SpecEagle review · Meizu

Meizu 16s review: Bezel-symmetric Snapdragon 855 flagship.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2019·$470
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#58 of 167
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The symmetric-bezel cult flagship.

Meizu 16s chased design purity — perfectly symmetric bezels, no notch, no punch hole — wrapped around Snapdragon 855 and a 48 MP OIS camera. A cult favourite among enthusiasts who prized clean industrial design.

01Display

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 82-point average for flagship phones of 2019.

TypeSuper AMOLED, symmetric bezels, no notch
Size6.2 inches
Resolution1080 x 2232 px

02Camera

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2019.

Main48 MP Sony IMX586, f/1.7, OIS
Telephoto20 MP 3x, f/2.6
Selfie20 MP
Video4K30

03Performance

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 855 (7nm)
GPUAdreno 640

04Battery

70/100

70/100 trails the 75-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.

Capacity3600 mAh
ChargingmCharge 24W

05Build

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2019.

What works
  • Gorgeous symmetric-bezel no-notch design
  • Snapdragon 855 flagship power
  • Compact and light at 165 g
What doesn't
  • No 3.5 mm jack
  • Flyme software niche outside China
  • Limited global availability
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 167-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .