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Review: Meizu Brand Silicone Case

Submitted by marcelo1251

An mp3 player is never complete without some kind of accessories. Even when the Meizu Miniplayer comes boxed with its headphones, cleaning cloth, bundled CD, USB cable, strap and pouch... it is not enough.

You always need some sort of protection for you investment, specially when you really like it. This is the reason why I ask for two different kind of cases when ordered mi M6 from www.miniplayer.info and they were what i was expecting for my player. It is quite normal to get OEM or compatible accessories for most of the players out there, but i was really surprised when I saw that Meizu also manufactures and sells accessories for their players, under their own brand; this is hard to see, and wanted to realize if those accessories are as good as their players.

Finally got a brand new silicone case, Meizu branded, and this is my experience with it:

Packaging and Content:

As every product you can get from www.miniplayer.info, it came professionally packed, in a bubble wrap envelop, fully identified by Mini Player Inc. Once I opened the envelope, i got a really good impression with the case's box, it's a nice retail box, fully branded by Meizu, you can also the Miniplayer model under Meizu's main title, a clear window in the middle to show you the case and some chinese characters at the lower part of the box.


Silicone case box

Seems that Meizu is aware of its image, so when you open the box, you'll be able to see a nice black carton holding the silicone case, two screen films – one for the front, another for the back of player –, a small instructions paper and a replacement for the cleaning cloth, there's also a dummy display inside the case.

The first thing you'll note is the “M” or Meizu brand in everything inside of this package. This is a nice detail, specially when you see the M in the back of the case or the Meizu brand at the lower-right corner of the cleaning cloth.


Box Contents


One by One

Screen and back films: These films are different to those you can find already placed on the screen of your cell phone, PDA or other stuff like that. Both are really sticky, so this means they will last for a long time protecting your player's screen and back. Place them correctly won't take more than a couple of minutes, ant its installation is quite simple if you follow the numbers and instructions printed in the labels at both sides of the film.

Just remember, when placing films, be sure to do it in a clean table or desk, you wouldn't like to see dust on your screen... and no, you won't take off the dust from the film, I told you, they are really sticky.

Cleaning Cloth: Well, there is nothing out of the world with the cleaning cloth, same cloth you get with the player. By the way, it also works great cleaning your glasses.

Silicone Case: If you're one of those who already has a generic silicone case for your Miniplayer, you'll love this case. There are a lot of differences between this and the PC Case one.

Regarding touch strip area, the Meizu silicone case hasn't the problem to be covering the strip, for most of us, this issue was kind of annoying and some (including me) had to cut the silicone over the strip on the generic case since it reduces sensibility and makes it harder and difficult to manipulate.

It is not sticky as the PC Case one, but as I expected since i take it out of the package, Miniplayer fits tight on this case; there are two lateral holes on it, one for the hold switch, another for the USB and headphones connectors. You'll note that ON/OFF button of the Miniplayer is safety covered by a thinner silicone film as well. Another important advantage of Meizu case compared with the PC Case one is that, due its size (kinda smaller) you won't get your player dusty on the edges, nor in the back.


Meizu Silicone case, there's no silicone over the touch strip!


An important difference with the generic case is that you won't have the hole to place the belt clip on the back of the case, this is not a big deal, in fact a great improvement for me, since I don't like to go out showing everybody my player hanging on my belt.


Meizu case and generic case: Meizu's over the generic...
forget about the bad cutting on generic.



Final Thoughts

Meizu's silicone case is a “must have” for all those that really cares about its player, with this kit you'll be able to protect your player against dust, scratches, dents and even hard knocks, you have also an easy access to all the buttons and connectors on the player. Well, it is great to see the “M” on the back of case.


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