Meizu MX6 photo sample confirms 12 mega-pixel IMX286


Those previously leaked and reported upon Meizu MX6 benchmarks are looking more genuine today with the revelation that the rear camera on the phone will be a 12 mega-pixel sensor.

Since the launch of the Meizu MX4 we haven’t seen all that much change on Meizu devices. They have continued to ship with a familiar all alloy body, and the all flagship models have been given the same Sony 20.7 mega-pixel rear sensor, but this is about to end.

Just as leaked benchmarks had predicted, the rear camera on the upcoming Meizu MX6 will be a lower resolution Sony IMX286 12 mega-pixel sensor. 

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There are obviously a few details that we have to take note of here though, 1) the number of mega-pixels doesn’t necessarily mean a decent camera (just look at Elephone and other devices with high-end sensors) and 2) the IMX286 is actually the same sensor that is used on the Huawei P9.

At this point it doesn’t appear that the MX6 will adopt the same dual camera design as the Huawei P9, but if the above photo sample is anything to go by then the photography performance is going to be rather good.

The Meizu MX6 is set to launch later this month with 5.5-inch FHD display, Helio X20 chipset and may also spawn an Ubuntu version for European customers to buy.

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100 Comments

  1. Hakim Farouk
    July 12, 2016

    Agreed. Higher MP does not mean better camera.

  2. realjjj
    July 12, 2016

    The sensor is just speculation ,the pic doesn’t confirm anything.
    Li Nan just posted the pic on Weibo and took a shot at Huawei for their SLR “mistake”.
    http://weibo.com/newkhonsou
    Google Translate turns that into “Looking at the conference MX6 proofs, I did not hold back and want to share with you. The camera quality is really high, the Friends did not understand why use SLR fraud. . .”

  3. Hakim Farouk
    July 12, 2016

    Agreed. Higher MP does not mean better camera.

  4. xi7
    July 12, 2016

    hahaha fail meizu again, honor v8 have Dual imx286 and have trash quality camera… Poor meizu 1 sensor.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      Samsung is using a 12mp sensor on the S7, it is one of the best camera’s currently available. MPs mean very little.

      • xi7
        July 12, 2016

        galaxy s7 = 12mpx imx260 or isocell. huawei p9 and honor v8 = imx286 , dual camera 12mpx and lower quality.

        meizu = 1 camera 12mpx.

        s7 is far from being one of the best cameras

        • balcobomber25
          July 12, 2016

          “s7 is far from being one of the best cameras”

          The entire tech world seems to disagree with you. Personally I say the LG G5 is best overall but the S7 is right behind it.

          • xi7
            July 12, 2016

            LG G5 really good. S7 = trash you need lucky with isocell.

            • VMortens
              July 12, 2016

              Very original opinion – you have full right to it, but I’m afraid most of the users will disagree with you.

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              This is one of the worst comparisons I have ever seen. One of the pictures was clearly taken on a different day as the scenery is completely different.

            • xi7
              July 12, 2016

              stop the cry, you have review i have the phone. 🙂

              I am discussing with the User nexbit robin, hahaha lol

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              Yup a user of Nextbit Robin who has stated time and again that the camera on the Nextbit is terrible. But nice try.

            • xi7
              July 15, 2016
            • balcobomber25
              July 15, 2016

              Who is Meizu boy? I’ve owned exactly one Meizu. I have owned more Xiaomi’s, Huawei, Vivo, Gionee and THL’s than that.

            • xi7
              July 15, 2016

              but not matter about meizu, because meizu = ulefone, cubot, doogee .. elephone….

              tell me about galaxy s7 link comparison. X_x
              I do not know take a picture? 🙂
              or this second worst review you’ve ever seen?

            • balcobomber25
              July 15, 2016

              No i am not even a Samsung fan could really care less about them. I could post about 20 links just like yours declaring the S7 the winner but it would be a waste of time. To you the S7 is a terrible camera, to the rest of the tech world it’s one of the best.

