic coating that will protect the screen from fingerprints.

Cameras

Photo and video shooting is not the strong point of Meizu 16T.While most manufacturers prefer the main Sony 48MP sensor, Meizu opted for a 12MP sensor. But the manufacturers have promised to improve the quality of the photos using the software.

In general, the quality of the photos can be called average: the natural color rendition and good detail pleases, but the night shots have insufficient detail and a lot of noise. Macro photography also has average photo quality.

Rear camera

The rear camera is represented by three sensors:

1. The first wide sensor - Sony IMX362 with an equivalent focal length of 24 mm, aperture f / 1.9, pixel size 1.4 microns, expressed in a resolution of 12 megapixels.
2. Samsung's second ultra-wide-angle sensor 5E9 with f / 2.2 aperture, ¼ sensor size, 1.12μm pixel size and 15mm focal length is expressed in 8MP resolution. The sensor's viewing angle is 118 degrees.
3. The third sensor for bokeh shots - Samsung 4H7, is expressed by a resolution of 5MP, a sensor size of 1/5, a pixel size of 1.12um, aperture of f / 1.9 and an equivalent focal length of 23mm.

The camera supports:

• macro photography with a minimum distance of 2.5 cm;
• ultra wide angle video;
• slow motion video with 240 frames per second;
• high definition video in 4K format, with 60 frames per second;
• super wide angle 18 degrees;
• phase focusing and portrait mode;
• night super mode with manual adjustment;
• AI scene recognition and automatic HDR.

Front-camera

The front camera is expressed by an Exmor-RS CMOS sensor and an f / 2.2 aperture. The maximum possible image resolution is 4,000 by 3,000 pixels. The camera supports face detection, auto flash, digital zoom, continuous shooting, high dynamic range mode, face beauty mode, portrait mode, night mode, and backlight mode.

Below you can see how the device is taking pictures.

An example of a photo taken with Meizu 16T

In the presented photos you can see how the phone takes pictures at night, during the day and in macro mode.

Autonomous work

Meizu 16T has an impressive battery life, which is responsible for a non-removable lithium-polymer battery with a capacity of 4,500 mAh.

With normal use of the smartphone, the battery will be enough for 2-3 days of work. Using the device constantly, the user will receive 10-12 hours of battery life. In standby mode, autonomy is 6-7 days, with continuous talk - 30 hours.

The 16T supports Meizu's 18W mCharge fast charging function. The battery charges up to 100% in less than 2 hours.

Unlocking

In addition to the standard button unlocking method, Meizu 16T supports 2 more methods. The first method is to use the front camera, which has a face unlock function. The second way is to use a fingerprint sensor built into the screen. The recognition angle of the Super mTouch scanner is 360 degrees, the response speed is 0.2 s.

Sound

Meizu 16T has two stereo speakers that will provide excellent sound quality, both when listening to music and while playing games. Also for better immersion in games, manufacturers have installed a linear vibration motor.

The novelty has a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Supports active noise cancellation with dedicated microphone.

Communications and embedded sensors

The Meizu 16T has a reversible connector as well as Type-C 1.0 and USB 2.0 connectors. The built-in navigation system works with BDS, GLONASS and A-GPS programs. Bluetooth version 5 is supported, with codecs A2DP, LE and the following wireless local area networks: access point, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-fi 802.11, bands 5 and 2.4 GHz. Global LTE bandwidth is supported.

The smartphone has built-in fingerprint sensors, accelerometer, compass, proximity and gyroscope.

Performance

The computing power of the novelty is provided by none other than one of the best processors at the moment - this is the Snapdragon 855. The chipset is built on a 7-nanometer FinFET process and has low power consumption. The Snapdragon 855 octa-core platform works with the Kryo 485: 1 core clocked at 2.84 GHz, 3 cores 2.42 GHz and 4 cores 1.78 GHz. Responsible for the graphics Adreno 640.

Meizu 16T is perfect for active games.A nimble processor and graphics card can handle even the most demanding games with ease. Also, the chipset perfectly pulls any applications, allowing them to run smoothly without any braking. Artificial intelligence is powered by the Hexagon 690 DSP AIE engine.

Interface

Meizu 16T runs on proprietary Flyme 8 shell based on Android 9 pie. The updated Flyme 8 shell has many useful changes, including:

• modified laconic design;
• new Small Window Mode 2.0, for the simultaneous use of multiple applications;
• improved cellular signal stability;
• updated game mode to version 4;
• adding a night mode for the main camera;
• using the screen as a flash;
• voice assistant Aicy;
• new stickers;
• improved artificial intelligence technology OneMind.

Memory and cost

The RAM is characterized by LPDDR4X memory format, which is fast and energy efficient. The built-in memory is expressed in UFS 3.0 format, the speed of which reaches 1.4 GB per second.

Meizu 16T does not provide the ability to expand memory using a memory card, but offers several versions of devices to choose from. There are 3 versions available for buyers:

1. The cheapest version with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage will cost $ 280.
2. Average cost of $ 325 - 8GB + 128GB modification.
3. $ 350 will need to be paid for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of flash storage.

At the moment, the new product is only available in China. When to appear in Russia and whether it will appear at all is unknown. Since the smartphone supports global bandwidth, it can be ordered directly from China.

Equipment

In a white, compact package, the user will receive a smartphone, charger, warranty card, quick start guide, USB-C cable and a paper clip to open the slot. Unfortunately, the package does not include a protective case.

Specifications Meizu 16T

Pros and cons of Meizu 16T

• beautiful appearance;
• bright colors;
• thin frames, no "chin" and "bangs";
• low weight and dimensions;
• small cutout for the front camera;
• good autonomy;
• fast charging;
• high-quality display with an oleophobic coating and TÜV Eye Comfort certification;
• built-in stereo speakers;
• the presence of an audio connector;
• unlocking by face and using a fingerprint scanner;
• lightning-fast reaction to touching the scanner built into the screen;
• high-performance processor and video card;
• updated proprietary shell with useful features.

• average quality of photos.

Conclusion

Meizu 16T is an excellent device with a low cost and a number of advantages, including:

• high indicators of autonomous work;
• very attractive design;
• high performance;
• high quality sound;
• good display;
• sufficient UFS 3.0 memory capacity.

Meizu 16T is a smartphone that really deserves to be in your hands.