Just recently Meizu launched, the 5.5 inch Meizu M1 Note, easily the best Android Smartphone under 200USD. Now we got news that Meizu has another phone in the pipeline, to target the recently announced Xiaomi Redmi 2.

Meizu Boss Huang Zhang has confirmed officially on Weibo, that Meizu will launch another phone this year to compete direcly with the Xiaomi Redmi 2. Other news on this new phone come from Weibo’s Ubuntu Team, that have been a very reliable source in the past. According to this source, the new Meizu phone will be a real Redmi 2 “Killer” with much better specs and a 5″ screen. Also the new Meizu should be lighter and smaller then the Redmi 2.

We dont know anything more about specs, but its very interesting that the Meizu CEO Jack Wong ( also known as Huang Zhang) confirms this officially. We think that the new Meizu will be inline with the Meizu M1 Note in terms of design and looks. Probably Meizu will cut down in some areas like battery live or display resolution to achieve the Redmi 2 target price of 700 Yuan.

Probably this phone is actually the Meizu K52, that we reported about before. The Meizu K52 was rumored to sport a 4.7″ Full HD display and MTK Processor. It was also spotted with an iPhone 5C color shell. If Meizu is not planning to launch two more phones, it is very likely that the Meizu K52 is the upcoming phone.

Conclusion: The Meizu CEO confirmed the Launch of a Xiami Redmi 2 competitor with better specs. Lets be honest, the Redmi 2 has a fantastic price, but many of you would have liked to see at least 2GB RAM for example, so the Meizu K52 might be for you. Meizu’s strategy of targeting Xiaomi Business Model of high specs/low price + Online Sales only is for sure very interesting. If Meizu can satisfy the huge demands for their phones, I can see Meizu becoming a real Xiaomi competitor in terms of size and Sales levels.

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