Weekly Recommendation:
App lock adds to block messages, receive the messages, and then block the content automatically, keeping privacy more safe.
The auto-launched management system apps remove 41 system apps auto-launched, reducing system occupation rate.
The searching result page support the common used operation to turn on or turn off directly.
Optimize the time zone interface to support searching, from A-Z initial letter index for more places choosing.

System
Optimize the system to upgrade to Android N
Fix the issue in switching between ‘auto brightness’ and ‘manual brightness’, and the brightness is not accurate.

Applock
App lock adds to block messages, receive the messages, and then block the content automatically, keeping privacy more safe.

Lock screen, status bar and notification bar
Optimize the issue that in lock screen password settings, ‘Need password’ to add ‘Never’ option.
Fix the issue that under some situations, can’t pull down the notification bar.
Fix the issue that from Notification bar to launch WLAN hotspot, show invalid hotspot.
Fix the issue that the verification code message under the lock screen doesn’t have screen on.
Fix the issue that under some situation, the lock screen notification shows blank.
Fix he issue that from notification bar to launch WIFI hotspot, it shows failure.

Desktop
Optimize the third-party app desktop crop and showing rule.
Optimize ‘weather clock’ desktop tool to support skipping to the Weather.
Fix some models that Xiaomi cloud recovers the desktop layout, the icon is in disorder.

MIUI 8.5.3.0 has also fixed and optimized weather, settings, app shops, time clock, calculator, and safety center. Therefore, it is lucky to enjoy it first for those Xiaomi MI5C users.

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Check Meizu E2 VS Xiaomi MI5C Specs Comparison here .

According to specs comparison, Meizu E2 sells similar to Xiaomi MI5C, only $20 gap in their price. As for specs, Meizu E2 and Xiaomi MI5C also are different from their processor, as for other aspects, they are really similar.

Meizu E2 has two versions, it comes with 5.5 inch FHD screen, RAM 3GB ROM 32GB internal storage, selling at 1,299 yuan, $200, RAM 4GB ROM 64GB internal storage version at 1,599 yuan, $250.

But Xiaomi MI5C only has one version, RAM 3GB ROM 64GB version, selling at 1,499 yuan, $250, in order to keep comparison fair, we will compare Meizu E2 advanced version with Xiaomi MI5C.

Design

In terms of design, Meizu E2 has very simple front design, coming with a 5.5 inch 1080P screen, its frame and screen control well, whether in up and down or left and right, it shows strong symmetry. The 2.5D glass design is quite important, on the front, it still has mBack home button.

This time, Meizu E2 continues its last generation design style, but on the back, it has made some changes, the back still uses metal unibody, the cold metal and matte quality make Meizu E2 look very comfortable and have a suitable touch feeling. Meizu E2 camera has been moved to right top, and LED light on the left.

The most unique place of back design is the back molding antenna line has been through the camera module and LED light, There are four LED light.

At the bottom of Meizu E2 from left to right is the earphone jack, USB charger port and speaker, it is pity that Meizu E2 doesn’t use USB Type C port, but traditional MicroUSB port.

But Xiaomi MI5C aims at ultra light and thin design, adopting 5.15 inch JDI screen, it has 7.09mm thickness, 135g weight, it is quite compact and exquisite about Xiaomi MI5C with good holding feeling, meanwhile, Xiaomi MI5C offers rose golden, Champagne golden, black three colors.

On the back, Xiaomi MI5C uses common three step metal body, but Xiaomi MI5C adopts glasses material on the top and down, only aluminum alloy in the middle, the glass and metal part control quite excellently. On the back, there is a 12MP back camera without standing out, with single LED light.

Design Conclusion

According to design, they have their own advantages and highlights, they both are quite exquisite and beautiful, it is up to your hobbies about which one is more suitable.

Performance

About performance, the main hardware to decide a smartphone’ processor and storage is the hardware, Meizu E2 advanced version has RAM 4GB, but Xiaomi MI5C has RAM 3GB, and they have different processor, so the performance between them will be different.

