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hey what's up guys this is Bailey Stein with Android authority you're watching our video review of the meizu and three notes with the untrue note Mesa has replaced the iPhone 5c like colourful glossy plastic with aluminum it's implemented quite well too and the overall design is sharp and assertive from the seemingly engraved in 10 Alliance to the two and a half T curved front glass this phone certainly looks and feels premium the build quality is also excellent which can always be said about smart phones in this price category the power and volume buttons have moved from the left side to the right side with this iteration and our tactile and feel solid overall the phone feels great in the hand with its curved aluminum edges the single physical button on the front of the m3 note functions as both a back button when tapped and a home button when pressed there's also a fingerprint reader embedded which is fairly fast and accurate when you want to switch apps you can simply swipe up from either side of the physical button to access fly means multitasking menu I found this to work very well during my time with the m3 note and although it's definitely different from what many are used to it's a much more intuitive way to interact with your phone and yes aspects like the single physical home button to make the m3 Note look like the iPhone unless you find the design to be too derivative for your taste though you'll likely be more than happy with the m3 notes look and feel unfortunately Mesa has taken a step back by ditching the wonderful eggs open holes found on the m1 note and m2 note in favor of a more traditional average-looking panel it's still 5.5 inches in 1080p but it lacks some of the vividness and saturation of the displays found on its predecessors it's still better than most in this price category however with excellent viewing angles and good contrast sunlight readability seemed mediocre though and color reproduction could have been much better the m3 note is powered by a mediatek helio p10 which could be considered comparable to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and you can purchase the m3 note with either 2 or 3 gigabytes of RAM overall performance is still decent for the price and although apps are sometimes noticeably slow while loading performances otherwise fairly good the same can't be said when playing higher-end games however is the phone can struggle with slow load times and very low frame rates it seems that the Mali t8 60 MP 2 GPU simply isn't enough to drive these titles which is truly disappointing is even the m1 note had no trouble in this department the m3 note is an unlocked dual SIM device and you can use one of the SIM card slots for a microSD card up to 256 gigabytes if the phone 16 or 32 gigabytes of internal storage isn't enough while the m3 note does support 4G LTE in many countries those in the US will be limited to HSPA+ on AT&T mobile call quality seem to be decent and although my earpiece sounded fine caller said they sometimes had difficulty understanding me unless you make many calls however this is unlikely to be an issue meizu has yet to make the transition to USB type-c and their affordable line up and you'll be stuck with microUSB with the m3 note this should be good for people who don't want to purchase new cables but may be annoying for those who have already made the transition the single side powering speaker on the m3 note is reasonably loud but moderately distorted especially at higher volumes it certainly does the job but it's not a step up from the m1 note nor the m2 no battery life was excellent in my testing as I was able to achieve about five and a half hours of screen on time with normal use or about four and a half look lighter use the meizu m3 note 13 megapixel rear camera offered average performance for the phone's price captured images often lack detail were surprisingly soft and lack the dynamic range required for higher contrast scenes and although the accurate color reproduction and appropriate amount of set raishin are appreciated we noticed lots of digital noise which distracted from the overall picture even in good lighting and low light images came out very poorly which was sort of to be expected at this price point autofocus did seem a bit slow too and sometimes even refused to focus altogether overall the camera here seems to not offer much of an upgrade over the m2 notes with the exception of some minor improvements in the camera app the easy to use automatic mode is complemented by a variety of different filters the apps manual mode offers a great amount of control for those wishing to delve deeper the m3 note is shipping with mazes custom a fly me 5os on top of android 5.1 lollipop it would have been nice to see Android 6.0 marshmallow as it has been out for nearly a year now but fly me does do a nice job at substituting features like fingerprint reader support although fly me is a sharp departure from stock Android and could be considered as a glorified spin-off of iOS it's one of the most well refined and polished Android skins out there and with Flemmi 5 Mesa has made the experience better by addressing our complaints and making many subtle changes it was great to see meizu finally add a settings shortcut in the notification panel and redesign the multitasking menu with beautiful animations the pre-installed apps are incredibly well designed and I found myself even enjoying simple apps like the clock and calendar although it does not have an app drawer you can always just download a third-party launcher through the Google Play Store which is included out of the box on international units fly me five is easily one of the best Android skins out there and maybe one of the m3 Notes best aspects users can also look forward to future updates which are sure to only improve the experience further the m3 note is 800 UN in China or about $120 and can be imported for about $200 in India is priced at ten thousand rupees or about $150 there are multiple models available as well as different color options depending on the region although the meizu m3 note does pack a very large punch with its premium design excellent battery life an exceptional software experience its lack of us availability poor gaming performance and unimpressive camera do not help it stand out now that fly me five is available in previous iterations - there's nothing particularly compelling here with the exception of the new design and the fingerprint reader if you can do without those edit features you should look at the m2 note instead for a bit lies otherwise the mx-5 is still a great option for just a bit more and it offers a very similar design much better AMOLED display better performance and a better camera if you'd rather venture outside of mazes product line the xiaomi redmi note 3 is still the budget phone to beat and it sold at the same price in many markets including india thank you for watching our video review of 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