At presentation in Beijing Meizu introduced its most budget smartphone called Meizu M3s.

Like many other Meizu smartphones, M3s looks like iPhone 6S. However, it is rather a good side than the disadvantage. The body Meizu M3s is made of metal with plastic elements on the top and bottom of smartphone. Wireless modules are located under the plastic. This time even the Chinese have decided to copy pink gold color. Also smartphone is available in gray, silver, gold colors.

Meizu M3s has hybrid slot for SIM card + microSD card. It is located on the left side of smartphone.

Suddenly: fingerprint reader

Chinese company released affordable smartphone for $ 110 with fingerprint reader. By the way, the button with fingerprint reader is touch. At first, it is not very comfortable, but eventually you get used very quickly. It’s a “trick” from Meizu.

Meizu M3s: Good screen

Meizu M3s has a 5-inch screen with HD-resolution. It is not the highest resolution for smartphone, but do not forget about the modest price. We immediately notice the black frame around the display, which stands out from the smartphone design.

IPS-matrix screen with wide viewing angles. Not so long age oleophobic coating and 2.5D-glass have been features of flagships, but now they are available even for low-end models!

Meizu M3s: High performance

We did not have time to download applications, but immediately after unpacking we notice that Flyme UI on top of Android 5.1 works very fast.

Smartphone has eight-core processor MediaTek MT6750 with a frequency of 1.5 GHz and a graphics accelerator Mali-T860. The younger version of Meizu M3s uses 2GB, and high model is available with 3GB of RAM. Built-in memory is also different depending on the version – 16GB or 32GB.

Meizu M3s cannot be called smartphone for mobile gamers, but it can cope with simple games and basic tasks.

Decent price for a camera

Meizu M3s has 13 MP main camera that gives quite nice pictures in normal daylight or at dusk. But in the dark the expected noise appears and autofocus begins to “blunt”.

For such a price the camera is quite decent, but do not expect miracles from it. The same can be said about the 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

Meizu M3s: Autonomy

The capacity of the internal battery Meizu M3s is 3020 mAh. Not bad for such dimensions. Considering the processor and a screen with low resolution, you should not have a serious problems with autonomy.

Our tests show that full charged Meizu M3s works for about 4.5 hours of mobile gaming or 7-7.5 hours of video playback. Good result!

Full recharge from 0 to 100% smartphone requires exactly 2 hours.

Price and competitors Meizu M3s

The pre-orders for Meizu M3s with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory are available for just 700 yuan ($106). The older model with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage was estimated at 900 yuan ($136). But the price may differ in different countries.

The main competitor Meizu M3S is Xiaomi Redmi 3 and little more expensive, but much more interesting smartphone Honor 5X.

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There are brands from which you do not expect something special. Usually they offer a cheap product that has an attractive price and good specifications. However, there are other brands that target on premium high-end market. They release smartphones with an excellent performance and innovative designs. Among the Chinese companies only Huawei and Xiaomi could make a good competition for Samsung and Apple. But this year Vivo has taken an important place in Asian and global market.

A few years ago hardly anyone had heard of Vivo smartphones. However, during the first quarter of this year, Vivo has sold no less smartphones than the world’s leading manufacturers. In practical terms Vivo takes 5% of the global smartphone market share. Moreover, Vivo has replaced Xiaomi from the list of the top smartphone manufacturer in the world.

We decided to find out what people found interesting in Vivo and what Chinese company offers to its customers.

Vivo X6

Smartphone was launched in 2015. Vivo X6 has the 64-bit processor MediaTek MT6752, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Its powerful screen Super AMOLED 5.2 inch 1080p offers a high quality picture, and covers 69% of the available surface in the front panel.

In the photographic section, Vivo X6 has a 12.8-megapixel main camera with a focal aperture of f/2.2 and a front camera of 8 megapixels for high quality selfies. Finally, it is worth mentioning that smartphone has a battery of 3000 mAh compatible with fast charging.

Its price is around 350 euros.

Vivo Xplay 3S

The main phablet of Vivo and one of the oldest smartphone has a giant 6-inch IPS display with QuadHD resolution. Smartphone has a considerable weight of 174 grams and a thickness of 8.7 millimeters.

Inside Vivo Xplay 3S is well-known Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, accompanied by 3200 mAh battery.

Vivo Xplay 3S has a 13-megapixel main camera with focal aperture f/1.8 and a front 5 megapixel camera.

