Meizu M6s With 18:9 Display, Side-Mounted Fingerprint Scanner Launched in China

Chinese smartphone maker Meizu has launched its first-ever smartphone that features a screen with 18:9 aspect ratio Meizu M6s in China. The Meizu M6s is priced at CNY 999 (around Rs 9,900) for the 3GB RAM/32GB of internal storage and CNY 1,199 (around Rs 11,900) for the 3GB RAM/64GB of internal storage variant. The two storage variants launched in China will be made available in Champagne Gold, Matte Black, Moon Silver, and Cobalt Blue colour variants. The device will be going on sale from January 19 via Chinese retailers like Meizu Mall, Lynx, and Suning. There’s no word on when Meizu M6s will come to India. Ard Boudeling, Head of Global Marketing at Meizu, showed what the feature looks like in a video posted on Twitter.

Here’s a quick demo. pic.twitter.com/RQmdz7rXrT

— Ard Boudeling (@ArdCB) January 17, 2018

In terms of specifications, Meizu M6s features a 5.7-inch IPS LCD screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and Full-HD+ resolution. It uses Samsung’s Exynos 7882 chipset with two Cortex-A73 CPU cores, four Cortex-A53 CPU cores, and the Mali-G71MP1 GPU and runs Android 7.1.2 Nougat with Flyme OS 6.2 on top. The device has been launched in two variants – 32GB and 64GB. Both variants come with 3GB of RAM. The phone is also equipped with a fingerprint sensor on the side panel which aims to unlock the device in just 0.2 seconds.

In terms of optics, Meizu M6s features a rear camera with 16-megapixel Samsung CMOS lens with f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. The phone is powered by a 3000mAh battery which supports 18W fast charging. Connectivity features of the device include dual-SIM support, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS. The device measures 152 x 72.5 x 8.0 mm and weighs 160 grams.

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