Meizu 20 series was released at the beginning of this year, many people felt the return of Meizu. Whether it was the "Return of Meizu" gimmick or the unique unbounded design, the Meizu 20 series became a highly popular mobile phone at the time. I was also fortunate enough to use Meizu 20 for a while. How should I put it? It should be said that people who have used it will look forward to Meizu 21 even more. I thought I would have to wait until next year to see Meizu 21. What I never imagined was that Meizu 21 would make a surprise debut in just eight months.
Letâs talk about the conclusion first. Everyone can rest assured to support Meizu 21! Meizu 21 is not Meizu 20S, but a truly comprehensively evolved flagship phone. Whether it is feel, workmanship or system, it has been significantly improved, representing the highest level of Meizu after its return.
Itâs all about design
Design has always been Meizuâs strength. No matter how the market trends change, each generation of Meizu mobile phones is unique. Back to Meizu 21, it still continues the unbounded design concept of the Meizu 20 series, but has made many optimizations and improvements in details to make it look more refined and advanced. It can be called the most beautiful direct-screen mobile phone.
The first thing to talk about is the screen frame. Old players should still remember that the Meizu MX series popularized the concept of ultra-narrow bezels. After so many years, Meizu is still striving for ultra-narrow bezels. It finally achieved ultra-narrow four-sided bezels on Meizu 21. The screen frame thickness is only 1.74mm. It is also the first Samsung flagship smartphone with "the world's narrowest four-sided equal sides". screen" smartphone.
Another obvious change is the proportion of the fuselage. It has changed from the slender shape of Meizu 20 to the well-proportioned shape that Meizu friends are familiar with. The length of the fuselage has been reduced by 1.2mm and the width has been increased by 1.8mm. The overall look is more coordinated. Itâs also easier to touch content at the top of the screen in everyday use.
Since we talked about the body proportions, the hand feel is also an unavoidable topic. To be honest, the Meizu 20 series places too much emphasis on the "edge-to-edge" unbounded design, which results in the hand feeling at the edges of the fuselage not being very good, and the overall feeling is rather awkward. Meizu 21 has made a new upgrade in the arc-shaped transition between the middle frame and the back panel, which improves the feel while still maintaining the iconic unbounded design.
The Unbounded Black version we have is also in a new color. The aluminum alloy middle frame is matte-finished, and the back panel is made of ultra-fine soft sand starlight glass. Compared to the mirrored middle frame + gradient back panel on Meizu 20 Pioneer Gray, I prefer Meizu 21âs Unbounded Black, which looks more pure and simple and is less susceptible to fingerprints.
Spiritual inheritance smart ring
Starting from the mBack small ring, this small white ring has become Meizuâs iconic interactive window. Entering the full-screen era, the small ring has become a proactive UI decoration and a flash. Whenever it lights up, you will know that this is a Meizu phone, and it is a tacit spiritual beacon for Meizu friends. Coming to Meizu 21, the small ring has undergone the biggest change. It is covered with rainbow colors and transformed into the "Aicy Smart Ring".
Due to the addition of RGB colors and the considerable number of lamp beads, the Aicy smart ring can display many effects, such as incoming calls, notifications, power, volume, music rhythm, etc. You can quickly understand it through the Aicy smart ring when the phone is placed on the table. Charging progress and notifications are very practical.
Aicy smart ring is also connected to the Aicy assistant. There are different lighting effects for listening, thinking and answering. This kind of intuitive interactive feedback makes people feel that the mobile phone is alive, and every interaction is full of emotions.
From the perspective of hardware alone, the Aicy smart ring is also one of the best RGB lights I have ever seen on a mobile phone. The brightness, uniformity, and color transition are excellent, and it is not comparable to those racing lamp beads.
Overall, I like the design of this lamp very much. It is very personalized and practical. It is the kind of Meizu-style innovation that touches people's hearts.
Meizu-style experience
If we talk about experience, everyone who has used Meizuâs system says it is good. It is pure, light, and has few ads. Especially some small details will always make people sigh, "It still has to be Meizu." Here are the Without getting into the details, here we mainly talk about the visual, tactile and auditory improvements of Meizu 21, which are actually the screen, vibration motor and speakers.
As for the screen, Meizu 21 uses a Samsung E6 screen, which supports 120Hz high brush, 1800nit peak brightness and 1920Hz PWM high-frequency dimming. The instantaneous sampling rate can also reach 1500Hz. It is also very sensitive to use in practice, and the overall look and feel is at a flagship level. In terms of clarity, Samsung's diamond arrangement is indeed more advantageous, and the text display is more solid.
Vibration is also Meizuâs consistent strength. Meizu 21 has been upgraded again. It is equipped with the flagship horizontal linear motor blessed by mEngine Ultra. The size of the motor has been greatly increased compared to the previous generation. With an independent driver IC, the entire vibration experience is far ahead. In typing and eating chicken The perception is very obvious when you use it. There are a lot of very subtle vibration feedbacks that you can't even notice, but if you switch to other phones, you will feel a little bit worse.
Another thing that must be mentioned is that the position and support structure of the motor are also very particular. It does not mean that the motor is big. The vibration of Meizu 21 is very real. You canât tell where the vibration comes from, but it matches your interaction very well. On the other hand, some mobile phones have very large motors, but they have a very obvious sense of hollowness. It feels like the entire screen is vibrating, and there are even some aftershocks after the interaction, which feels very fake.
