What country is the smartphone manufacturer Meizu from?

The modern buyer makes quite serious demands on the quality of the products that he is offered to buy. And it is quite difficult for newcomers to find their niche among a large number of manufacturers. In addition, Russian users are quite biased towards goods from China, initially attributing them to poor quality.

As you know, Meizu smartphones are often difficult to find in regular hardware stores (although there may be exceptions), but they can be easily ordered online. However, is it necessary? How can you buy a mobile phone without checking it yourself? In addition, the Meizu brand itself cannot be called too popular and advertised, and it is quite logical that potential buyers begin to doubt the quality of the products of this manufacturer.

A couple of years ago, few people knew who Meizu was, but now the products of this manufacturer fill the Russian market quite quickly - more than 70 million smartphones have already been produced and sold in Russia. Many buyers have already managed to evaluate all the advantages of Meizu mobile phones and with full confidence recommend them to their friends and acquaintances.

As you know, Meizu is a company that always sticks to the golden mean. The founder of the company believes that qualitative progress is more important than rapid advancement. As a result, by 2013, this manufacturer entered the top 10 mobile device manufacturers in China.

In this article, we will find out what country Meizu is manufacturing, find out the history of the company, and learn many interesting Meizu facts about the company.

Meizu is traditionally associated with the name of Jack Wong - this is the chairman, founder and current CEO. He is the main inspirer and soul of the company, although most often he remains in the background, not speaking anywhere and not giving interviews. However, Jack Wong is not a real name, but a pseudonym that he signs on the Meizu official website, expressing his opinion on a particular issue. His real name is Huang Zhang, and he always closely monitors every process in the company, while not interfering with the process itself.

The vice president of Meizu speaks of the founder of the brand as a person with a special love for the world of electronics, who is able to spend weeks and months testing a new device right at home, and then make a proposal for any cardinal change in the appearance of the Meizu phone. He even redid the walls and ceiling in his house to improve the acoustics in the room. Most of the leaders of large enterprises most often think only about income, but Wong has a passion for the details of the production of each Meizu smartphone.

Founding history

The history of Meizu is very interesting. The first product of the company was by no means a smartphone, but an Mp3 player called Meizu MX. The product got a pretty good start and sold well, but in fact it was a copy of the then-famous iAudio CW300 player from Cowon. As a result, the owner of Meizu prudently changes the strategy of work, designates a new vector of work and risks betting on the originality of products, as a result, he creates a new product - the Mp4 Meizu Mini Player, which is unique with its nice design and thoughtful interface.

In addition to playing music, you can also read e-books, play videos, watch pictures and even record sounds on a voice recorder. With all this, Meizu regularly released firmware updates and eliminated all errors in the software in time. As a result, it was thanks to this player that the world started talking about the company.

However, the rapidly and actively developing market for mobile devices gave the company an impetus to change its line of business. They understood that they needed to quickly respond to market changes, which meant that it was time to start making smartphones. As a result, in mid-April 2007, Meizu launched its first smartphone, the M8. He hooked the consumer, first of all, with a very affordable price, a large display size and pretty good performance. The gadget had a touch screen with a diagonal of 3.4”, 256 MB of RAM and worked on the basis of the MyMobile operating system (from Windows).

Outwardly, the gadget was very reminiscent of the iPhone, and at some point Apple even managed to suspend sales of the M8, but the story of Meizu did not end there and the company's phones have already received their loyal admirers. And so began the formation of Meizu in the smartphone market.

Peculiarities

Meizu has managed in a short period of time to successfully combine the latest advanced developments in the world of technology with great design in its gadgets, while offering it all to the consumer at a relatively low price. Meizu phones combine three factors at once:

• Build quality;
• Multifunctionality;
• Performance.

But due to the fact that competition in this market is growing, Meizu is simply obliged to introduce new chips and solutions in each new device, and I would like to note that they cope with this task with a bang. Almost all phone models are different in characteristics and allow the user to choose a gadget for every taste and color. In addition, often the main factor when buying is its affordable price, which Meizu also succeeded in. The main features of the phones are:

1. A good steel bearing frame in the body of the device, as a result of which its impact resistance is greatly increased.
2. A touch button that has many functions and even a fingerprint scanner, which minimizes the number of additional buttons.
3. Flyme branded graphical shell, which combines the most successful features of the main current operating systems for smartphones, which appeared back in 2012 based on the Android OS.

