Meizu Mblu 22 Pro

The Meizu Mblu 22 Pro has a 170.8 × 77.5 × 8.6 mm footprint and weighs 200 g, giving it a moderately sized and relatively slim profile with a total volume of 113.84 cm³. It is neither a rugged nor a folding device, and it carries no water resistance rating.

The display is a touch-enabled 6.79″ IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 720 x 1640 px and a pixel density of 264 ppi, paired with a 120Hz refresh rate for smoother scrolling and on-screen motion. It does not include branded damage-resistant glass, and there is no support for HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, or an Always-On Display mode, nor does the device feature a secondary screen.

The device is powered by the MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra, a 12 nm octa-core SoC running at 2 x 2 GHz and 6 x 1.8 GHz with a turbo ceiling of 2 GHz, built around big.LITTLE technology and an 8-thread CPU with a 5W TDP and 5,500 million transistors. It comes with 8 GB of DDR4 RAM at 1800 MHz across two memory channels, offering a maximum bandwidth of 13.41 GB/s, alongside 256 GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage expandable by up to another 256 GB. Graphics are handled by the integrated Mali G52 MP2 GPU featuring 2 execution units, 32 shading units, and a turbo clock of 950 MHz, with support for DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2.0. The SoC also integrates LTE, supports 64-bit processing and ARM TrustZone, and pairs a 0.3 MB L2 cache with a 1 MB L3 cache. Geekbench 6 scores stand at 420 single-core and 1391 multi-core, while Geekbench 5 results are 350 single-core and 1300 multi-core.

The rear camera system uses a dual-lens CMOS setup at 50 MP (f/2.4) and 2 MP (f/1.8), capable of recording video at 1080p and 30 fps with continuous autofocus during recording, though optical image stabilization and optical zoom are not available. Autofocus options include phase-detection and touch AF, while the manual controls on offer cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance — though manual shutter speed is absent; RAW capture is likewise not supported. The camera also supports HDR mode, burst shooting, slow-motion video, panoramas, and timelapse, with a single LED flash on the back but no dual-tone or RGB flash. The 8 MP front camera has an f/2.0 aperture and is a single-lens unit positioned conventionally — not under the display — with no dedicated front flash, and video recording from the front does not support HDR10 or Dolby Vision.

The device runs Android 15 as a free and open-source, multi-user operating system with a broad set of privacy controls, including clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, and the ability to block app tracking — though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are not included. Customization options span dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, and customizable notifications, while productivity is supported through split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, sharing intents, app offloading, and the ability to play games during downloads. On-device machine learning is present, alongside offline voice recognition, voice commands, Live Text, phone tracking, a battery health check, an extra dim mode, and a child lock; focus modes, 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.

The Mblu 22 Pro houses a 5000 mAh rechargeable battery with a built-in level indicator, and it supports 18W fast charging for reasonably quick top-ups. Wireless charging is not available, and the battery is non-removable.

On the audio side, the device includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack and stereo speakers, covering the basics for both wired listening and built-in playback. There is no radio, and none of the advanced Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.

The device supports Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Bluetooth 5.0, and NFC, and accommodates two SIM cards alongside an external memory slot for expanded storage. Wired connectivity is handled via a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0, while cellular speeds reach up to 300 Mbit/s download and 100 Mbit/s upload, though 5G is not supported. Location is covered by GPS and Galileo, and an accelerometer and fingerprint scanner are also on board; however, the device lacks a gyroscope, compass, barometer, heart rate monitor, infrared sensor, and accelerometer-based motion or optical tracking. Features such as 3D facial recognition, an iris scanner, ANT+, DLNA, HDMI output, satellite SOS, crash detection, and a built-in projector are all absent, and no stylus is included.

The device includes a video light for illumination during video recording, while the display is flat and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.