          • NextHype
            July 12, 2016

            Here you are, wasting your time trying to argue with xi7 ^^

            • xi7
              July 12, 2016

              truth, but I have tested many devices in the same place.

              Against facts, there are no arguments!

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              You mean against your opinions, you don’t want arguments. It is your opinion the S7 camera isn’t good. Actual facts suggest it is one of the best. You don’t seem to know the difference.

            • xi7
              July 12, 2016

              the most expensive does not mean the best, 12mpx was unfortunately not sufficient to define the tower vs other devices used in the same situation

              sorry about facts suggest one of the best, the 12mpx w/imx260 not presented sufficient or need updating.

              s7 very good with auto focus w/ois and low light 😉

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              Where did anyone say most expensive = best? Once again you are making stuff up.

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              You think I would learn my lesson by now lol.

          • Hakim Farouk
            July 12, 2016

            Yeah, LG G5 has one of the best optimized camera too but it’s unfortunate that the galaxy S series is more popular. I read a lot how the design of the G5 plays a huge role on the popularity of G5 as well, that’s why they didn’t do so well.

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              To me that is the biggest problem with LG phones: they are always ugly as sin. If they could come up with a good design I would seriously consider buying one.

            • NextHype
              July 12, 2016

              LG V10 is a beauty ! some kind of rugged, virile beauty, but then you know why it’s not available in Rose Gold ^^
              Plus it has a wonderful camera with so many manual settings you can have fun for a long time and get the best shot out of every situation.

              I admit i’m preaching for my parish, as i got one since 2 months but if i’d been disppointed, i’d tell it nonetheless.

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              LG’s are excellent in performance and features I just hate their designs.

          • MattD
            July 12, 2016

            Also, a camera that top many of the others this year is htc m10’s one, and that’s a 12mpxs too…

            • balcobomber25
              July 12, 2016

              Most of the top camera phones today are done chasing MP’s and instead are using sensors with larger pixel sizes.

        • Hakim Farouk
          July 12, 2016

          S7 do have one of the best well optimized camera out there now. Idk where you got you facts from to be honest.

        • MattD
          July 12, 2016

          S7 is actually one of the best this year, and that’s actually a reason for it (bigger aperture and bigger pixels), and the same goes to htc m10’s… And they’re both 12 mpxs cameras!

          Also, the 3 pics you posted aren’t a fair comparison, because they were taken in totally different sunlight conditions… That’s hardly the same thing!

          All of thay doesn’t imply that mx6’s camera will be good, but if it’s not, it will depend on other factors other than resolution!

      • MaxPower
        July 12, 2016

        He still uses an old Lumia, why are you even arguing with him?

        • balcobomber25
          July 12, 2016

          I am a glutton for punishment?

          BTW, was any of your family/friends affected by the train crash in Italy?

          • MaxPower
            July 12, 2016

            Nope. But my family lives 50 miles from there. Tragic event

  5. realjjj
    July 12, 2016

    The pic doesn’t confirm anything.
    Li Nan just posted the pic on Weibo and took a shot at Huawei for their SLR “mistake”.
    http://weibo.com/newkhonsou
    在看发布会 MX6 的样张,实在没忍住,想给大家分享一下。这个摄像头素质真的很高,没明白友商为啥要用单反造假。。。

    A proper translation would help. Through Google translate it’s hard to say how he’s phrasing it. If he says “this camera” or “the camera”.

  6. balcobomber25
    July 12, 2016

    The 286 is a dual camera sensor, either they are using a dual camera setup or this information is wrong.

  7. Adam Irvine
    July 12, 2016

    Just looks like a Photoshop marketing image… That drop doesn’t look real at all to me…

    Looks more like the sort of thing you’d see with a Canon logo at the bottom right advertising their Color Laser photocopiers lol

  8. Muhammad Yasir
    July 12, 2016

    plz be good mx6… you are the hope of budget people

    • NextHype
      July 12, 2016

      budget ppl with at least $300 in their pocket !

      • Muhammad Yasir
        July 12, 2016

        yeah… sorry , damn typo (or logical error more like)
        my bad.

