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After a week's worth of usage, it is safe to say that Meizu's third-ever smartphone has proven to be a huge improvement from the M8 and M9 days ... the MX has been given many unique features that will no doubt help shake away the company's old KIRF image.

Power users (and most moderate phone users, for that matter) will scoff at the battery life and the smaller qHD display... Despite some of its flaws, we can't help but have a hearty helping of admiration for a device like the MX 4-core.

If you think you have no use for a Chinese iPhone clone running Android, the Meizu MX could drastically change your worldview. Despite a few quirks, the MX is a slick Android- and iOS- inspired hybrid that also flaunts a few tricks of its own.

This device appears more than ready to take on the top-tier market in China, but certainly isn’t something you’ll want to pay several hundred dollars to import here to the United States.

In the end though, this is a seriously impressive smartphone. It isn't without its bugs - such as mapping, which had major issues getting a location for us in London. But those aside, the MX feels refreshingly different. Its design is blatantly based on one of the best around; the iPhone, and is...

The Meizu MX is a pretty good Android smartphone. Seriously! It comes with a well-made custom interface, a decent 4-inch display, and the hardware inside it classifies as future-proof. Perhaps the overly plasticky feel is the only thing that truly bothers us.

The Meizu MX made some big promises when it entered the scene and it has delivered on several of them. But it also failed to fulfill others. Also, the pursuit of imitating the iPhone is a big negative in our opinion - it goes beyond borrowing ideas, it straight up copies a few pages.

The Flyme user interface was unique but really turned me off from the device altogether. The camera is mediocre and is easily bested by most other devices currently available. While some may find the Meizu MX is right up their alley, I don’t recommend it for most consumers.

The MX 4-Core really is like a Ford Pinto with a V10 engine... A bit of a gas-guzzler, and Flyme OS's limitations and irregularities make it really hard to figure out just how to use all of that extra power. A poor call quality experience and an abnormal display resolution don't help make the sale.