Meizu demonstrated that some features that some manufacturers might call hardware limitations can be enabled through a software update. For example, in last year's Meizu 17 и Meizu 17 Pro the refresh rate has been increased from 90 Hz to 120 Hz through a software update. Now Meizu is about to do a similar trick with the Meizu 18 series.
У Meizu 18 and the Meizu 18 Pro has 2K displays with a 120Hz refresh rate, but unfortunately you cannot set the maximum resolution (QHD +: 3200x1440) and also the refresh is set to 120Hz. This changes with the OTA update that Meizu is working on.
According to Meizu's head of marketing, Wang Zhiqiang, the company's engineers worked overtime to make the feature available and they finally cracked it. He even shared screen shots at max resolution and 120Hz refresh rate to prove it works. The poster above shows that this feature will be activated for all users via an OTA update that is due out soon.
The Meizu 18 and Meizu 18 Pro were launched earlier this month. The former has a 6,2-inch S-AMOLED display, while the former has a 6,7-inch S-AMOLED display. Both screens have four bends, a touch sampling rate of 240Hz, a punch-hole for a selfie camera, and are HDR10 + certified.
Inside the two phones is a Snapdragon 888 processor with up to 5GB LPDDR12 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. In addition to the screen size, the two phones also differ in the camera. You get a 32MP front camera on the standard model along with a 64MP + 16MP + 8MP triple camera on the back, while the pro model has a 44MP selfie camera and quad rear cameras that consist of a main camera on the back. 50MP ultra wide 32MP camera. corner camera, 8 MP telephoto lens and TOF camera.
You get a 4000mAh battery with the smaller model and supports 36W fast wired charging. Meizu 18 Pro supports 40W fast wired charging, 40W fast wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. Both phones run Flyme 9 based on Android 11 out of the box. They are currently exclusive to China with a starting price of Y4399 (~ $ 676).
