Ahead of the introduction of Meizu Pro 6 Mini, m3 note and a few others products, Meizu has just announced another smartphone in the company's MX series. The new MX5e is a more affordable version of the high-end MX5 smartphone, priced at 1,499 Yuan or $230.

It has the same magnesium alloy body with mTouch 2.0 fingerprint scanner and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, while the rest of the specs are changed. It is available from Meizu online store in China, in Gold and White/Silver colors.

Meizu MX5e specifications

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection

MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU

3GB RAM, 16/32GB internal memory variants

Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

Dual SIM (4G + 4G)

16MP rear camera with dual tone LED Flash, Laser Auto focus, 6P lenses, 4K video recording

5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture

Dimensions: 149.9x 74.7x 7.6mm; Weight: 149g

4G LTE (TD-LTE / LTE-FDD) / 3G HSPA+ , WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS

3150mAh battery with mCharge