Rumors appeared in May 2015, which stated that the upcoming device would most likely feature a MediaTek Helio X10 System on a chip, a Full HD display and a 3100 mAh battery.

[5] The Meizu MX5 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android Lollipop.

The Meizu MX5 features a MediaTek Helio X10 system-on-a-chip with an array of eight ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores, a PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3 GB of RAM.

It has a slate form factor, being rectangular with rounded corners and has only one central physical button at the front.

The rear camera has a resolution of 20.7 MP, a ƒ/2.2 aperture, a 6-element lens, laser-aided phase-detection autofocus and an LED flash.

Android Authority gave the MX5 a rating of 7.4 out of 10 possible points and mentioned that “the performance is smooth, the display is beautiful, the battery life is impressive, the camera is reliable, the fingerprint scanner is fantastic and the overall build quality is actually very nice”.