Finally, the sound of Meizu 21 is also a highlight. After all, I come from a Hi-Fi background, so I canât forget my roots. Meizu 21 is equipped with sixth-generation master-level "dual" super-linear speakers, and is also the first mobile phone to pass QQ Music's "Premium Certification" for panoramic sound amplification. In terms of actual listening experience, the sound field is very large and the channel separation is obvious. It can also restore the position of the enemy very well in games such as Chicken Fight that require hearing and positioning. In terms of tuning style, Meizu 21 generally prefers mid-frequency vocal performance, with a good balance of low and high frequencies. It is also very suitable for daily viewing of short videos, watching Bilibili, and listening to some Chinese pop music.
Summarize the experience of using Meizu 21 in one sentence: children like it very much and love to use it.
I am overjoyed with the heat dissipation
The third generation Snapdragon 8 + LPDDR5X + UFS 4.0, Meizu 21 follows the trend and uses the latest flagship hardware. There is no need to worry about basic performance. It can successfully win Genshin Impact and Bengtie. This is also a Basic qualities of a flagship phone. However, the performance scheduling and heat dissipation of Meizu 21 have been greatly improved this time, which is worth talking about.
In terms of scheduling strategy, Meizu 21 is more active than Meizu 20. In the Genshin Impact test, the CPU large core can basically maintain a frequency of 2.1~2.3GHz, and the frame rate can be maintained at around 60 frames. If you switch Genshin Impact to a small window and then open another app, the CPU will instantly increase to above 3GHz to ensure the smoothness of the current operation. After entering the app, the CPU frequency will drop back.
The energy efficiency ratio of this generation of Snapdragon 8 has indeed been significantly improved, but running at 3GHz still puts a lot of pressure on the heat dissipation scale of the mobile phone. Meizu 21 has a total heat dissipation area of ââ37345mmÂČ and a 4045mmÂČ VC liquid-cooling heat sink. Coupled with the newly designed "Ice World" heat dissipation technology, it can dissipate internal heat to the outside through the frame in a very short time. Among the several games we tested, the maximum temperature of the Meizu 21 body was only over 40â, and it was mainly concentrated in the frame, while the screen and back panel were both less than 40â.
It can be seen through the thermal imager that the heat dissipation path of Meizu 21 is very obvious. It makes full use of the advantage of the aluminum alloy middle frameâs fast heat conduction, guides the heat to the middle frame through the vapor chamber, and then uses the middle frame to contact the air for heating. transfer. The lower part of the fuselage is almost unaffected, and the heating of the battery by the SoC is slowed down a lot. Checking the sensor data shows that the average battery temperature after half an hour of Genshin Impact testing is only 37.9°C.
After an hour and a half of game testing, we "heated" the phone to 42°C, then exited the game and placed the phone on the desktop to cool down. In less than 30 seconds, the fuselage has returned to 32°C.And this should be the reason why Meizu 21 dares to run the CPU at 3GHz.
A true flagship, Meizu 21 has also been significantly upgraded in terms of its full
camera. It is equipped with Samsungâs latest 200 million pixel flagship outsole sensor, which supports 4-in-1 pixels to output 50 million pixel photos, and also supports the output of 200 million pixel ultra-high-definition photos. Although it is not equipped with a physical telephoto lens, it supports 2x lossless zoom, and with the depth-of-field lens, the film results are also good, the color adjustment is also very clear, and the look and feel is pleasing.
In terms of battery life and charging, Meizu 21 has also greatly improved. It supports Meizu's fastest 80W super fast charge to date. It can be charged to 48% in 15 minutes and fully charged in less than 50 minutes, which is in line with this year's mainstream flagship phones. It is worth mentioning that the included charging head is also a C port and supports the 65W PD protocol, which can charge laptops and other products.
In terms of battery life, Meizu 21 is equipped with a large 4800mAh battery. When we ran Genshin Impact at the highest quality for more than half an hour, it only consumed 10% of the battery. If we were browsing Bilibili at work, we would probably still have half of the battery left after get off work. For daily use If it lasts a whole day, there will be no problem. The
antenna is also a new upgrade for Meizu 21. It adopts the Unbounded Antenna 2.0 architecture, which not only improves the WiFi signal, but also increases the mobile data rate. It will intelligently switch antennas in complex situations such as basements and elevators to ensure smooth network. On the way home from get off work, I was comparing Internet speed with my colleagues in the elevator. As expected, Meizu 21 was ahead by more than a little.
There is also ultrasonic fingerprint recognition, which is currently the best under-screen fingerprint solution. It only takes 0.075 seconds to unlock. It doesnât matter if your hands are wet or dirty. Friends who have used it should all understand.
Summary
Meizu 21 continues the well-received unbounded design of Meizu 20 in appearance. From the actual experience, Meizu 21 has made significant progress in all aspects. It is a comprehensive evolution after absorbing 8 months of valuable market experience. , it is more mature and refined, and represents the highest level of Meizu after its return. I personally think that Meizu 21 will also be a handed down classic that will be listed in the "Hall of Fame" by Meizu friends. If you are looking for a flagship phone with full personality, Meizu 21 will be a very good choice. If you are a Meizu friend who held coins to wait and see Meizu 20 at the beginning of the year, this time, you can rest assured to buy Meizu 21!
