Meizu risks losing its flagship smartphone edge to next-gen devices in new report

The Meizu 22 is believed to be a smartphone with a camera hump like that of the Huawei Mate 70 RS, but with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite platform of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. That might be a compelling combination in comparison to either device - if it had been made available to order by now, that is.

Instead, Meizu's 2025 flagship offerings are still missing, even from the company's home market of China - which is a problem, especially for the 22. 

According to the latest rumors, the smartphone is thought to focus on its screen real estate, having shrunk its bezels to as little as 1.2mm all around the edge of the display.

Unfortunately, that is also now thought to be a feature of smartphones that rock the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 or MediaTek's corresponding Dimensity 9500 platform instead.

Therefore, if the Meizu 22 (and/or its putative Pro sibling) wants to compete, it needs to start soon as those next-gen flagships are projected to start becoming official imminently, in September to October 2025 at the earliest.