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