<p style="text-align: justify;">Yet another Chinese smartphone company has reached the Indian shore and has announced its official entry in the country with the launch of its flagship smartphone the MX5. Meizu is ranked as one of the top ten smartphone makers in China and already sells handsets in a number of European and Asian countries. But why does the brand want to enter such a crowded market like India? Well one of the officials at the launch event commented that India is now the third largest smartphone market in the world and it makes sense for the company to make its presence felt in the country. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The brand also announced its flagship smartphone in India today called the MX5 which takes its inspiration from the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The MX5 comes with a fingerprint scanner and the company claims the response time of the sensor is half a second. The handset comes with a nice looking metal design and features a 5.5-unch full HD (1920x1080) AMOLED display, a Mediatek Helio X10 8-core processor, 3GB of RAM a 20.7MP camera at the back and a 5MP camera at the front, Android Lollipop with a unique custom UI on top and a 3,150mAH battery. The handset also offers quick-charge support for faster charging of the battery, dual-SIM card slots and 4G LTE support. The handset has 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants with expandable storage, but for now the company is only planning to sell the lower most capacity model which is priced at Rs. 19,999. The smartphone will be available exclusively from Snapdeal via a flash sale model.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meizu recently got a funding of $590 million from China’s leading e-commerce company Alibaba of which a major chunk will be used to establish service centers in India for a stronger after sales support. Meizu also has plans to offer a delivery repair service options to its customers where the company will directly provide pickup and drop facility for repairs and replacements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone market is now getting congested with Chinese smartphone brands and this is not only leading to a tough competition among themselves but is also leaving consumers with too many options to look at. Providing a strong after sales model and selling handsets with a design similar to high-end smartphones like the iPhone might not be enough to emerge as a strong competitor. </p>
