Meizu 21 vs Nothing Phone (2a) Plus

Meizu
21

Nothing
Phone (2a) Plus
At a glance
- Brand
- Meizu
- Nothing
- Release date
- November 2023, 2 years 7 months ago
- August 2024, 1 years 10 months ago
- Launch price
- CN¥ 3,399.00 ($ 497.06)
- —
- AnTuTu
- 2.342.281 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 95% of devices
- 805.721 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 80% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.55"
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2340 px FHD+
- 1084 x 2412 px FHD+
- Type
- AMOLED
- AMOLED
- Density
- 393 ppi High Density
- 395 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, On-cell, SGS Certified, 1920 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 600 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 1800 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1100 cd/m², 6000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 1300 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1100 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, LED Notifications, Scratch resistant, 2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3
- MediaTek Dimensity 7350
- CPU
- 1x3.3GHz Cortex X4 + 3x3.2 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x3.0 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x2.3 GHz Cortex A520
- 2x3 GHz ARM Cortex A715 + 6x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex A510
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 3.3 GHz
- 3 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 750
- Arm Mali-G610 MC4
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 200 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.7
- ƒ/ 1.88
- Sensor
- Samsung ISOCELL HP3
- Samsung GN9
- Pixel size
- 0.56 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.4"
- 1/1.56"
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Time-Lapse, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 32 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KJD1
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- 0.70 µm
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4800 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 80.0W
- Yes , 50.0W
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- No charger in box
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.0
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.3 mm 156.7 mm 7.9 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.3 mm 161.7 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 190 g
- Materials
- Polycarbonate , Aluminium alloy
- Plastic , Corning Gorilla Glass
- Colors
- Black White Purple Green
- Black White Gray
- Water/dust resistance
- IP54
- IP54
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 87 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake FlyMe 10.4
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Google services
- Without Google Mobile services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 4 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.3
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), NavIC System
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B26 (850), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
















