Meizu M5s Specs and Price

Meizu like most Chinese OEMS are popular when it comes to making entry level smartphones and the Meizu M5s is no difference. The smartphone which is made from metallic materials which is not really common in this category of smartphones, as they comes with a polycarbonate casing or a faux metal casing. However, the Meizu M5s has a full metal unibody with a number of other features that we will be discussing.

Design and Display

The Meizu M5s has a nice metallic unibody design with impressive ergonomics. That aside, the fact that it is made up of a metallic unibody is something worthy of mention has most smartphones in this category do not giving it a more premium feel. Although, it has a similarity to other Meizu smartphones which is not a bad thing.

Now, the HD display featured in the Meizu M5s smartphone is typical of most smartphones in its category. However, the smartphone has a nice contrast with rich colour display and a nice digitizer which makes interaction with the screen much more easier. With a 5.2-inch 1280 X 720 pixels display the pixel density is at 282 ppi.

Camera and Battery

As a entry level smartphone you get a 13MP snapper alongside a 5MP front camera. The rear camera us capable of taking decent pictures with enough light. Although, not much can be said about the selfie camera which is good enough for the price of the Meiza M5s. However, if you are looking for a social network type of camera I would rather you go for another device which would probably cost you more.

As you would expect there’s a 3, 000mAh non removable battery which should provide at least a day of power and should do well to give you ample power till the some few hours the next day. There’s a fast charge feature which ensures you get back a full charge in no time.

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Hardware and Software

The Meizu M5s has a decent MediaTek which is the common processor for smartphones in this category. It has an Octa-core MediaTek MT6753 SoC clocking at 1.3GHz This is in combination with a ARM Mali-T720 MP3 GPU which handles basic graphics issues with ease. Although, there might be some lags when it comes to more demanding apps and tasks.

There are 2 variants of the Meizu M5s, one with 16GB built-in storage while the other is at 32GB, both having a choice to expand up to 128GB. In addition, there’s a 3GB RAM which is more than enough for your day to day use. That being said, the Meizu M5s runs on Android 6 Marshmallow with the Flyme UI on top.

Meizu M5s Price and Availability

Meizu M5s is widely available in a number of smartphone outlets and online stores. The price of the 16GB variant is about 33, 000 Naira to 39, 000 Naira while the 32GB variant costs around 45, 000 Naira in Nigeria.