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Meizu MX 4-Core Review: It's Like Sticking A V10 In A Ford Pinto

David Ruddock — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:00:00 +0000

The Meizu MX 4-Core is a truly interesting phone. And as an extention of that, Meizu itself is an interesting company. Founded by Jack Wong, it gained international notoriety when its M8 smartphone drew unwelcome comparisons to Apple's iPhone, particularly from Apple's lawyers, resulting in an early end to its production run.

Meizu claims to be fully vertically integrated - manufacturing, marketing, and selling its phones, a start-to-finish philosophy that results in decreased overhead and more control over its products (it should be noted that Meizu does not actually make all of the components in its phones, however). And the reason it has gone that route is probably obvious to everyone at this point: Mr.

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[Update: Winners] Win One Of Two Meizu MX 4-Cores From Meizu And Android Police

David Ruddock — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Update: The winners have been selected. And they are are:

Grand Prize

Evgeny Moryatov, via Facebook
Stan Tan, via Twitter

Runner-Up

Johnathan Higginson

Android Police and Meizu are giving away one of two brand-spanking-new Meizu MX 4-Core smartphones, and one Meizu grab bag.

The Prize

Two lucky winners will receive a brand-new Meizu MX 4-Core, the latest smartphone from Meizu. These phones are currently only available in China, so this is a rare opportunity to grab one of these devices before its wider debut. Here's what it's packing:

1.4GHz quad-core processor
4" LCD qHD display
Android 4.0 with Flyme OS overlay
32GB internal storage
8MP BSI rear camera, 0.3MP front
3G HSPA+ 21Mbps (pentaband)
1700mAh battery

In addition, one more winner will receive a Targus backpack stuffed with Meizu merc and various goodies.

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[Update: Available June 30] MEIZU MX Quad-Core Release Date And Price Officially Announced: Landing in China And Hong Kong In June From $475

Aaron Gingrich — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Update: Looks like it's going to be available beginning June 30th, though MEIZU is still working out finalized pricing details.

Chinese phone manufacturer MEIZU revealed the first MX way back in September, noting that both a dual-core and quad-core version of the phone would be coming. The dual-core model came first, and was released on October 1. Today, they've officially announced that the quad-core model will hit stores in China and Hong Kong sometime in June.

While the phone looks virtually identical on the outside, it's (obviously) powered by twice the cores. While it's not the first quad-core phone we've seen, it is the first to be powered by something other than a Tegra 3 CPU.

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Meizu.com Goes Down For Mysterious Reasons, Company Says Business Unaffected

Eric Ravenscraft — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:52 +0000

Meizu, the Chinese electronics manufacturer best known for making a splash this year by announcing its own quad-core device built in-house, took down its site for unknown reasons earlier today. We reached out to the company to find out what's going on with its site. The company responded to let us know that the site will be back soon, once it's been cleaned up to "comply with local regulations."

We are currently cleaning up our forums and wish to stress that all our other business areas are fully functional. We are working to bring our websites back online as fast as we can, but do not know exactly when we will succeed in doing so.

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MEIZU Releases Public Android 4.0.3 Beta ROMs For MX/M9

Aaron Gingrich — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:00:19 +0000

MEIZU may have gotten its start as a maker of crappy knock-off electronics, but lately, the company has been making an impressive push into the mainstream. Take a look at the specs of the flagship MEIZU MX and you can see what I mean: 4" qHD screen, 8MP rear shooter, 1.4GHz dual-core CPU, and all the other usual goodies. The smaller (and 15 month old) M9 packs a punch too, with a 3.5" qHD screen, and 1GHZ CPU - also damn respectable for its time.

Luckily for owners of both devices, the company has released a public Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) ROM that's available for download - something many who own phones from larger, more established companies can't say.

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Pricing And Specs Revealed For Meizu MX: First Quad-Core Android Phone

Zak Stinson — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:04:00 +0000

That glut of quad-core awesomeness that Nvidia claimed was to begin this August didn't exactly happen. While this is a disappointment, it is clear that the second doubling of cores is on the not-so-distant horizon.

Today, Chinese manufacturer Meizu announced the pricing and specs of its newest handset: the MX. The Meizu MX comes in two flavors, the 16GB dual-core variety and the 32GB model with a quad-core processor. Both devices sport 4.3" qHD displays and A9 CPUs, but they do vary in price. The 16GB model will cost around $470 USD while the big-daddy 32GB version will run you $625 USD.

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