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Meizu Pro 6 Review

Meizu Pro 6 Review

Meizu Pro 6 Review

Introduction


There's a certain contingent of smartphone users that, no matter which new handset you show them, will invariably comment, “Oh, that looks like an iPhone.” Sometimes that just reflects a narrow view of the smartphone market; it's only iPhone or iPhone wannabe, right? And sometimes there really are some pretty glaring similarities, as manufacturers try to take direction from moves where Apple has found success. 

Meizu Pro 6 Review
But then there's Meizu with the new Pro 6, where even “imitation” feels like too weak of a word: from hardware design, to functionality, to the heavily modified Android-based platform, the Pro 6 is a smartphone that feels like it was created from a singular vision intent on capturing some of that iPhone magic by following as close in Apple's footsteps as humanly possible.

And wouldn't you know it, but the Meizu Pro 6 somewhat succeeds in doing just that.

In the box:

  • Meizu Pro 6
  • USB Type-C to standard A cable
  • Fast charging adapter
  • Warranty/safety cards
  • Quick start guide
  • SIM tool

Design

An iPhone by any other name...

Meizu Pro 6 Review
Meizu Pro 6 Review
Meizu Pro 6 Review

Back in March, much as we still are today, the smartphone community was speculating about the design of Apple's next iPhone. And when some imagery surfaced of a metal-backed handset with an interesting, curved antenna stripe, rumors quickly zeroed in on it being a possible iPhone 7 prototype. The next day, though, a Meizu exec burst our bubble by confirming that the image was actually of his company's own Pro 6. The initial leak didn't feel like a hoax, or an attempt by some jokester to pull one over on us; the Meizu Pro 6 really is that easy to mistake for an Apple device.

Meizu's Apple-parroting decisions include giving the Pro 6 a single hardware button up front: a fingerprint-scanning home button that may not be round like Apple's but it's similarly all alone up there – no extra capacitive Android buttons waiting in the wings. And while Meizu does side-button placement a little differently, the phone's bottom edge with headphone jack, mic, reversible USB Type-C connector, and speaker grille is one page pulled right from the iPhone playbook.
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