Meizu 18 and 18 Pro Price and Specifications
In the afternoon of March 3, Meizu Technology held a press conference new product launch in Zhuhai Grand Theatre, officially bringing two phones, Meizu 18 and 18 Pro flagship, now the biggest suspense announced – the price, Meizu 18 starting at 4399 yuan, Meizu 18 Pro starting at 4999 yuan.
In terms of design, Meizu 18 and Meizu 18 Pro both have extreme edge four curved screen design, where the standard Meizu 18 screen size is 6.2 inches and 18 Pro is 6.7 inches, the screen resolution of both phones reach (3200×1440) 2K+ level, support HDR10+, 4096 level brightness adjustment, support 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and support SGS low blue light eye protection certification.
Both phones have a front-facing lens with a single center digging hole design, and the screen material is from Samsung’s E4 AMOLED screen, both supporting a 120Hz refresh rate. Besides, in terms of refresh rate, the entire Meizu 18 supports refresh rate self-judgment function, to be able to actively adjust according to the content, such as movies 24Hz, games 60Hz, touch 120Hz, and so on.
Rear lens, Meizu 18 Pro’s main camera is equipped with a GN1 50-megapixel main camera from Samsung + 32-megapixel wide-angle lens, support for 130-degree wide-angle + 2cm macro + 8-megapixel telephoto lens, support for 3x optical telephoto, 5x hybrid zoom, 30x digital zoom + 3D deep detector, support for AR virtual reality, assisted pairing, depth of field detection and other four-camera Lens combination. The front-facing lens Meizu 18Pro is equipped with a 44-megapixel selfie lens that supports four-in-one pixels.
The Meizu 18’s lens is a triple camera combination. The three lenses are a 64-megapixel IMX682 sensor with SMA OIS support, an 8-megapixel 3X telephoto camera, and a 16-megapixel 16mm ultra-wide-angle camera. The front camera is 20 megapixels.
Core performance, Meizu 18 and 18 Pro two phones are identical hardware, both using the Snapdragon 888 + LPDDR5 fully-optimized version + UFS 3.1 combination, in addition to the addition of VC liquid cooling. In terms of battery, the Meizu 18 Pro has a 4500mAh battery capacity, supports 40W wired and wireless charging, also supports 10W wireless reverse charging, and supports PD and QC4+ fast charging. Wireless charging can be fully charged at 80% in 33 minutes and fully charged in 50 minutes.
The Meizu 18, on the other hand, is equipped with a 4000mAh battery that supports 36W wired fast charging and can be charged to 80% in 33 minutes. Indeed, the Meizu 18 does not come with a charger for the whole series, but the official gave a power green recycling program, you can use two old chargers for a new charger, but the program is only for users who have purchased the Meizu 18, series models.
So looking at it as a whole, Meizu 18 is more like a flagship phone with a small screen full of power. It is a favorite choice for small screen enthusiasts, especially since it weighs only 162g. For Meizu 18 Pro, the screen is larger and the camera will also be more prominent. In terms of coloring, Meizu 18 offers three colors: snow, wind, and sea, and Meizu 18 Pro offers three colors: Galaxy Secret, Vault of Heaven, and Flying Snow.
The price of Meizu 18 8GB + 128GB version is 4399 yuan, 8GB + 256GB version is 4699 yuan, 12GB + 256GB version is 4999 yuan; Meizu 18 Pro 8GB + 128GB version is 4999 yuan, 8GB + 256GB version is 5499 yuan, 12GB + 256GB version is 5999 yuan.
One More Thing is here
At the end of the Meizu 18 series 5G dual flagship launch, Meizu officially announced big news: starting from the 18 series, Meizu will give up Internet advertising revenue for new products, to create zero advertising, zero push, zero pre-installed “three zero” cell phones.
According to the introduction, Meizu 18 series system comes with applications without any advertising, does not contain any operational push, not pre-installed for any third-party applications. The number of factory default pre-installed applications is 31 for Meizu 18 Pro and only 30 for Meizu 18, which is the least among the mainstream smartphones. As a comparison, Apple 35, Samsung 57, Huawei 58, Xiaomi 52, OPPO 57, Vivo 51.
