Meizu has just announced its first phone under the new E-series. The Meizu M3E is very similar to the recently announced MX6, with minor design and hardware changes. The phone comes in Gold, Silver, Gray, Glacial Blue and Champagne Gold colors and is priced at 1,299 Yuan ($199). It is available for pre-order in China and will go on sale from August 14th.

The device comes with aluminum unibody that houses a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 2.5D glass, MediaTek Helio P10 chipset, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage and a 3,100 mAh battery. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, a fingerprint scanner and runs on YunOS with Flyme UI on top.

Meizu M3E specifications

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) LTPS 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio

1.8 GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with Mali T860 GPU

3GBRAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD

YunOS with Flyme UI

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)

13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, Sony IMX258 sensor, 5P lens

5MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 4P lens

Fingerprint sensor

Dimensions: 153.6 × 75.8 × 7.9mm; Weight: 172g

4G VoLTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS

3100mAh battery