The Chinese tech conglomerate has launched its new Meizu A5 under its Blue Charm series. With the introduction of A5, Meizu has deliberately targeted the phone at the budget section pegged up with a price tag of 699 Yuan (approx $103).
With the modest price tag, Meizu has offered a 5-inch HD display alongside 1280 x 720 resolution with PPI of 294. A5 looks identical to Meizu’s traditional flagships, for which the tech giant is familiarly popular among fans. As per the previous schedule, the smartphone consists of a premium looking body produced by using polycarbonate material. And Meizu A5‘s back cover is molded with high-precision CNC grinding process.
On the imaging aspect, A5’s camera is composed of an 8 MP camera unit at the rear panel alongside an aperture of ƒ / 2.0 with a continuous shooting mode conveniently sported for users. Also note, the tech giant has also used the panorama mode (which has also been adapted in Apple’s iPhone 5) in order to get steady images. A5 sports a selfie shooter of 5 MP with an aperture of ƒ / 2.2.
Connectivity wise Meizu A5 includes Wi-Fi, 4G VoLTE, and Bluetooth 4.1 (supports BLE). A5 is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6737 processor and is backed up with 2 GB RAM alongside ARM Mali-T720 graphics processor. With a probable expandable capability, A5’s native storage is 16 GB.
Talking about its interface A5 is offered by Meizu’s custom Flyme 6 which is based on Android Marshmallow. On a serious note A5’s 3,060mAh built-in battery always keeps the lights on. Variations have been offered with three colors available in Matte Black, Silver and Champagne Gold. Currently, A5’s Matte Black color variation is only available in the market. Nevertheless, little do we know about the smartphone’s availability outside of China.
In the recent years, Meizu has been dedicated to rolling out high-end devices and building hype around Meizu Pro 7’s release. As per envisions, Meizu Pro 7 has probable possibilities of sporting 5.2-inches Super AMOLED display with a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.