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it's no surprise that as technology becomes cheaper to produce the price to consumers has a trickle-down effect consumers are demanding more affordable and unsubsidized phones some manufacturers are fulfilling this need like meizu they have produced several affordable offerings over the past few years and this is one of Mizzou's latest offerings I'm Kevin the tech ninja and this is the m1 note ok let's address the elephant in the room this looks like a larger iPhone 5c by its color choices icons and even software the m1 note sports a unibody glossy polycarbonate design the front is very simple we have our earpiece and also the front-facing camera to the right of it at the bottom where we normally find capacitive buttons there's a black bar there but this black bar has a few tricks up its sleeve walnuts later the middle of the bar there's a circle which acts like your home button and notification light the main color covers the back this also wraps around to the bezels up top we'll find our power button and the headphone jack on the right side is just the dual SIM card slot and at the bottom you'll find your speaker grille charging port and on the remaining side which is our left we'll find the volume rocker going around to the glossy back it's pretty plain just a camera and dual tone flash right under it oh and of course the insignia designed by Mizzou made in China with the back having a slight curve it makes it easy to grip and comfortable to hold the glossy plastic is not as slippery as it was same from its appearance the buttons share the same materials as the back of the device in some cases this makes finding the buttons a chore thankfully with the m1 note the buttons are raised enough where they're easily located these buttons provide a tactile feel to them and the button press covers a lot of ground then OneNote brings you a full 1080p 5.5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display may you brought a very bright and vivid display to the game the text pops off the 401 PPI display at times the colors are a bit warm with a slight yellowish hue but something your eyes will get used to quickly the viewing angles are fantastic on the screen as well you get a consistent picture no matter which angle you're holding it at I didn't see any backlight bleeding or dead pixels or any flaws at all this is one of the better displays I've seen in a while the screen cranked up gets pretty bright still has a little bit of glare but the screen is still viewable even in the harshest sunlight for me 5.5 inches feels great in the hand the screen is great for media consumption gaming and just about anything else the bezels are a bit larger than what we've seen as of late but it's not a huge distraction for me a lot of manufacturers are providing color tuning applications that lets you select color profiles or make micro adjustments but that's not the case here you are stuck with the way it looks that's not really a bad thing inside the m1 note will find a very moderately spec device the system chip is a mediatek mt6752 which is an 8 core 1.7 gigahertz 64-bit processor also for the graphics processor it's the Mali t67 MP 2 we can also find 2 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes of on-board storage as for battery it's a very large battery onboard you're looking at 3,140 milliamps for me it works with my AT&T SIM card I didn't have a great connection and data connections were very slow I was able to do hangouts and a little bit of light web browsing but your miles may vary speed is the m1 notes calling card navigating through the OS with the m1 note that's just an enjoyable experience once the device is unlocked you are instantly at the home screen waiting for your next move launching applications from the home screen is just as quick as the latest flagship phones I've used this year any normal tasks that you would do on your mobile device the m1 note can handle this with little issues when it comes to gaming the one note can handle its own in most games there are situations in some games where you notice a bit of slowdown in high action sequences games like dead trigger GTA and Riptide GP we're in the same when I compare them to other devices nearly double the price quite frankly I was impressed and blown away especially for the device at this price range also write a series of benchmarks as well the scores were lower than last year's flagships but real-world performance it felt identical to these phones battery is middle the role in terms of life you can get a full day of battery with this device with decent use I was unable to fully test it due to the signal I was getting with my AT&T SIM card however during my normal benchmarks I was getting consistent results as to what others were reporting online the speakers are located at the bottom of the device flanking the USB port the onboard speakers get plenty loud but lacks Christmas when it comes to speakerphone or anything that you hold your phone portrait it sounds great but when it comes to holding in landscape that's when things become muffled what I found myself doing is creating a reverb with my hand to bounce the sound back to my face when I was in a noisy area which helped a bit mizu taking a page out of apple's book was not just for design but also when it came to software the in OneNote as of this recording is running 4.4.4 kitkat with the skin on top by the name of flame flame is an overhaul on android starting with the lockscreen you can unlock the device with a simple tap or swipe up from the home button or you can swipe up on the actual lockscreen swiping to the right takes you to your camera and swiping to the left takes you to quick applications once you're on your home screen you notice there is not an app drawer all your icons are spread out on your home screen you're able to set up folders to help with organization or you can just toss a third-party launcher on top of it just to get your app to rebec luckily widgets are still available and behave accordingly when going into your Settings menu you'll find that all the settings are still there but they're in different locations with different icons being an enthusiast who can normally breeze through settings on most devices flame made me work to get to the settings I was looking for flame also adds a few other settings as well but nothing really that truly affects the experience when using this phone for a lot of consumers the camera is one of the most important selling points maybe you brought a decent sensor and robust software to the table then OneNote is touting a 13 megapixel camera as the ladies say it's not the size of the megapixel but is what you do with them and meizu does a lot with them the images that come out of this device are pretty good not quite the quality of the s5 or g3 but it's still a very passable camera with the note lacks and image quality they make up for it in software the m1 note has a manual camera mode built-in this will enable anyone who understands the basics of photography to take fantastic photos you're not going to replace your DSLR or even your pocket camera but these tools enable you to take better images manual mode isn't perfect we're making adjustments to shutter speed you don't have a live view on how it's affecting the image it may require some trial and error for some people the auto mode lets you take superb shots outside or with good lighting but once you're in lower light conditions manual controls are pretty much required the usual suspects for shooting modes are found within this camera software as well you'll find your panorama HDR Beauty mode and even slow-motion for video the video quality is nothing amazing it's pretty standard it autofocus is pretty fast but you do lose your manual controls the auto becomes tinny if you're just a few feet away from the camera as well but it's a tremendous drop in image quality and light when using it yet another great offering for mizu they seem to find a way to squeeze out these great phones for a fraction of the price of the competition the in OneNote was obviously inspired by the iPhone in several different ways but it was executed properly the phone feels to be built well and should be fantastic for anyone when you factor in the price of the phone at 160 dollars it's tough not to call this a true winner and there you have it guys that was the review of the meizu in OneNote if you liked this video make sure you give it a thumbs up go ahead go down below leave that comment and subscribe to our channel for Sunday giveaway for Jace's QA and also great reviews from all of our reviewers way too many to name as always guys my name is Kevin the tech ninja this is Android Authority your source for all things Android take care guys oh oh