The Phantom of the MX3--more complete and fluent in operational logic

The charm family in the beginning of September in Beijing Water Cube Grand release MX series mobile phone's third generation--MX3, this is allowed to walk in China fever phone front of the brand, on the one hand, with a larger screen followed by the Asian market users demand, on the other hand, hardware and software to match the coordination between. What are the breakthroughs in innovation and application? And does it meet the needs of users? Please browse the full text ...

MX3 face with a 5.1-inch 1,800 x 1,080 resolution screen occupies most of the space, Meizu stressed that the narrow border design on both sides of the compression to the 2.9mm,15:9 screen ratio makes the visual feel more wide, but also subtly balance the comfort of the single grip. Speaking of feel, MX3 because of the enlargement of the screen, so that it in the overall fuselage shape and MX2 compared with a different face. In addition to the above considerations that make the border and the visual feel balanced, the back of the fuselage is rounded and smooth, moving from a thicker central area such as a battery, plate and camera module to Four Corners, back to the more flat design of the MX2.

In front of the continuation of the solid capacitive home key design, this time it still serves as the overall operation of the angle, and both breathing lights hint function. The side is still fitted with a stainless steel border, but with the MX3 ergonomic streamline design has become thinner, one-hand grasping and holding the force will not produce the body friction of the abnormal sound. Take a closer look, the side of the previous generation using a metal small point card tenon, with plastic back cover more than four weeks of the card tenon, let us MX3 use open back cover assembly tightness is satisfied.

The above mentioned back cover is still open, it is in the production of the thickness of the impact, so no longer the whole piece using double injection molding process. and MX2 compared with a few gloss, although Meizu said the back cover through wear-resistant treatment, but we compare the previous generation of machines are still more prone to use traces. This design change, however, can be seen in the previous generation MX handset based on the handheld sense of consideration. With the back cover open, the 16GB version does not have NFC enabled, but it also carries the 2,400mah lithium battery with the Micro-sim card slot, and the smooth black cover visually obscures the substrate and wiring. However, it is a pity that the exposed battery parts are still not replaceable as they were in the previous generation.

Screen display effect is undoubtedly the key hardware features of MX3, in addition to 16:9 of the screen with a broader display space, single chip touch-control glass, whether in the reflective, visual angle and touch glass of the slippery degree can be row gifted team. Even when the picture is still motionless, there is an illusion of close print.

We particularly appreciate the Meizu in the screen brightness of the user as the starting point, in the past in the evaluation of the majority of mobile phone brightness adjustment range is too small, in particular, the lowest brightness is still too bright problem often caused by dim eye discomfort. and MX3 's lowest brightness can be said to be truly "comfortable" reading degree (continued MX2 excellent design), when you turn on the automatic brightness, the dynamic range is very large, from indoor to sunny outdoor can bring a fairly clear display brightness, this is the most close to the user's life needs of the small details is really the place to be intimate.

Meizu MX3 The system in part can be said to be a comprehensive improvement, the introduction of the FlyMe 3.0 interface environment. The previous version can be discussed separately from the control, interface, setting and application aspects. First into the control section. Home key concurrently Hibernate and wake function, the wake-up part from the previous connected to press down to move up and down the gesture operation, sleep maintain long press action. And in the program to hold down the home page key to slide up the gesture will trigger the return action.

But the black area on both sides of the street also added gestures, when the screen is lit, slide the area up to the screen display area to call out the "most Recently used" field, you can go further by sliding the gesture to close the program, or on the left (with the first page key as the center) from the screen field slide down all the programs. The whole field can be switched to the "brightness adjustment" and "Program shortcuts" section, if you often use the cell phone in the dim room, the effect of dragging the bar to the lowest brightness position will be satisfactory to you.

Other operating buttons are mainly referred to as "Smart bar" function bar to be responsible for, although the release will be the live briefing is the left hand grip operation, but the set does not add key around the function of the switch, the basic function is still to maintain the original Android back to the left, set in the right design. Given that LG also adds customizable options to the function key bar, it may be nice to add a meizu option. (and the presentation is more like a combination of aesthetic needs, as for the right-hand operation or different)

Officials say the evolution to the second generation of Smart bar improves the compatibility of previous field overlaps and allows programmers to add more tweaks. This design is the most important to make a large-screen mobile phone more suitable for a single hand operation, as far as possible in the program function keys placed below to facilitate the selection. Smart Bar is designed to be a good starting point, Meizu in the native application to fully demonstrate its ease of operation, and thereby enhance user adhesion, the next direction should be to invite a Third-party program to support this function, the final results, depends on market sales and corporate promotion force to decide.