Meizu E2 is powered by Helio X20 Octa core processor, RAM 4GB, according to Antutu test, it has got 64,967 points, and Xiaomi MI5C is powered by its own Pinecone S1 Octa core processor, RAM 3GB, has got almost 60,000 points, as you know Huawei Honor 8 lite has got 64,000 points, so the RAM 4GB has got a little higher score than RAM 3GB. We can see Pinecone Surge S1 performance is similar to that of Helio P20 SoC.

They both are different in processor, but no big difference in performance.

Camera

Meizu E2 and Xiaomi MI5C have no big difference in camera, they both have 8MP front camera, but Meizu E2 has 13MP back camera, Xiaomi MI5C has 12MP back one. You can check the samples about Meizu E2 below.

Check Xiaomi mI5C Camera review here.

Battery

Meizu E2 and Xiaomi MI5C has big gap in battery life, the former has 3,400mAh battery, the back has 2,860mAh battery, so Meizu E2 has advantage in battery,  after test, Meizu E2 has reached 9 hours and 36 minutes battery life, which is similar to Xiaomi MI5S Plus with 3800mAh battery but over Meizu MAX with 4,100mAh battery and Redmi Note 3 with 4,000mAh battery.

And according to the chart, Meizu E2 has high charging efficiency, after one hour, it has charged 87%, especially in the first half hour, it can charge 15% in every 10 minutes, after 30 minutes, the charging speed is slower, so it takes 90 minutes to charge full.

But Xiaomi MI5C only has 2,860mAh battery, it supports quick charge, 9V/2A, 18W, which can charge as fast as QC3.0, and it can still be used at least 5 hours during heavy use.

Conclusion

Meizu E2 and Xiaomi MI5C are both outstanding in their design, and performance, similar in price and camera, too, but if you are looking for a long battery life smartphone, you can try Meizu E2, but if you are Xiaomi fans, Xiaomi MI5C can be your ideal option.

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According  to Xiaomi MIUI Weibo, @MIUI, Xiaomi starts to send Android7.1 version notification from 11:00 a.m. [GMT+8] Beijing time  today, but Xiaomi MI5C uses MIUI 8 Stable version, you need to apply for flashing the phone to enjoy MIUI 8 developer version in MIUI forum, the developer version updates every Friday.

MIUI OS is customized UI based on Android OS, it has many functions that Android doesn’t have. In order to enjoy more convenient functions, more users would like to upgrade their phone to latest MIUI version, the real reason that Xiaomi MI5C can enjoy upgrading MIUI 8 developer version based on Android7.1 is the pinecone Surge S1 processor, whose code is relative closely to OS. So they can release the ROM faster.

Currently, Xiaomi MI5C can be one of the most beautiful android smartphones, it has 5.15 inch FHD screen, powered by Surge S1 2.2GHz processor, RAM 3GB ROM 64GB internal storage, running MIUI 8 OS, supporting quick charge, metal body, USB Type C port, coming with dual camera, 12MP back, 8MP front, built in 2,860mAh battery. Right now Geekbuying is holding flash sale for Xiaomi MI5C at $249.99. Have a try this first Xiaomi Android7.1 Surge S1 smartphone.

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Highlight 1: The sensor of the eye of Dark night is equipped with Pinecone Surge S1 image processor, can it become the photographing flagship in 150usd smartphones?

Although Xiaomi MI5C doesn’t use IMX378 of Xiaomi MI5S, it still can be claimed as Dark night of eye, and it has Pinecone Surge S1 de-noise algorithm, it sells at 1,499 yuan, which is the most expensive smartphone in 150usd rank. Compared with others, will Xiaomi MI5C become the flagship in camera?

Highlight 2: How much improvement of Snapdragon 653 image processing engine compared with other smartphones?

360 N5 uses a flagship chipset, Snapdragon 653 processor, whether in ISP image algorithm or photographing experience, 360 N5 will be the best one in camera experience, is it real?

Highlight 3: Which one is more suitable for those budget 150usd smartphones, OV12870, IMX386 and IMX258?

Since Xiaomi MI6 is released with IMX386 sensor, IMX258 is the upgraded version of IMX214 after adding PDAF, OV12870 is the common one in smartphone’s camera, so which one is the most excellent?

Camera Experience and Samples comparison

They all have very rich photographing mode, such as professional mode, HDR, panoramic, etc. But in special features, 360 N5 has richest photographing mode, no need to download more third-party apps.

