Meizu M2 Note Specs and Performance

The spec is not spectacular. After all, this is a mid-range device and it’s roughly on a par with other 5.5-inch devices based on MT6753 and Snapdragon 615 processors. The biggest difference is in the SoC department, so let’s take a closer look. Eight cores at 1.3GHz will run just fine in everyday use, but they won't win many benchmarks.

Meizu M2 Note specs:

• SoC: MediaTek MT6753, 28nm HPM
• CPU: Eight 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.3GHz
• GPU: Mali-T720MP3
• RAM: 2GB
• Storage: 16GB internal storage, microSD slot up to 128GB
• Display: 5.5-inch 1920x1080 IGZO IPS screen 403 pixel per inch
• OS: Flyme 4.5.4 OS based on Android 5.1
• Rear camera: 13 megapixel, 4208 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
• Front facing camera: 5 megapixel, 1080p
• Battery: 3100mAh by Sony /ATL, non-replaceable
• Dimensions: 150.9 x 75.2 x 8.7 mm (5.94 x 2.96 x 0.34 in)
• Weight: 149 g (5.26 oz)
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, LE
• Sensors: Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope Sensor, Compass, Hall sensor, GPS, AGPS, GLONASS
• SIM card: dual SIM (nano and nano SIM), dual standby
• Storage: up to 128GB microSD with one nano SIM card
• Network support:

2G: GSM 850MHz, GSM 900MHz, GSM 1800MHz, GSM 1900MHz
3G: WCDMA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100MHz
4G: 4G FDD-LTE: B1 / B3 / B7 (1800 / 2100 / 2600MHz)

It is important to point out that this is a phone with MediaTek MT6753, 28nm octa core that is the SoC with World Mode 4G LTE and CDMA2000 3G for global high-speed mobile network compatibility. This is really fresh SoC as it was launch in March 2015 and Meizu 2 Note has been one of its biggest design wins so far. The eight Cortex A53 cores run at 1.3GHz and we didn’t see any performance related issues on the everyday emails, web browsing or playing videos up to full HD resolution. The Mali-T720MP3 GPU is not the strongest around but it was enough to run the casual games just fine.

MediaTek's MT6753 and its Mali GPU are not going to win any prizes for gaming performance. The GPU more than three times slower than what you would get on a high-end phone, but the Meizu M2 note can outpeform a few phones from its price range. Remember this is a 150 euro phone and it is not realistic to expect that it can beat 500-600 euro worth of Samsung Galaxy S6 with a state of the art 14nm Exynos 7420 SoC.

in Antutu, we managed to get slightly over 30000. This is what the eight 1.3GHz A53 cores can deliver. The Helio X10 based phones will get you close to 50,000 and at the same time they will have their eight cores clocked at 2-2.2Ghz. The Meizu M2 Note did well for its price range but it didn't sweep us off our feet.



Basemark OS II a simulation of an user interface didn't run fast on this phone. We got quite low score but this is just slighty less that what you get with Snapdragon 615 based HTC Desire 820. It goes without saying that HTC phone is significantly more expensive.

In Geekbench the phone shows average performance. With 571 in single core score and 2628 it won't win any prime spots. This is still reasonably good score as the significantly more expensive Meizu MX 5 with Helios X10 processor clocked at 2.2 GHz and eight A53 cores scores 936 in single and 4882 in multi-core test. The Samsung Galaxy S6 scores 1443 in single and 5157 in multi, but have in mind that this phone costs more than three times the Meizu M2 Note.  


The single-core results will tell you what you should already know. The 1.3Ghz clocked A53 core is not the fastest around but when you match eight of them at the same time, you get a decent performer. Since most of the applications today can take advantage of multipe cores, it will be hard to notice a slow single core performance in everyday tasks.

The phone runs well for email, surfing, watching YouTube or listening music, we didn't experience any obvious slowdowns or performance glitches.