Unfortunately, Vivo does not support the operating system updates, so smartphone is working on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. The price Vivo Xplay 3S is about 410 euros.

Vivo Xplay 5 Elite

The main Vivo flagship of this year is Vivo Xplay 5 Elite. This powerful smartphone has curved edges like Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and S7 Edge. Vivo Xplay 5 Elite has 5.43 inch screen Super AMOLED with resolution 1440p QuadHD. Inside smartphone is one of the most powerful combination in the market: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

Vivo Xplay 5 Elite has a main 16-megapixel camera with Sony IMX298 lens and aperture f/2.0.

Among other features of Vivo Xplay 5 Elite: 3600 mAh battery with fast charging, Android 5.1 Lollipop with own brand UI, dual SIM, 4G and fingerprint sensor.

The price Vivo Xplay 5 Elite is 700 euros.

We recommend: Vivo Xplay 5 Elite with 6GB of RAM is faster than iPhone 6s.

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Just yesterday there were rumors that Chinese manufacturer Vernee is going to release its flagship with an emphasis on service Uber. The company plans to obtain a certificate from Uber and thereby get a huge number of users.

Today, Chinese manufacturer released another smartphone called Vernee Thor, which is designed for an audience with an average level of income. The device looks very stylish, specifications allow you to meet all your requirements for entertainment or work. Chinese companies have long shown that they are better than others are able to create high-quality smartphones for low price, which companies like Samsung cannot afford.

If you do not need a smartphone with Apple logo on the back, or from other brands, then we offer to read our review on the Chinese smartphone Vernee Thor.

Specifications Vernee Thor

At the heart of smartphone Vernee Thor is MediaTek MT6753. This processor is built on eight computing cores with a clock speed of 1.5 gigahertz. CPU power is more than enough to run all games, applications, high-resolution movies and other things. Also smartphone has 3GB of RAM. As you can see, Vernee Thor is not entry-level smartphone. Mobile device provide you to keep personal content on the internal storage of 16GB. It is very poor by today’s standards, but you will always be able to install the memory card, and it solved the problem of the missing space. On the other hand, the memory card is an additional cost.

Design Vernee Thor

Smartphone Vernee Thor was released in one color – black. The front panel has protective glass and three touch-control buttons under display, a speaker and a camera with a set of sensors above the display. The back side is made of a rubberized material, so that it almost does not scratch, does not slip out of your hands and not allow ride on the table.

Vernee Thor looks very interesting smartphone and expensive, despite the lack of premium materials.

Features Vernee Thor

Now let’s talk about those things, which the manufacturer has decided to save money. Firstly, there is a low resolution by modern standards. Display diagonal of 5 inches have a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels – it is not what modern user wants. Secondly, this smartphone camera is not very pleased with image quality. The main camera is 13 megapixels seems enough good, but actually it is much worse. The front 5 megapixel camera also does not shine.

Result

After our review Vernee Thor you should make a small conclusion for yourself about how much the product should cost. Manufacturer said that the price Vernee Thor is $130. Yes, there are obvious problems with display, camera and body is made not from the expensive aluminum, but for the money this is one of the best options at the moment.

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If you prefer to save money and want to buy an galaxy s4 refurbished phone not from official resellers, we advise you to read this article. It may well be that you purchase a fake Samsung Galaxy s4, instead of the new one. Moreover, Chinese craftsmen can make a fake smartphone, which is very difficult to distinguish from the original.

Chinese technology blog ITHome published an article in which told of how craftsmen from China have established the process of restoring galaxy s4 refurbished phone. Most of these phones are damaged (cracked screen, soaked motherboard), but after a few hours the smartphone is practically new and is sent to resell on the gray market.

Chinese workshops are filled with all kinds of spare parts for the Galaxy S4 and on an industrial scale is carried out necessary repairs of defective devices.

However, the process does not end there. Chinese expert pack galaxy s4 refurbished phone in a box, which is difficult to distinguish from the original, and even paste protective film on the phone screen and on the box attach label with the serial number Apple.

The main market for galaxy s4 refurbished phone is China, where the most popular models Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4, and more often these two models are fakes.

In other words, if you take the fake galaxy s4 refurbished phone, you can hardly distinguish it from the original. But if you buy a galaxy s4 refurbished phone in brand shops, you are sure to get the original. Therefore, we strongly recommend you to use only the official reseller of delivery which comes directly from Samsung.

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