Meizu M5 Note vs Samsung Galaxy M12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 06, 2016	Mar 11, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
$218

Design

Dimensions
6.05 x 2.98 x 0.32 inches 153.6 x 75.8 x 8.1 mm	6.46 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches 164.0 x 75.9 x 9.7 mm
Weight
6.17 oz / 175.0 g	7.80 oz / 221.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver	Black, white, blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.69% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 81.86% screen-to-body
Type
	PLS, 90Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 403 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
6 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755	Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 8x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Mali-G52 MP1
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 3GB/16GB 3GB/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (CMOS image sensor, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	48 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP	8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share,MirrorLink
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA	LTE-A Cat 7 (300/100 Mbit/s), LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 22, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMM127G
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.51 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.25 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	3GB/16GB
Prices (MSRP)	$130

with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

Memory	3GB/32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$145

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