According to these leaks, the MX3 was supposed to have a single circular “Home” key for navigation and a Full HD 5.1-inch display.

[6] The Meizu MX3 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android Jelly Bean.

The Meizu MX3 features a Samsung Exynos 5410 Octa system-on-a-chip with an array of four ARM Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 CPU cores, a PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.

Android Authority reviewed the MX3 and praised good specifications, sharp display and the attractive price.

[9] GSMArena stated that “Meizu has delivered a solid smartphone and an interesting alternative to the mainstream Android flagships” and praised the performance of the MX3.