Meizu 16 and Meizu 16 Plus Specifications, Price and Availability

Looking at the specs and features, you will quite agree that Meizu nailed it while manufacturing the Meizu 16 and Meizu 16 Plus. Both of the recently announced smartphones have tiny belzels and an under display fingerprint reader. The major difference between both phones is he screen size; the Meizu 16  came with a 6 inch screen while the Meizu 16  Plus came with a 6.5 inch display. Rea on and get full information about the specifications, price and availability.

Meizu 16 Plus Features

The Meizu 16 came with a SUPER AMOLED screen, having a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels. Below the display, you will find a fingerprint sensor, that triggers at 0.25 seconds.

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The side bezels of the Meizu 16 Plus measures only 1.175mm, which means that the phone is only 78.2mm wide. This is basically the same width with an iPhone 8 Plus, despite the difference in screen surface area, which is nearly 40%. The Meizu 16 Plus boasts of 90+% screen-to-body ratio.

On the rear of the Meizu 16 Plus, you will find a dual camera with the following features; a 12MP main camera (f/1.8, 1.55µm) with OIS and a 20MP telephoto camera (f/2.6, 1.0µm). It’s a combo of IMX 380 and IMX 350 image sensors. Anyway, a ring flash is a Meizu trademark, it’s a 6-LED like on the Meizu 15.

The cameras on the 15 are pretty similar actually, including the 20MP selfie camera. Meizu has leveraged the processing powers of the Snapdragon 845 chipset to do auto HDR and the usual AI enhancements for the camera.

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The S845 chip is paired with a vapor chamber for improved cooling and persistent performance. The 16 Plus comes with a 3,570mAh battery and Meizu’s mCharge technology.

Meizu 16 Plus Specifications

NETWORK
Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
	CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed	HSPA, LTE
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes

 

LAUNCH
Announced	2018, August
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, August

 

BODY
Dimensions	160.4 x 78.2 x 7.3 mm (6.31 x 3.08 x 0.29 in)
Weight	182 g (6.42 oz)
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

 

DISPLAY
Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.5 inches, 107.9 cm2 (~86.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~374 ppi density)
Multitouch	Yes
	– Flyme UI

 

PLATFORM
OS	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset	Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
CPU	Octa-core (4×2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
GPU	Adreno 630

 

MEMORY
Card slot	No
Internal	256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM

 

MAIN CAMERA
Dual	12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3″, 1.55 µm, 4-axis OIS, laser AF 20 MP, 1/2.6″, 1.0 µm, AF
Features	Six-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)

 

SELFIE CAMERA
Single	20 MP, f/2.0
Video	1080p@30fps

 

SOUND
Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack	Yes
	– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

 

COMMS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, SBAS, QZSS
Radio	No
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

 

FEATURES
Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser	HTML5
	– Fast battery charging: mCharge 4.0 (24W) – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – MP4/H.264 player – Document editor – Photo/video editor

 

BATTERY
	Non-removable Li-Ion 3570 mAh battery

 

MISC
Colours	Black, White

Meizu 16 Plus Price

Below is the Meizu 16 Plus price in China according to its storage variants. You also get the equivalent prices in the United States of America and Europe. The phone will be available for purchase from August 20, 2018.

RAM	Storage	Price
6GB	128GB	CNY 3,200 ($470/€400)
8GB	128GB	CNY 3,500 ($510/€440)
8GB	256GB	CNY 4,000 ($585/€500)

Meizu 16

The Meizu 16 also came with a 1080 pixel SUPER AMOLED display, but it measures 6 inch is diagonal, which is quite smaller than the Plus version. The battery capacity also drops to 3010mAh, and it also came with a new set of memory options too. See its full specifications below.

Meizu 16 Specifications

NETWORK
Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
	CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat15 800/150 Mbps
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes

 

LAUNCH
Announced	2018, August
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, August

 

BODY
Dimensions	150.5 x 73.2 x 7.3 mm (5.93 x 2.88 x 0.29 in)
Weight	152 g (5.36 oz)
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

 

DISPLAY
Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.0 inches, 92.9 cm2 (~84.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~402 ppi density)
Multitouch	Yes
	– Flyme UI

 

PLATFORM
OS	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset	Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710
CPU	Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz 360 Gold & 6×1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver)
GPU	Adreno 616

 

MEMORY
Card slot	No
Internal	128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

 

MAIN CAMERA
Dual	12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3″, 1.55 µm, 4-axis OIS, laser AF 20 MP, 1/2.6″, 1.0 µm, AF
Features	Six-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps

 

SELFIE CAMERA
Single	20 MP, f/2.0
Video	1080p@30fps

 

SOUND
Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
	– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

 

COMMS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio	No
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

 

FEATURES
Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser	HTML5
	– Fast battery charging: mCharge 4.0 (24W) – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – MP4/H.264 player – Document editor – Photo/video editor

 

BATTERY
	Non-removable Li-Ion 2950 mAh battery

 

MISC
Colours	Black, White

Meizu 16 Price and Availability

Both of the Meizu 16 smartphones are currently available for pre-order in China. The phone will be available from August 16, 2018. Below is the Meizu 16 price in China and its equivalent in United States of America, and Europe

RAM	Storage	Price
6GB	64GB	CNY 2,700 ($395/€340)
6GB	128GB	CNY 3,000 ($440/€380)
8GB	128GB	CNY 3,300 ($485/€420)