Meizu MX 4-core battery life test concludes, results are inside
The Meizu MX 4-core
is a revamped version of the ambitions MX smartphone, which challenged
both the iPhone and its Android kin alike with a heavily customized OS.
The MX 4-core, as the name suggests, uses a quad-core Exynos chipset
from Samsung (like the one in the Galaxy S III) and also has a slightly
bigger battery than its predecessor – 1700mAh vs. 1600mAh.
What other changes has Meizu done under the hood to improve battery life? The Chinese haven’t gone into specifics, but we saw improvement across the board.
The original MX posted a pretty respectable talk time endurance, but the Meizu MX 4-core beats its achievement by over an hour. That makes it one of the best performers in this category and puts it within 20 minutes of the Samsung Galaxy S III (which packs a far larger 2100mAh battery).
The web browsing time saw an increase by nearly an hour and is above
average. It’s almost an hour and a half behind the iPhone 4S, but beats
the likes of the HTC One X (by a little) and the LG Optimus 4X HD (by
over an hour).
The Meizu MX 4-core endures an hour more than its dual-core
predecessor when it comes to watching videos too. It’s well behind the
Galaxy S III, but once more bests other quad-cores (One X and Optimus 4X
HD by a healthy distance).
In the end, the Meizu MX 4-core got an endurance rating of 38h,
suggesting about 38 hours of autonomy if you talk on a 3G network for an
hour, browse the web for another hour and watch an hour of video.
Overall, Meizu have done a pretty good job of improving the battery life
and the 4-core model will last you longer than the old one in most
scenarios.
You’ll notice that the original MX has an endurance rating of 39 hours – an hour more than the new one. That’s due to the less efficient standby. We don’t know if it’s the new processor or the new Flyme OS that’s eating more battery, but if you use the phone more intensively, you’ll see an increase in battery life – the standby advantage of the old model won’t become apparent unless you leave the smartphone sitting idly on your desk for over a day.
What other changes has Meizu done under the hood to improve battery life? The Chinese haven’t gone into specifics, but we saw improvement across the board.
The original MX posted a pretty respectable talk time endurance, but the Meizu MX 4-core beats its achievement by over an hour. That makes it one of the best performers in this category and puts it within 20 minutes of the Samsung Galaxy S III (which packs a far larger 2100mAh battery).
Talk time
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 20:24
- Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 10:20
- HTC One V 10:00
- Meizu MX 4-core 10:00
- HTC One X 9:57
- HTC One S 9:42
- Pantech Burst 4:46
Web browsing
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 7:23
- Samsung Galaxy Note LTE 5:24
- HTC Sensation XL 5:20
- Meizu MX 4-core 5:19
- Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 5:17
- HTC Rezound 5:16
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus 3:01
Video playback
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 14:17
- Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G 7:33
- Samsung Galaxy Note LTE 7:30
- Meizu MX 4-core 6:33
- HTC One X (AT&T) 6:26
- LG Optimus Vu 6:23
- Nokia Lumia 710 3:27
You’ll notice that the original MX has an endurance rating of 39 hours – an hour more than the new one. That’s due to the less efficient standby. We don’t know if it’s the new processor or the new Flyme OS that’s eating more battery, but if you use the phone more intensively, you’ll see an increase in battery life – the standby advantage of the old model won’t become apparent unless you leave the smartphone sitting idly on your desk for over a day.
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