Earlier this week, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu officially launched its latest flagship device - the Meizu MX6 - at an event in China. What caught the attention of tech experts during the event is that the phone has an iPhone-inspired design.

The Meizu MX6 smartphone is quite similar in design to the iPhone 6. However, there are some differences in terms of the appearance and structure of the MX6. The smartphone's rear camera is located in the middle area, unlike the iPhone 6, which has its rear camera at the upper left corner of the device.

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The MX6 also does not have a usual back and recent apps button. Instead, the home button of the device also serves as the fingerprint scanner and a back button. The has a sleek metallic body, which is 7.25 mm thick.

The Meizu MX6 features a 5.5-inch Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixel) LCD screen. The device is powered by a 64bit MediaTek Helio X20 deca-core processor clocked at a speed of 2.2 GHz. The smartphone is equipped with 4GB of RAM and comes with a built-in 32GB internal memory storage.

The MX6 smartphone runs on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system out of the box along with the company's customized Flyme 5.2 user interface. The device has a 3060 mAh capacity battery inside. On the camera front, the device sports a 12-megapixel main shooter and a 5-megapixel front facing camera.

The Meizu MX6 smartphone will go on sale in China on July 30 for 1999 Yuan (approximately $300 / £225 / AU$400).

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