On the other hand, in function layout, Xiaomi MI5C has most simplest interface in choosing the scene, the main features has set up in the second-menu.
But 360 N5 camera interface is a little more complicated.

In  HDR switch placement, compared with MIUI and Flyme OS, other two smartphones to turn on HDR are little complicated.

In addition, in photographing experience, all five smartphones have no big problem.

Sample Comparison

In the first set of samples, the color of the leftest garbage looks dark, and there is light shining on the object directly, which shows the dark blue.The sample of Redmi Note 4X is more adorable in color saturation. Huawei Honor 8 Lite has highest color saturation, but it doesn’t look good in fact.

Look at dark part,  360 N5, Honor 8 Lite and Meizu M5 Note shows blue part to different extent, only Redmi Note 4X doesn’t have this kind of issue, but Xiaomi MI5C doesn’t restrict the sunshine well, so there is also no other color. According to comprehensive situation, this set of sample of Redmi Note 4X performs best. Honor 8 lite is second to Redmi Note 4x.

This set of sample, Xiaomi MI5C shows yellow color a little due to inappropriate  light processing, 360 N5 deals with the color a little green, Meizu M5 Note shows a little blue in brick, the best sample should be Honor 8 Lite, and then Redmi Note 4x.

In this set of sample, about sky part, it should be blue sky, but Honor 8 lite has good performance, Redmi Note 4 deals with it in cloudy day, 360 N5 shows weird sky color. Maybe it’s due to algorithm.

Let’s check analysis ability, after enlarging the fonts on the boat, Xiaomi MI5C is a little stronger than Huawei Honor 8 Lite, the other three smartphones have obvious sharpness, Meizu m5 note shows worst fonts details.

In HDR algorithm, the fastest speed is Honor 8 Lite, almost finish instantly, others need to wait for several seconds, the slowest is Meizu M5 Note, but 360 N5 with Snapdragon 653 processor doesn’t have any advantage which make us surprise.

Under turning off HDR state in default, the dynamic state of Honor 8 Lite is a little better than other four smartphones, Meizu M5 Note has brighter image which gives us a good impression, the other three smartphones need to be improved.

After turning on HDR comparison, Xiaomi MI5C and Honor 8 lite show most excellent performance, but Xiaomi MI5C has a little glare issue. 360 N5 shows a little strange color in sky, Redmi Note 4X and Meizu M5 Note tend to green and blue accordingly.

In macro distance, focus on the flower part, Xiaomi MI5C has not enough exposure in overall image, Redmi Note 4X background has a little over exposure, Meizu M5 Note in leaves part shows color partial.

In Background blurring, 5 smartphones don’t have much gap, 360 N5 and Redmi Note 4X are better in blurring effect, thanks to f/2.0.

In indoor light scene, Redmi Note 4X has cold color, Meizu M5 Note looks warm, 360 N5 is lack of exposure, Honor 8 Lite and Xiaomi MI5C have processing accuracy in light and color.

In details,Xiaomi MI5C and Huawei Honor 8 lite shows richest details, in indoor scene, whether in exposure control or details control, Xiaomi MI5C and Honor 8 Lite have better strength.

Last but not least, in night scene, big glare of Meizu M5 Note  and lack of brightness of 360 N5 are out first, Redmi Note 4X deals with building part a little over exposure, only Huawei Honor 8 lite and Xiaomi MI5C are worthwhile to check.

Conclusion

According to main comparison, Huawei Honor 8 lite is best in day light performance, but in indoor and night scene, Xiaomi MI5C has advantage, due to IMX386 sensor, the overall performance is better than IMX258, thanks to OV12870 sensor, Xiaomi MI5C shows best night photographing performance, only in night scene. Xiaomi MI5C has not dealt with sunshine in the day naturally. Meizu M5 Note and Redmi Note 4X are in similar level. 360 N5 is not ideal in color processing. You can check Redmi Note 4x coupon as follow.

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Specs Comparison

CPU Performance

Before testing, let’s see their Antutu performance.

We can see in three chipsets, Helio P20 has highest score, 64,770,  5,000 points higher than Xiaomi MI5C, but Snapdragon 625 processor is in the middle among them, therefore, their performance gap is mainly in CPU.