MX3 's use of the environment still take the desktop is all the design, whether the application icon or gadgets are listed on the desktop, the new flat-screen icon design is quite beautiful, and the preset table cloth with a complement. Compared with the past, this time, in addition to the bottom of the browser can change the position, each desktop now more than vertical placement space, the overall more can extend the feeling of the assembly. If you download a lot of apps, you shouldn't have to worry about the desktop being jammed this time.

Enter the Settings menu, you will see here for its screen size and proportion of the best layout, the left side of the large category and the right side of the details of the separation arrangement to get rid of the straight one-class menu, use more intuitive refreshing. Adjust the home key breathing lamp brightness, Meizu account synchronization and theme replacement function unchanged, but also for the Smart Bar key spacing fine-tuning, can choose about 10px distance to do manual or automatic adjustment. In small series of ordinary size of the palm, the preset automatic mode provides sufficient fine-tuning ability, and the palm larger or smaller users, can lock themselves to outward expansion or inward.

Suspension function is also one of the key operations of MX3, simply to let the program in the list of pull elasticity increased, fixed after the provision of about a second more time, so that users can click to the top of the option. This function can only be called in the MX3 native application, although not high versatility can not create a unified operating habits, but in a single hand operation to browse the phone book or SMS somewhat help. Overall, the MX3 mode of operation can indeed bring the user a sense of pleasure, first of all, in terms of compatibility, we installed a number of popular applications and games have no problems. In the full screen display of the program, the Smart Bar will be automatically hidden, when the home page key to return the gesture action is the main key to the operation, the cooperation between each other does not bring any trouble.

The evolution of the system's operating environment also includes software application level, in addition to the flattening of the icon to rearrange, the original application content on the assembly of several popular network services. Audio and video entertainment integrated multi-meter music and video network, the free use of online audio and video resources, and import payment mechanism to provide more advanced content services. In recent years, the Android camp in the hardware homogenization and performance of the development, manufacturers have entered the integration of digital content, especially in mainland China's mobile phone manufacturers are most active. Analysis of the reasons in addition to the policy and market environment particularity, how to create a single tree of action experience to get rid of the low profit hardware rivalry, but also in the "thousand-yuan Machine" in the popular situation to break through the siege of the magic weapon.

MX3 to the digital content of the degree of integration, we think is not only the current Chinese mainland mobile phone leader, even put on the world's Android stage is also worth the front-line manufacturers reference. Sina Weibo now letters function directly into the mobile phone messages, the original Meizu already have their own network SMS transmission mode, and into the numerous users of Sina Weibo to enrich the increasingly virtual mobile phone message function. Watch Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 come up with solutions for message clutter, but the Android camp does not have a good enough response so far.

Gold flow integration also shows Meizu desire to become a market leader in the heart, MX3 combined Alipay and Lakara two companies have initially covered the Chinese mainland virtual money market environment. Although there is still a lot of room for progress in action payments, we think a friendly physique is the area that mobile phone factory can ponder. Of course, this must adapt to different areas of financial policy and consumer habits, in the context of the construction of the basic environment, how Meizu to the identity of the hardware factory, through active cooperation and consultation to widely satisfied consumer platform, seems to have become the next step must be taken, where the interests of the scope and the difficulty will be greater and wider, It still takes some time to observe how to continue to develop in a positive direction without becoming a function of chicken.

In general applications, you can see some of the results of combining the reference design with its own characteristics. For example, the new Notepad in the layout with a lot of Google Keep shadow, but Meizu add graffiti and drawing function on the one hand to maintain a concise style, but also enhance the richness of the content. Native browsers still have a large number of modifications, which is one of the few things that lets us leave our Chrome browser with Android native browsers. The card page below can be a consistent experience with the system, and Smart Bar focuses the browser function on the bottom of the screen, supporting Flash format and reflow mode, which can be called perfect.

MX3 's camera uses a 8 million-pixel Sony backlight sensor, with a lens aperture of f/2.0. The entire camera photo interface takes a very refreshing and concise arrangement, the set part even only has "the speed", "The White balance", "the picture setting" and "The record setting" Four kinds of options, all use the plane direct adjustment way.

