Meizu Pro 7 Phone Review, Specs and Price

Meizu Pro 7 Specs and Price

Meizu is a new Android phone in the market actually out to challenge the already established brands of Android phones especially ones made by Chinese OEMs.

 Meizu Pro 7 is actually very much different as it features a unique unconventional approach to it’s design. Apart from that, it also has a secondary colour touchscreen at the back which is not only innovative but also useful. Meizu also equips the device with a fairly powerful hardware which important if you want a smooth performance. Is this the smartphone to look out for? Let’s find out.

Meizu Pro 7 Key Specs and Features

• 5.2-inch, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1080 X 1920 pixels. (424 ppi)
• Octa-core MediaTek MT6757T with 4GB RAM
• 64GB/128GB built-in storage, with no memory card support
• Dual 12MP + 12MP rear camera and 16MP front camera
• 4G LTE
• Secondary 1.9-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 240 x 536 resolution (307ppi)
• Fingerprint sensor (rear)
• 3, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery

Design and Display

The Meizu Pro 7 is a good looking phone with nice aesthetics. Much like every other smartphone this year the Meizu Pro 7 has reduced side bezels and an overall slim chassis. The bottom of the screen houses the fingerprint sensor which also doubles as a the home button. While the back panel features the secondary display at the top left corner alongside the dual camera and dual LED flash. The Meizu Pro 7 is also made from well polished metal with nice rounded corners.

Unlike most, the Meizu Pro 7 features an extra touchscreen display screen at the back though smaller. The most intriguing use of the secondary screen is that you can now take better selfies with your back camera while using the back screen. At the front there’s a 5.2-inch AMOLED 1920 X 1080 pixels and a rear 1.9-inch AMOLED 240 x 536 secondary display.

Battery and Camera

There’s really nothing much to say about Meizu Pro 7’s battery aside from the fact that it has a 3, 000mAh capacity. However, it also features a fast charge technology that delivers full charge in no time.

In a high end midrange smartphone like Meizu Pro 7 the least you can expect is a decent camera and at this the smartphone doesn’t disappoint. Featuring a dual rear 12MP + 12MP camera and a nice 16MP front shooter the Meizu Pro 7 is adequately equipped to meet your snapping needs.

Hardware and Software

Apart from the nice design and innovative display added there’s also a good enough hardware component in the Meizu Pro 7. Inside, you have a MediaTek Helio P25 chip which pretty much handles everything thrown at it with very minimal lags. Also, you have an ARM Mali-T880 MP2 which is one of the best in this smartphone category.

In addition, you get a generous 4GB which is more than enough to install as many apps, navigate through opened tabs amongst other things. There are two variants, a 64GB RAM and a 128GB built-in storage smartphone and each of them does not support a memory card. It also runs the Android 7.0 Nougat based OS Flyme 6.1.3.

Pricing and Availability

The Meizu Pro 7 is available for sale in various online shopping centres and some selected smartphone store around the country. It’s price ranges from 170, 000 naira to about 210, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal you were able to get.

Meizu Pro 7 Specs

See below  a few specs of the Meizu Pro 7:

General Features

• Platform: Android 7.0 based Flyme OS
• Processor: Octa-core: 4 x 2.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53, 4 x 1.6GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (MediaTek MT6757T)
• GPU: ARM Mali-T880 MP2
• Memory: 4GV
• Colours: Gold, Black, Silver
• Dimension: 147.6 x 70.7 x 7.3 mm
• Weight: 163g
• SIM Type: Nano sim
• SIM Count: Dual sin

Display

• Display: 5.2-inch, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1920 X 1080 pixels and a secondary 1.9-inch, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display
• Screen Protection:Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Camera

• Rear Camera: Dual 12MP + 12MP sensor
• Rear Camera Features:Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama, Phase detection autofocus, LED flash
• Front Camera: 16MP

Storage

• Built-in Storage:64GB/128GB
• Memory Card Support:No
• Bundled Cloud Storage: –

Network Support

• 2G GSM: Yes
• 2G CDMA 1X: –
• 3G WCDMA: Yes
• 3G CDMA EVDO: –
• 4G LTE: Yes

Internet & Connectivity

• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes
• 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
• HSPA+: Yes
• CDMA EVDO: –
• 4G LTE: Yes
• WLAN: Yes,WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi Direct,
  Dual band
• Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
• Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2 with A2DP, LE
• NFC: –
• Infrared Blaster: –
• USB Port: USB type C

Messaging

• SMS/MMS: Yes
• Instant Messaging: Yes
• Push Emails: Yes
• Email Protocol: –

Entertainment

• Music Player:MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
• Video Player:MP4/H.264 player
• FM Radio: Yes
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm Jack: Yes

Navigation

• Navigation: Yes, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
• Maps: Yes

Sensors & Control

• Digital Compass: Yes
• Accelerometer: –
• Proximity Sensor: Yes
• Light Sensor: Yes
• Barometer: –
• SpO2: –
• Pedometer: –
• Heart Rate Monitor: –
• Gyroscope: Yes
• Fingerprint Scanner:Yes, (front)
• Iris Scanner: –
• Face Unlock: –
• Intelligent Digital Assistant: –
• Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: Yes
• Voice Control: –

Other Features

• Video Streaming: Yes
• Active Noise Cancellation: Yes
• Wireless Charging: –
• Built-in Mobile Payment: –
• Water Resistant: –
• Dust Resistant: –
• Image Editor: Yes
• Video Editor: Yes
• Document Viewer: Yes
• Document Editor: Yes

Battery

• Battery: 3, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery
• Talktime: –
• Standby Time: –
• Fast Charging: Yes 
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