Meizu, one of the top smartphone
manufacturers in China, is all set to ente
the Indian market. The company on
Wednesday announced the launch of its
Facebook page for India (though it was
created roughly a month ago), and has
started a giveaway contest.
To participate in Meizu India's giveaway
contest, users have to reply to the firm's
Facebook post with their 'Meizu story',
alongside mentioning three friends. The
Chinese smartphone manufacturer says
winners will be announced on Saturday.
What product is given away to the
contest winners by Meizu is expected to
be a strong hint towards what product
the Chinese manufacturer will launch firs
in India.
While the company's Facebook page
cover photo (both for the global page
and the India page) features the Meizu
m1 Note smartphone, which was
launched in January, the company is
separately being speculated to launch th
Meizu m1 smartphone in India when it
enters the market. The budget
smartphone, priced at $110 (roughly Rs.
6,900), is expected to take on the Xiaom
Redmi 2 ( launched at Rs. 6,999) in India
(Also see : Meizu m1 vs Xiaomi Redmi 2 )
Notably, Xiaomi launched the 1GB of
RAM and 8GB built-in storage model of
the Redmi 2 in India, and said the limite
edition model with 2GB of RAM and 16G
of built-in storage will be launched at a
later date - with no time-frame revealed.
The Meizu m1 model that was
announced in January features only 1GB
of RAM, since then, an upgraded version
has hit China's certification authority,
Tenaa, with 2GB of RAM and a full-HD
display. It remains uncertain which
model the Chinese smartphone
manufacturer will launch in India to
better compete with Xiaomi , which thus
far has made a huge mark in the Indian
market.
Other specifications of the Meizu m1
(with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of built-in
storage) include a 5-inch 768x1280 pix
display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
protection; Android 4.4.4 KitKat with
Flyme 4 skinned atop; a 1.5GHz
MediaTek MT6732 SoC with four Cortex-
A53 cores; a 13-megapixel rear
autofocus camera with LED flash; a 5-
megapixel front-facing camera; LTE, Wi-
Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-
USB, and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, an
a non-removable 2500mAh battery.
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