Conclusion
The Meizu M3 Max succeeded in its aim to impress as a mid-range device, particularly with its battery performance and display size. Its design and build quality reflected a consistent standard from Meizu, though some aspects such as the exclusion of NFC and the older microUSB standard were setbacks. Now discontinued, the M3 Max serves today as a snapshot of 2016's smartphone landscape, with lessons learned in both enduring feature sets and those that needed modernizing to meet newer demands.