Meizu 18 and 18 Pro Specifications Comparison
| Model | Meizu 18 Pro | Meizu 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 162.5 × 73 × 8.1mm | 152.4 × 69.2 × 8.18mm |
| Weight | 189g | 162g |
| Memory | 8+128/8+256/12+256 (LPDDR5+UFS3.1) | 8+128/8+256/12+256 (LPDDR5+UFS3.1) |
| Display | Size: 6.7 inches Screen Ratio: 20:9 Resolution: 3200 × 1440 Contrast: 5000000:1 PPI: 526 Brightness: 420nit (typical) Brightness: 1300nit (peak) Process: On-Cell full fit | Size: 6.2 inches Screen Ratio: 20:9 Resolution: 3200 × 1440 Contrast: 5000000:1 PPI: 563 Brightness: 420nit (typical) Brightness: 1300nit (peak) Process: On-Cell full fit |
| Performance | CPU: Snapdragon 888 5nm GPU: Adreno 660 | CPU: Snapdragon 888 5nm GPU: Adreno 660 |
| Rear Camera | (1) Main camera/wide angle: 50MP + Samsung S5KGN1+ƒ/1.9 + Equivalent focal length 23MM+7 lens (2) Ultra wide-angle/macro: 32MP + Sony IMX616+ƒ/2.2 + Equivalent focal length 15MM+6 lens (3) Sub-photograph/telephoto: 8MP + OmniVision OV08A10+ƒ/2.4 + Equivalent focal length 79MM+5 lens (4) TOF: 300,000 pixels + Samsung 33D+ƒ/1.4 + 4 lens | (1) Main camera: 64MP + Sony IMX682 + ƒ/1.6 + Equivalent focal length 26MM+7 lens (2) Wide Angle/Macro: 16MP + Samsung S5K3P9SX + ƒ/2.2 + Equivalent focal length 15MM (3) Telephoto: 8MP + OmniVision OV08A10+ƒ/2.4 + Equivalent focal length 79MM |
| Rear Features | 130° ultra wide angle DarkVision the ultimate night view Tetracell Pixel 4 in 1 Pure Fusion Super night view 4.0 Deep focus 8K video recording Memory metal optical image stabilization OIS+EIS hybrid anti-shake mode Full scene EIS video stabilization | Live Photo Memory metal optical image stabilization (Ultra SMA OIS) Dark Vision AI super clear portrait Super night view 4.0 AI dynamic tracking Full scene recording supports 60fps Macro 30 times Dual camera smooth zoom (main camera + telephoto) Portrait blur (main camera + super wide) |
| Front Camera | 44MP + GH1 + ƒ/2.4, 5-element lens | 20MP + 3T2 + ƒ/2.2, Equivalent focal length 26mm, 5-element lens |
| Front Features | AI super clear portrait Backlight selfie HDR Front super night view Front screen fill light Face recognition unlock | AI super clear portrait Backlight selfie HDR Backlight mode Front super night view Front screen fill light Face recognition unlock |
| Ultrasonic mTouch | Responding speed: 0.1 second Support wet hands/underwater unlock | Responding speed: 0.1 second Support wet hands/underwater unlock |
| Battery & Charging | Capacity: 4500mAh (typical value) Energy Density: 700Wh/L (typical value) Specification: 5V4A or 10V4A or 20V2A Protocol: PD3.0 / QC4+ Wireless charging: Support 40W | Capacity: 4000mAh (typical value) PMU (Power Management Unit): PMIC+SMB1390 Fast charging scheme: 1.5C / step charging Protocol: PD 3.0 / QC 3.0 / QC 3+ Battery energy density: 695WH/L |
| Speaker | Dual speakers | 1216 Super Linear Earpiece: 1012 |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Support 2.4G/5G-6G dual band support Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 MIMO dual antenna | WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Support 2.4G/5G-6G dual band support Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 MIMO dual antenna |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS (dual frequency L1+L5) A-GPS Beidou Glonass Galileo QZSS IRNSS | GPS (dual frequency L1+L5) Glonass Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| Sensors | Pressure sensor / gravitational acceleration / gyroscope Distance sensor / light sensitive response / electronic compass NFC | Pressure sensor / gravitational acceleration / gyroscope Distance sensor / light sensitive response / electronic compass NFC |