In Geekbench 4 test, Helio P20 single core and multi-core performance are the most powerful, but Snapdragon 625 has more powerful single core performance, lower multi-core score, Surge S1 has lower single core score but higher multi-core score. In daily use, a smartphone has higher needs for single core performance, therefore, Snapdragon 625 processor will have advantages.

In PCMark test, it tests daily use for a smartphone such as Internet surfing, video processing, editting files, in the test, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 has similar performance, 4,673 points and 4,742 points accordingly, but Pinecone Surge S1 has lower performance. In conclusion, in CPU, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 are stronger a little than Pinecone Surge S1.

GPU Performance

It’s know to all that GPU performance will affect smartphone to play games, there are more and more users playing games by smartphone, we have higher needs for smartphone GPU.

In 3DMark,the highest level Sling Shot Extreme Unlimited test, Pinecone Surge S1 has got the first rank with 877 points, over Helio P20 ranking the second with 644 points, and Snapdragon 625 only has 505 points.

In GFXBench, Manhattan and Tyrannosaurus rex scene, Snapdragon 625 has got the similar score to Helio P20, but Surge S1 is highest, according to two tests, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 got the similar level in GPU, but Pinecone Surge S1 is much stronger than other two.

Durability Test

We believe many users play games very fluently first, but later on, it becomes hotter, and then the games will reduce the frequency to become stuck, so how are their durability test?

We use GFXBench software to test, let this three smartphones to run 30 times continously in Tyrannosaurus rex scene in 30 minutes, let’s check after 30 minutes, how does the chipset run?

After running 30 minutes, three chipsets performance has decreased to different degree. Check as follow.

We can see in 30 minutes test, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 performance has decreased between 4% to 5%, but Pinecone S1 only decreased 1.7%, we can see there is no fluctuation in Pinecone Surge S1, so Surge S1 has best durability.

Game Test

We choose a game, Real Racing 3, let them run the same scene, and use Gamebench to calculate the frame in the background.

According to the test, we can see they all have around 30 frame. In details, Helio P20 has a little higher frame, reaching 33FPS, but Snapdragon 625 processor only has 29FPS, Surge S1 has 32FPS.

Besides game performance, we also care about over heat issue, after testing three smartphones in 30 minutes, we can use the infrared temperature tester to test their highest temperature of their back covers.

Thanks to advanced 14/16nm process, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 have quite excellent performance in power consumption, the highest temperature is around 27℃, which is not hot at all, but Surge S1 shows 44.8℃ highest temperature, which is quite hot due to 28nm process.

Conclusion

In terms of test, Snapdragon 625 and Helio P20 have similar design idea, both use 14/16nm process, which can meet daily use for users, and get good performance in power consumption and heat issue by controlling the performance. For most users, smartphone battery life and heat issue are the most important factor they care about.

But Pinecone Surge S1 is similar to Snapdragon 625, Helio P20 in CPU part, when you use it to play games with longer time, it will cause heat issue, because it adopts 28nm process.

In fact, they all have their own advantages and disadvantages, Snapdragon 625 can have stable performance, Helio P20 is also nice with amazing battery life, as for Surge S1, it needs to optimize in the near future, but it still has very high competition. Therfore, which phone do you like most, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X, Meizu M3X  or Xiaomi MI5C?

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Pinecone Surge S1 is Xiaomi own developed 28nm Octa core 64bit processor, up to 2.2GHz, adopting real time switch of large and small core (2.2GHz Quad core A53+1.4GHz Quad core A53), this Xiaomi MI5C uses this processor, it has 5.15 inch 1080p screen, coming with RAM 3GB ROM 64GB internal storage, dual camera with 8MP front and 12MP back camera, built in 2,860mAh battery, supporting 9V/2A quick charge, and it supports fingerprint scanner on the front design.

Therefore, if you are interested in Android7.1 OS, those Xiaomi MI5C users can install ‘App in MIUI Forum’, getting the quick sign-in access, after you are approved, you can receive the notification of new OS. But MIUI official hasn’t leaked what kind of features Xiaomi MI5C with Android7.1 update, and when to test in public and when its stable version releases.