"Gesture Photography" can use the receiver near the proximity sensor to start the shutter, if the length of the subject can be locked focus and exposure value. In the past comments on action camera operations, HTC's ZOE has been appreciated for the complex functionality, while the MX3 camera still insists on simple and simple ways to appreciate. Back to action the essence of photography is to be simple and fast, MX3 not follow the camera mode option of the big pile head in the market, then to see how its full automatic results.

In the weather of a good shooting environment, MX3 output of the photo color pleasing, the shutter reaction is good and focus speed with an average level, the main body of the three-dimensional sense. But we found it in the same scene the average automatic metering is prone to large gaps in the results, automatic white balance in the sun sometimes appear slightly purple offset. The overall set of parameters to look at the thumbnail view, focusing on the sharpness of the image after the performance. Night shooting of the noise is very high, but also affect the clarity of the picture, but still can maintain the tone of a pleasant style, shrinking after the figure can bring a good visual feeling.

Video effect is our less satisfactory place, the highest can record full HD video, traffic in 12,000–15,000 kbps, you will see screen noise and mosaic of the situation is a bit serious, although the rate of 30 per second can be maintained very well, but it is not able to show the advantages of 1080p video.

MX3 is equipped with the Samsung Exynos 5410 octa dual Quad core processor, combined with four cortax-a15 1.6GHz and four cortax-a7 1.2GHz processing cores, and integrates PowerVR SGX 544mp3 drawing cores. The processor is also used on the Galaxy S4, and Meizu, in particular at the release meeting, pointed out that they use a number of heat dissipation techniques to solve the heat dissipation problem, from the running points and core use situation, but also toward the control of the wild horses in the direction of adjustment. MX3 true machine operation of the fluency we will use "elegance" to describe, in the instantaneous completion of the strength and smoothness of the scene to achieve some balance, basically also feel the core switch between the cotton situation.

Meizu special emphasis on the solution of heat dissipation, MX3 fuselage surface is very capable of immediate response to heat dissipation, but also allows users to feel the amazing calorific value, as long as you open Google map query and do a 20-minute light navigation, you can immediately feel a heat flow from the body inside out, Although not hot to the point, but how much affect the comfort. Calorific value also reflects the power consumption, as mentioned above, the use of the process of navigation after the 20%. Although the MX3 battery came to the 2,400mah spectrum, but moderate use will still make people a little power anxiety, if you are a heavy user probably half a day will face automatic shutdown.

Come to our standard electric test also reflects its power consumption, set the screen brightness to 50% and turn off automatic brightness adjustment, turn on Wi-Fi (not wired) and 3G connection, turn off all low-power power-saving modes, keep Facebook updated every 15 minutes with Twitter and Gmail In the case of instant push, repeated playback of the video stored in the phone, MX3 5 hours and 50 minutes of performance, slightly less than 6 hours of performance somewhat passable.

Hardware part of our surprise is the quality of the call and the ability to play music, MX3 handset performance Clear, volume and no noise, the speaker is also satisfied with the radio effect. and equipped with Wolfson WM5102 Audio decoder chip and independent expansion of the chip, MX3 connected to the sound effects of headphones quite balanced, with the built-in multi-meter music streaming service of the Fever slice area to listen to music, it is easy to enjoy the full level of personal music.

Meizu has shouted "Forget parameters" slogan, telling consumers that the overall experience is the right way to develop. But behind the creation of an excellent experience is the fact that there are countless details of the parameters. We see from MX3 that there is a transcendence, even a greater ambition, compared to the previous generation, this mobile phone in the operation of the logic more complete and smooth, it has been integrated in the native applications most commonly used functions, you do not understand the panel technology, processor architecture and even digital content services, will not affect the use of it to bring you pleasure. To insist on only a mobile phone manufacturer, Meizu does create their own sense of value.

But MX3 still has some limitations, some from hardware and some from software. There is still room for improvement in the phone's heat and power consumption, and the camera's performance is expected to be revised in the official version. And the future is looking at the software application level, how to spread the software developers for Smart Bar to write proprietary applications, payment system how to expand more possibilities? These are not difficult technologies, but they are a leading attempt on the mobile User Experience path (and these attempts are less likely to bother users).

PS video is a little out of sync