Meizu 17 goes official with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 for 3699 yuan (~$523) in China

Meizu mobile officially released the new Meizu 17 series this afternoon. It uses fully balanced design + next-generation engraving plating process. There are 3 colors available for purchase.

Design

The next-generation machine-engraved plating process with more than 20 layers of coating is used to make the back cover feel outstanding. The company called this ‘perhaps the most complex color fusion solution on smartphones’. At the same time, the Meizu 17 brings three colors: loose deep ink, 17-degree gray, and the matte AG fantasy unicorn.

In terms of weight, the Meizu 17 uses a 50:50 weight balance design: the body thickness is 8.5mm and the weight is 199g. In addition to the classic 0.5° arc offset design, the 50:50 weight balance design can also provide users with a better handheld experience. So it will avoid the top-heavy feeling of the phone.

Screen

The phone also uses a Samsung SUPER AMOLED 90-frame polar edge full-screen design, with an aperture of only 2.99mm and a screen ratio of up to 92.2%.

The 6.6-inch screen comes with a ratio of 19.5: 9 and a COF process package. The chin width is 3.3mm. According to the official introduction of Meizu Mobile, the protruding hole diameter of Meizu 17 is 2.99mm, which is only 0.01mm away from the world’s smallest.

At the same time, the entire Meizu 17 series uses Samsung’s customized SUPER AMOLED 90Hz screen with a resolution of 2340×1080. It supports DCI-P3 color gamut 100% coverage and retina color. The global peak brightness is 700 nits, the local peak brightness is 1100 nits, the pixel density is 390ppi, the contrast ratio is as high as 2000000: 1, and it supports blue eye protection. The latter can reduce harmful blue light by 37.5%. Also, it supports 0.15s Super mTouch screen fingerprint unlocking system.

Hardware

In terms of core hardware, the Meizu 17 uses a Qualcomm 865 + UFS 3.1 solution. The chip has a frequency of up to 2.84GHz. The Adreno 650 GPU performance is greatly improved, and 8G + 128G / 256G UFS 3.1 high-speed flash memory is also standard. The Snapdragon 865 ‘may be the most powerful 5G flagship processor on the Earth’.

In addition, the Meizu 17 also has a redesigned 360° smart surround antenna.

The eID used by Meizu 17 allows it not only to identify individuals online but also to be used for proof of identity such as hotel check-in and airport boarding. It is worth noting that the smart card swipe technology has been applied for a patent.

Camera

Our protagonist sports a 64MP full-scene imaging system. The main camera uses the Sony IMX686 CMOS. It has an ƒ/1.8 large aperture and an equivalent focal length of 26 mm. Also, there is a 12MP depth-of-field lens, a 5MP professional macro lens, and an 8MP lens 118 ° super wide-angle lens with an equivalent focal length of 16mm.

On the front, the Meizu 17 with a 2.99mm micro-hole uses a 20MP high-definition front camera. It supports portrait mode, backlighting HDR, selfie super night scene and other functions. The rear-view night scene mode algorithm has been upgraded to version 3.0.

Battery

This handset features a 4500mAh battery and supports 30W fast charge.

By the way, the phone has the largest battery in the history of Meizu flagships. Under the support of 4500mAh battery and mSmart 5G, in the typical 8-hour endurance test of the mobile network scenario, the end of power consumption score was 11.77 hours. 30W Super mCharge can charge the Meizu 17 with 56% power in half an hour.

Price

The Meizu 17 8GB + 128GB version costs 3699 yuan ($523) and the 8GB + 256GB version costs 3999 yuan ($565). The Meizu 17 series will be available on May 11 through all channels.