The Meizu M3 Note is a great phone, with outstanding battery life and a nice metal unibody design, but it isn’t a patch on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, which is faster and comes with a better camera, more up-to-date software and, importantly, a cheaper price tag. That said, it’s difficult for us to recommend to UK users (particularly novice UK users) the Meizu M3 Note over other budget Chinese smartphones we’ve tested, given that Google Play is not preinstalled and so much of it has not been adapted from Chinese.
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Due to better performance and cameras, I’d still opt for the 16 GB 3rd-generation Moto G over the Meizu m3 Note for the same $170 price. However, there are a lot of reasons to purchase the m3 Note instead, most notably the much better design and battery life. If the cameras in particular aren’t an issue, the m3 Note could be a great budget smartphone purchase.
Meizu is one of many Chinese smartphone manufacturers that have seen strong success in their home country, but have struggled to break into Western markets in the highly crowded budget smartphone space. Their devices are known for packing in a great...
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Although the Meizu M3 Note looks nice and the battery is great, the performance just isn't really there, and the camera is mediocre. For the price, you can get a number of other more powerful smartphones that also take better pictures. It's a tough...
Although the m3 note has a premium design, excellent battery life, and a good software experience, it offers few improvements over its predecessors. With the exception of its new design and fingerprint reader, the m3 note is largely more of the same....
The Meizu M3 Note is a great phone, with outstanding battery life and a nice metal unibody design, but it isn’t a patch on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, which is faster and comes with a better camera, more up-to-date software and, importantly, a cheaper price tag. That said, it’s difficult for us to recommend to UK users (particularly novice UK users) the Meizu M3 Note over other budget Chinese smartphones we’ve tested, given that Google Play is not preinstalled and so much of it has not been adapted from Chinese.
A functional smartphone, but hardly a low-cost miracle, the Meizu M3 Note does deliver a few pleasant surprises, but it doesn't evade all the flaws typical of phones in its price range. We are fond of its clean and sturdy metallic design, the fast...
So what do we think of the device? Well, we like the well-polished design as well as the cool multi-purpose mTouch home button that can do 'back' functions and act as a fingerprint sensor. The Flyme U.I. is simple enough and the battery offers fairly...
I have received a Meizu M3 Note smartphone from PB Tech for review and it's fair to say it's a very impressive device - for the middle-tier price range and superb service by PB Tech (more on this later) this is an excellent choice for our market.The...
For $150 it's hard to have any sort of expectations about what kind of quality you'll find from a metal clad smartphone with a 4,100mAh battery. These features, coupled with the 1080p screen, excellent 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and 5-megapixel...