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Design

Xiaomi MI5C has 5.15 inch screen, but Huawei P10 also comes with 5.1 inch, they both are black cover on the front design, when they are off the screen, there is no big difference, but in UI , we think Xiaomi MI5C is better, younger and more beautiful. In terms of their home button, Xiaomi MI5C has suitable home button, but it has color difference, Huawei P10 home button is hollowed without color difference.

The power button of Huawei P10 groove design is quite strict, but Xiaomi MI5C power button, volume button look younger and universal.

On the back, they adopt different colors and medium level. If they have simple design, they will be better on the back.

They both use three step design, Huawei P10 comes with dual rear camera, Xiaomi MI5C only has one back camera, if we need to find a winner on the back design, the logo on the upper side of Huawei P10 looks more confident and beautiful.

Performance

Xiaomi MI5C is first use its own processor, Pinecone Surge S1 Octa core 64bit processor, 2.2GHz quad-core A53 + 1.4GHz quad-core A53, RAM 3GB ROM 64GB, according to its Antutu test, it has 62,773 points, 731 points in single core score and 3,393 points in multi-core score at Geekbench.

However, Huawei P10 uses its own  Kirin 960 Octa Core 2.4GHz processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB/128GB ROM internal storage, according to Antutu test, it has got 145,612 points, 1954 points in single-core score, 6409 points multi-core score at Geekbench.

Therefore, according to Antutu test, we can see the comparison between Kirin 960 processor and Surge S1 processor. Of course, Huawei P10 is a winner in performance.

Conclusion

When a new smartphone comes out, we may compare with their design, performance, price, etc. Huawei P10 and Xiaomi MI5C are the most beautiful smartphones until now. If you have no high need for performance, you can choose Xiaomi MI5C at lower price, but if you like not only a beautiful but also a high-end smartphone, Huawei P10 will be more suitable for you at higher price. It’s time to make choice.

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Xiaomi MI5C only has 7.09mm thickness, 135g weight, 1.66mm bezel, 5 inch screen. Lei Jun claims that this kind of thin design should thank Pinecone Surge S1 with balance of performance and power consumption. It has 2860mAh battery to ensure long life working, supporting 9V/2A Surge quick charge.

This smartphone has 5.15 inch FHD screen, built in 16 LED light, up to 550 nit brightness, 2048 level smart brightness adjustment, which can adapt to environment change sharply and better for your eyes.

It is powered by Pinecone Surge S1 processor, RAM 3GB ROM 64GB internal storage, 12mp back camera, 8MP front camera, 1.25um, equipped with Pinecone Surge S1 dual ISP algorithm, which can make camera sensitivity improve 150%, it has dual de-noise optimization function, when it reduces noise, but also keeping more real details. Right now Xiaomi MI5C only has RAM 3GB ROM 64GB version at 1,499 yuan. Today you can check Xiaomi MI5C real tear down review to check how Pinecone Surge S1 is!

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According to netizen, open Xiaomi MI5C dial interface, enter *#*#1#*#* >> Connect Technology>> Choose five module to support dual 4G LTE network. But we have no idea about if it can support 3G WCDMA network.

In fact, in press conference, Lei Jun has emphasized that Xiaomi MI5C baseband chipset can support software update, it can support new agreement. But this function can only support MIUI 8 OS based on Android 6.0 original firmware, after you upgrade Android 7.1 firmware, it can be supported. Therefore, if you want to enjoy 4G FDD-LTE Network, just test offline and buy.

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Recently, we find Geekbuying starts to sell Xiaomi MI5C at $289.99. In terms of network frequency, Xiaomi MI5C supports 2G:GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz(GSM 2/3/8), 3G:TD–SCDMA 34/39  and 4G:TDD–LTE 1900/2300/2500/2600 MHz(TDD–LTE 38/39/40/41), which can only work with China Mobile, but most countries can support FDD-LTE, not TD-LTE, we have to wait for Xiaomi to release Xiaomi MI5C supports China UNICOM FDD-LTE, then Xiaomi MI5C can be the best dream for us to buy.

Therefore, if you buy Xiaomi MI5C without checking network frequency clearly, you may only support 2G signal outside of China,even can’t use 3G or 3G+ on this premium unit. This kind of issue has happened to Redmi Note 4G and MI4. If you still are not sure about your country’s network frequency compatibility with Chinese phone, you can read this article for more details.

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