Price cut alert; Meizu M5 with 13MP camera now available at Rs. 7,599

Back in May, the Meizu M5 was launched in India. At the time of the launch, the smartphone was priced at Rs. 10,499 and was exclusively available on Tatacliq.com.

Funnily enough, the budget smartphone got a price cut of Rs. 1,000 on the very next day of the launch. Yet again, the price of Meizu M5 has been slashed by Rs. 2,900. Now, you can purchase it at just Rs. 7,599 on Tatacliq.com. Considering the specs and features, this seems like a pretty decent deal. There are two color variants available: Blue and Gold.

To brush your memories, let's go through the specs of the Meizu M5. It comes with a 5.2-inch HD screen with 2.5D glass for added protection. The display has a pixel density of 282ppi. The fully-laminated HD display of the M5 is based on IPS technology for a crisp image quality.

Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by an octa-core processor MediaTek MT6750 54-bit chip which is paired with Mali-T860 GPU. There is 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The storage can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card.

The M5 is backed by a 3,070mAh battery which the company claims will provide a long standby time. As for the software side of things, the smartphone runs on Meizu's own Flyme 5 operating system based on Android Marshmallow.

Talking about the cameras, the Meizu M5 uses a 13MP rear camera along with the 5-element lens, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, and premium dual-tone flash which delivers an accurate white balance. The camera app gets features like burst mode and panorama mode.

Additionally, there is a 5.0-megapixel front camera which is equipped with a large f/2.0 aperture for optimum performance even under low light conditions

On the connectivity front, the features include 4G, Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n, 5GHz, and 2.4GHZ; Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS/A-GPS/GLONASS. What's more, the smartphone has a front-mounted fingerprint scanner for added security.