Introduction

What you see before you is the stand-alone review of Meizu's Mini Player, a.k.a. the "M6". It's a smart-looking, ultra-thin multi-purpose kind of DAP that allows us to listen to music/watch videos/pictures among various other stuff(s).


This player has been discussed by Brandon not too long ago, in his "Oracom UB890 versus Meizu Mini Player" head-to-head review. I currently agree with his conclusion on many areas, this particular (dedicated) Meizu M6 review won't be the most extensive article ever written by (sub)mankind - rather, one can look at it as a "second opinion" from an equally-expertised DAPreview staff member.

However, to keep things fair and square, this article was written without any knowledge of Brandon's views whatsoever. Therefore, there might be some overlap here and there; but this way, it should become even more apparent where the player's strengths and weaknesses pop up most noticeably. This particular method also shows that certain matters can be of lesser/greater concern for one person than they are to another.

Specifications

• General characteristics
  
• Capacity: (512MB), 1GB , 2GB & 4GB flash memory
  
• 2.4" 260K-color QVGA (320x240) large and vibrant TFT-LCD screen.
  
• Size: Approx. 79 x 48.2 x 10mm
  
• Weight: 55g
  
• Aluminum alloy body
  
  Audio-related specs
  
• Supports MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, Flac.
  
• Dynamic Playlist supported.
  
• Multi-language Supported. ID3V2, ID3V1, Filename Supported
  
• SN Ratio: >90dB
  
  Video/image-related specs
  
• Movie playback, supports AVI format (XviD).
  
• Photo album + Slide show: BMP, JPG, GIF formats

• Battery-related specs
  
• Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery
  
• Plays up to 20 hours (audio), 5 hours (video)
  
  Data transfer/management-related specs
  
• Supports DRM10 and Microsoft MTP
  
• High speed USB2.0 interface.
  
• High capacity USB flash storage for mobile disk (UMS).
  
• Windows98 SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac and Linux OS compatible
  
  Additional features/specs
  
• FM stereo radio function, FM Recording (with 30 preset channels)
  
• Built-in Microphone
  
• Synchronized Song Lyric Showing, TXT View
  
• Calculator function and Game function
  
• Clock setting. Screen Saver Settings

article index
page 1 - current : Introduction & specs
page 2 : Accessories
page 3 : Design
page 4 : Data transfer
page 5 : Navigation
page 6 : Screen
page 7 : Sound quality
page 8 : Video playback
page 9 : Battery efficiency
page 10 : Additional features
page 11 : Price
page 12 : Conclusion