Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches globally

jeremy · 02-17-2016, 09:48 AM

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Highest specification Ubuntu phone launches internationally with Meizu
Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition available for pre-order during Mobile World Congress 2016
Host of new features: the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and partners in 12 months

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu, jointly with Canonical, announces the global launch of the Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition. This is the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and its partners in the last twelve months and the most sophisticated and feature-rich Ubuntu phone in the market. The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be available for pre-order during MWC on Meizu’s website (price and details to follow on our blog).

The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches as one the highest spec smartphones on the market. This elegantly designed device comes with a Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa-core processor. The Meizu PRO 5 sports a highly durable 5.7-inch 1920×1080 screen made with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 and the crystal clear AMOLED display screen adds a larger field of view to deliver more content, save power and ensure longer battery life. The Meizu PRO 5 has higher specifications than many other leading smartphones, including its LPDDR4 memory technology which makes it a fast and responsive device for even the most avid multi-taskers and demanding applications.

In recent updates, the scope experience has seen further enhancement. Favourite scopes like Twitter, SoundCloud and YouTube now feature personalised information and with more interactive features users can ‘like’ or ‘favourite’ items, read and post comments, directly from these updated scopes. The growing ecosystem around Ubuntu devices includes favourites such as Instagram, Twitter, messaging service Telegram, Soundcloud, TimeOut and Songkick plus a host of others. Recent additions to the ecosystem include Spotify and games from Play Canvas.

Canonical remains committed to the vision of reinventing personal computing through a single, adaptive platform for all personal device form factors. As such, while the PRO 5 lacks MHL output, the software running on the Meizu PRO 5 is the latest code which also powers recently announced tablets and other devices and is capable of providing a traditional desktop experience.

Official Announcement...

Are any LQ members using an Ubuntu phone? Do any plan to use the Meizu PRO 5?

--jeremy

Tonus · 02-17-2016, 12:13 PM

I'd love to ! Especially having a Linux powered phone would be awesome.

Anyway, my old note 2 still works like a charm and do anything I want... Might not be time for me to change.