        • NextHype
          July 12, 2016

          aw c’mon, we know you… always secretly hoping a good brand will deliver a flasgship for $150 😉

          • Muhammad Yasir
            July 12, 2016

            😀

          • Yasir Fan
            July 12, 2016

            We call it ‘Yasir effect’ ✌

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      When did $300 become a budget phone? This is more of an upper midrange.

      • Muhammad Yasir
        July 12, 2016

        oh… damn.
        forgot the reported price.

  9. xi7
    July 12, 2016

    Poor meizu 1 sensor 12mpx, maybe can be better than elephone 🙂

    the most significant feature = bezels , lol

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      Samsung is using a 12mp sensor on the S7, it is one of the best camera’s currently available. MPs mean very little.

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      galaxy s7 = 12mpx imx260 or isocell. huawei p9 and honor v8 = imx286 , dual camera 12mpx and lower quality.

      meizu = 1 camera 12mpx.

      s7 is far from being one of the best cameras

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      “s7 is far from being one of the best cameras”

      The entire tech world seems to disagree with you. Personally I say the LG G5 is best overall but the S7 is right behind it.

      Of course you take terrible pictures of cockroaches and think they look amazing.

    • Guest
      July 12, 2016

      This comment was deleted.

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016
    • xi7
      July 12, 2016
    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      download and check the tower.
      s7 = artifacts. old xiaomi mi4c have better pic.

    • NextHype
      July 12, 2016

      Here you are, wasting your time trying to argue with xi7 ^^

    • VMortens
      July 12, 2016

      Very original opinion – you have full right to it, but I’m afraid most of the users will disagree with you.

    • Hakim Farouk
      July 12, 2016

      S7 do have one of the best well optimized camera out there now. Idk where you got you facts from to be honest.

    • Hakim Farouk
      July 12, 2016

      Yeah, LG G5 has one of the best optimized camera too but it’s unfortunate that the galaxy S series is more popular. I read a lot how the design of the G5 plays a huge role on the popularity of G5 as well, that’s why they didn’t do so well.

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      truth, but I have tested many devices in the same place.

      Against facts, there are no arguments!

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      To me that is the biggest problem with LG phones: they are always ugly as sin. If they could come up with a good design I would seriously consider buying one.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      You think I would learn my lesson by now lol.

      It’s comedy to me more than anything.

    • MattD
      July 12, 2016

      Also, a camera that top many of the others this year is htc m10’s one, and that’s a 12mpxs too…

    • MattD
      July 12, 2016

      S7 is actually one of the best this year, and that’s actually a reason for it (bigger aperture and bigger pixels), and the same goes to htc m10’s… And they’re both 12 mpxs cameras!

      Also, the 3 pics you posted aren’t a fair comparison, because they were taken in totally different sunlight conditions… That’s hardly the same thing!

      All of thay doesn’t imply that mx6’s camera will be good, but if it’s not, it will depend on other factors other than resolution!

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      Most of the top camera phones today are done chasing MP’s and instead are using sensors with larger pixel sizes.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      This is one of the worst comparisons I have ever seen. One of the pictures was clearly taken on a different day as the scenery is completely different. Also the person who took the photos isn’t very good at taking photos lol.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      You mean against your opinions, you don’t want arguments. It is your opinion the S7 camera isn’t good. Actual facts suggest it is one of the best. You don’t seem to know the difference.

    • NextHype
      July 12, 2016

      LG V10 is a beauty ! some kind of rugged, virile beauty, but then you know why it’s not available in Rose Gold ^^
      Plus it has a wonderful camera with so many manual settings you can have fun for a long time and get the best shot out of every situation.

      I admit i’m preaching for my parish, as i got one since 2 months but if i’d been disppointed, i’d tell it nonetheless.

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      good light with s7 .. still with tower artifacts

    • MaxPower
      July 12, 2016

      He still uses an old Lumia, why are you even arguing with him?