As soon as the function of protecting data with a graphic, digital password or pin code appeared on smartphones, many gadget owners began to actively use it. This is a fairly reliable way to keep personal information to yourself, since there is always a chance that someone curious will get into the phone, or it will be stolen, and bank card data and other important information will fall into the hands of attackers.

However, there are also disadvantages - for example, a smartphone can fall into the hands of a child and be blocked, or the owner will simply forget his password. Some people start to panic right away, run to service centers and pay crazy money for the simplest procedure that they can do on their own without any difficulties, but any average user can reset the password on a Meizu phone.

We all know that Meizu smartphones are really good devices that have their own features and chips, which is why they have gained such popularity. Would you like to know some interesting facts about the history of the company?

1. The name Meizu itself consists of 2 words: Mei, which means "to be in trend", and "Zu", which translates as "company, group of people." If translated literally, the name "Meizu" can be deciphered as "people in the trend."
2. The first smartphone from Meizu (M8) was originally based on the Windows CE operating system, but at that time the interface was weak, and the OS itself was too difficult and illogical for the average user. Then the developers decided to use only the OS base, and develop programs and a graphical shell on their own. Over time, the Android OS began to gain immense popularity, and therefore the Meizu phone company made a choice in its favor - and the Flyme operating system appeared.

1. Back in 2014, Meizu made a sensational statement: any developer who released an application for Meizu will receive 100% of the profit from it! A very good and reasonable scheme, the purpose of which was to maximize the list of programs that are released specifically for these smartphones.
2. From the beginning of the foundation and until now, the main criterion for hiring in the company is to be a dreamer. Huang Zhang selects for cooperation only those people who are able to get carried away with their work and create not just a good, but a great product.
3. Two years ago, more precisely in 2015, Alibaba Group invested almost 6 hundred million dollars in Meizu in order to promote its own cloud called Aliyun. MediaTek also invested in this smartphone manufacturer, which thus decided to respond to Xiomi, who decided to switch to chips from Qualcomm. Thanks to these, 4 new smartphones have seen the light and more are being released.

Product line

Consider the most popular smartphone models that Meizu has introduced to date.

Meizu MX. This is a moderately balanced in terms of functions, a fairly simple, reliable and maximally well-thought-out smartphone, which quickly gained popularity and eventually became a flagship. Many additional built-in features allow the user not to think about searching for the right programs on the Internet. It is also the first smartphone from Meizu, in which the capabilities of the touch key have been significantly expanded.

As for the technical characteristics - the device is assembled at the highest level. Large screen, nice and sophisticated design, smart camera and decent sound, coupled with good autonomy. Yes, and the price can not but please.

Meizu MX4 / MX4 ​​Pro. These are two smartphones that are completely different from each other. The Pro version has a better display resolution and runs on a different chipset. In addition, a key with a fingerprint scanner appeared here, which gained immense popularity. Both smartphones have a sufficient amount of RAM, and the resolution of the front camera has become higher.

Meizu M5X / M6X. These smartphones have received new features and have been improved in terms of technical characteristics. The 6th model received the largest number of rave reviews from users in Russia and as a result became the best model from Meizu for the previous year.

Meizu M3. This gadget received the title of the best-selling smartphone in the world from the Meizu catalog for 16-17 years, and in Russia it even entered the Top 3 of the best. This model is based on Android1, has a display of 5.5 ”(1920 × 1080 pixels) with bulk glass and an oleophobic layer. The main camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels, front - 5 megapixels, built-in memory - 32 GB, RAM - 3 GB.

Development prospects

Meizu is preparing a more active expansion in the world. If you look at the company's progress in recent years, the numbers cannot but surprise: in 2015, almost 20 million smartphones were sold, which is 350% more than in the previous year! Meise did not manage with smartphones alone - the release of VR glasses, PowerBank portable batteries and a headset started. In addition, the company is developing new models of fitness trackers and smartwatches.

Wong's ambitions are real and justified - he previously reported that in 2017 he plans to increase sales of Meizu smartphones to 25 million copies.

Although Meizu is relatively young, it already has great growth potential. Their products stand out not only for their impeccable design and high quality of components, but also for a very favorable price. This will invariably lead the company to a leading position in the global market.