Meizu 21 Pro

The Meizu 21 Pro has a non-folding, non-rugged design that measures 165 mm tall, 74.4 mm wide, and 8 mm thick, with a total volume of 98.208 cm³ and a weight of 208 g. It carries an IP68 ingress protection rating, meaning it is fully waterproof and built to withstand submersion in water.

The Meizu 21 Pro features a 6.79″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 1368 x 3192 pixels and a pixel density of 512 ppi, delivering a sharp and detailed image. The display runs at a 120Hz refresh rate with a typical brightness of 600 nits, and supports both HDR10 and HDR10+, though Dolby Vision is not included. Always-On Display is available, while there is no secondary screen and no branded damage-resistant glass.

The Meizu 21 Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a 4 nm chipset with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at speeds of up to 3.3 GHz across its big.LITTLE cores, supported by HMP and TrustZone, and a TDP of 12.5W. It comes with 16GB of DDR5 RAM at 4800 MHz and 1024GB of internal storage, with a maximum supported memory amount of 24GB, two memory channels, and a peak bandwidth of 76.6 GB/s. Graphics are handled by the Adreno 750 GPU clocked at 900 MHz with 3 execution units, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2, and OpenVG 1.2, with integrated LTE also present on the SoC. Benchmark results include an AnTuTu score of 2,230,554, Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core scores of 2,213 and 7,325 respectively, a 3DMark Wild Life score of 16,303, a Wild Life Extreme score of 4,632, a Steel Nomad score of 1,638, a PCMark Work 3.0 performance score of 15,741, and a PCMark battery benchmark of 467 minutes. The processor also features a 1 MB L2 cache and a 12 MB L3 cache, with multithreading enabled throughout.

The Meizu 21 Pro sports a multi-lens rear camera system with three sensors at 50, 13, and 10 MP, with apertures of f/1.9, f/2.4, and f/2.0 respectively, accompanied by 3x optical zoom and built-in optical image stabilization on a CMOS sensor. Autofocus options include phase-detection and touch autofocus as well as continuous autofocus during video recording, though laser autofocus is absent. Manual controls cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, while manual shutter speed is not available; the camera also supports HDR mode, burst mode, slow-motion video, timelapse, and in-camera panoramas, but does not shoot in RAW format, does not support 360° panoramas, HDR10 recording, or Dolby Vision recording. A standard flash is present, though there is no dual-tone LED flash, no RGB flash, and no front-facing flash. The 32 MP single-lens front camera has an aperture of f/2.4 and is positioned on the front bezel rather than under the display, with no 3D photo or video recording capabilities on either camera.

The Meizu 21 Pro runs Android 14 and includes a broad set of privacy controls, covering clipboard warnings, location privacy options, and camera/microphone access management, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are not present. App tracking can be blocked, and on-device machine learning is supported. On the usability side, the OS offers dark mode, extra dim mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, customizable notifications, notification permissions, a media picker, widgets, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, Live Text, sharing intents, a child lock, and the ability to play games while they download. Multi-user support is included, along with offline voice recognition, voice commands, phone tracking, and battery health check, while focus modes, app offloading, Wi-Fi password sharing, Quick Start, and the ability to function as a PC are not available. OS updates are not delivered directly from the vendor, and the platform is free and open source.

The Meizu 21 Pro houses a rechargeable 5,050 mAh battery with a battery level indicator and support for 80W wired fast charging. Wireless charging is also available at 50W, and the device can act as a reverse wireless charger at 10W, allowing it to top up other devices. The battery is not removable.

The Meizu 21 Pro includes stereo speakers but does not have a 3.5 mm headphone jack or a built-in radio. On the wireless audio side, none of the high-quality Bluetooth codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.

The Meizu 21 Pro supports 5G connectivity alongside a dual SIM configuration, and its wireless capabilities extend to Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) as well as Wi-Fi 4, 5, 6, and 6E. Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC are both present, while there is no external memory slot, no HDMI output, and no DLNA certification. The USB Type-C port operates at USB 2.0, with download and upload speeds reaching 10,000 Mbits/s and 3,500 Mbits/s respectively. For security and biometrics, a fingerprint scanner is included, though 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are not. Sensors on board include a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, infrared sensor, and GPS with Galileo support, while a barometer, heart rate monitor, ANT+ support, motion tracking, and optical tracking are all absent. Crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, a built-in projector, and a stylus are also not part of the feature set.

The Meizu 21 Pro includes a video light, while its display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.