As expected, Meizu has officially announced the successor to the last year's m2 note. The new Meizu m3 note is very similar to its predecessor - it has the same 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, but instead of plastic body, the handset comes with gorgeous metal body.

It will be available in China from April 11 and registrations are already available, and will arrive in India next month. The Meizu m3 note comes in Grey, Silver and Golden and is priced at 799 yuan ($120) for 2 GB/16 GB variant and 999 yuan ($150) for 3 GB RAM/32 GB variant.

The physical home button has built-in mTouch 2.1 fingerprint scanner, which is the latest version of the "m" lineup. The only difference between the 16 GB and 32 GB versions, besides RAM amount, is the fast eMMC 5.1 solid state storage in favor of the 32 GB version. The rest of the specs include "full netcom" support, meaning it will work on every network in China, LTE and VoLTE support, a 4,000 mAh battery and dual-SIM support.

Meizu m3 note specifications

5.5-inch (1,920 x 1,080 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

2 GB RAM with 16 GB storage / 3 GB RAM with 32 GB storage (eMMC 5.1), expandable memory up to 128 GB with microSD

Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Flyme OS 5.1

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)

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

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

Fingerprint sensor

Dimensions: 153.6 × 75.5 × 8.3mm; Weight: 163g

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

4,100 mAh battery