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      the most expensive does not mean the best, 12mpx was unfortunately not sufficient to define the tower vs other devices used in the same situation

      sorry about facts suggest one of the best, the 12mpx w/imx260 not presented sufficient or need updating.

      s7 very good with auto focus w/ois and low light 😉

    • xi7
      July 12, 2016

      stop the cry, you have review i have the phone. 🙂

      I am discussing with the User nexbit robin, hahaha lol

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      Yup a user of Nextbit Robin who has stated time and again that the camera on the Nextbit is terrible. But nice try.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      Where did anyone say most expensive = best? Once again you are making stuff up.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      I am a glutton for punishment?

      BTW, was any of your family/friends affected by the train crash in Italy?

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      LG’s are excellent in performance and features I just hate their designs.

    • MattD
      July 12, 2016

      Don’t know, the only questionable thing I see here is the white balance through the clouds, which is something understable nonetheless… There are many things to take in account, but it’s definitely not a mediocre camera I think

    • MaxPower
      July 12, 2016

      Nope. But my family lives 50 miles from there. Tragic event

    • xi7
      July 15, 2016
    • xi7
      July 15, 2016
    • balcobomber25
      July 15, 2016

      Who is Meizu boy? I’ve owned exactly one Meizu. I have owned more Xiaomi’s, Huawei, Vivo, Gionee and THL’s than that.

    • xi7
      July 15, 2016

      but not matter about meizu, because meizu = ulefone, cubot, doogee .. elephone….

      tell me about galaxy s7 link comparison. X_x
      I do not know take a picture? 🙂
      or this second worst review you’ve ever seen?

    • balcobomber25
      July 15, 2016

      No i am not even a Samsung fan could really care less about them. I could post about 20 links just like yours declaring the S7 the winner but it would be a waste of time. To you the S7 is a terrible camera, to the rest of the tech world it’s one of the best.

  10. NextHype
    July 12, 2016

    Andi, plz dig us some news on Oppo Find 9 !
    Meizu won’t deliver the graal of camera centric phones this year ^^

  11. balcobomber25
    July 12, 2016

    The 286 is a dual camera sensor, either they are using a dual camera setup or this information is wrong. If that picture is real (which I doubt) the camera would be incredible.

    And also the MX4, MX4 Pro and MX5 all used the same sensor which was the IMX 220. The Pro 5 and Pro 6 both used the IMX 230.

    Edit: Other sites are saying it is a new Sony IMX 386.

  12. Flavi
    July 12, 2016

    Not the RGB/monochrome IMX286 sensor of Huawei P9, instead, this is the newly announced IMX386 12mp sensor with the same pixel size but no mention regarding sensor size.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      I have seen that reported by a few but haven’t seen anything official from Sony yet.

  13. Adam Irvine
    July 12, 2016

    Just looks like a Photoshop marketing image… That drop doesn’t look real at all to me…

    Looks more like the sort of thing you’d see with a Canon logo at the bottom right advertising their Color Laser photocopiers lol

  14. Guest
    July 12, 2016

    plz be good mx6… you are the hope of budget people

    • NextHype
      July 12, 2016

      budget ppl with at least $300 in their pocket !

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      When did $300 become a budget phone? This is more of an upper midrange.

    • Guest
      July 12, 2016

      oh… damn.
      forgot the reported price.

    • Guest
      July 12, 2016

      yeah… sorry , damn typo (or logical error more like)
      my bad.

    • NextHype
      July 12, 2016

      aw c’mon, we know you… always secretly hoping a good brand will deliver a flasgship for $150 😉

    • Guest
      July 12, 2016

      😀

    • Guest
      July 12, 2016

      We call it ‘Yasir effect’ ✌

  15. NextHype
    July 12, 2016

    Andi, plz dig us some news on Oppo Find 9 !
    Meizu won’t deliver the graal of camera centric phones this year ^^

  16. Guest
    July 12, 2016

    Not the RGB/monochrome IMX286 sensor of Huawei P9, instead, this is the newly announced IMX386 12mp sensor with the same pixel size but no mention regarding sensor size.

    • balcobomber25
      July 12, 2016

      I have seen that reported by a few but haven’t seen anything official from Sony yet.