Watch Meizu's global return live here
Meizu scheduled a launch event for today, where we expect to see a formal announcement of five smartphones and some wearables. We already spotted the mblu 22 and the mblu 22 Pro at MWC, as well as the Meizu Note 22, and it seems like the company is now ready to start sales in international markets.
The event begins at 3 PM Beijing time, which is 7 AM UTC, and will be live-streamed on YouTube.
The Meizu brand, now operated as part of the Dreamsmart Group, already reached 30 markets within its first year back on the international stage.
Meizu Note 22 • Meizu mblu 22 • Meizu mblu 22 Pro
The Geely partnership will remain in place, as vehicles and smartphones are already marketed together in certain regions. The executive director of Dreamsmart revealed that the company plans to launch midrange devices, and we expect these new phones to be priced very aggressively.
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