Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition available for pre-order now!The most powerful Ubuntu phone was just announced last week, Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu edition is now available to pre-order from Meizu retailing at USD$369.99
The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be showcased for the very first time at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, drop by the Ubuntu stand in Hall 3 (booth 3J30) to get a hands-on experience of the device. The device being demonstrated at MWC will be running on demo version software, which will be updated with improved features through the next OTA update. When the device goes on sale, it will be exclusively available to buy through Meizu and Canonical’s joint partner JD.com’s global e-commerce platform en.jd.com. JD.com is China’s largest online direct e-retailer, offering a seamless online shopping experience for customers around the world. Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be shipped worldwide on its global site. The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition is the fifth Ubuntu device and the second joint launch between Canonical and Meizu in the last twelve months. As VP at Meizu, Li Nan, puts it “We have some interesting plans and so we’re looking forward to further deepening our partnership with Canonical in the future.” We look forward to an exciting future together. This can be a great phone with ubuntu on the powerful device PRO 5! Looking forward to it! | |
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Good pricing. Hope this one launches in India too.
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... since it apparently has the exact same hardware as the normal Pro 5 they better give us a way to switch between Flyme and Ubuntu to both Pro 5/Ubuntu edition else I'd seriously feel cheated. So yeah it's always nice to see new things (especially on such a high end device) but it being exclusive to that edition wouldn't make any sort of sense, why should we buy the same phone just to try out another os?
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Onohara replied at 2016-02-23 03:43 Your point is justified that there might be no difference in hardware and you should be able to switch between the two. THe thing is that PRO 5 is a high end device and if they give you Dual - booting option or choice to flash your favorite one, that is, Ubuntu or FlymeOS, but this is not possible because their partners will not allow it and may fall in legal soup because say if you buy Ubuntu edition thinking it is cheaper than the Android one and then flash Flyme on it then there will be a huge loss of Meizu as well as Ubuntu. So, officially it is not possible but I am sure people will figure out ways to switch between them in future. | |
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Arunabh replied at 2016-02-23 00:58 First of all, this is a Global release. They have not lauched it specifically for China or other country. And one more thing is that it is not suitable for Indians because it is running Ubuntu which no one would prefer at this stage (other than geeks and Ubuntu fans). Common people would not buy it because they know it is not Android and cannot love their belowed WhatsApp.  | |
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Oh that's good news then, just gotta wait till it's released for someone to dump the system imgs
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ultrametric replied at 2016-02-23 11:58 for that some tweeking needs to be done first by someone who has both the devices! | |
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Onohara replied at 2016-02-23 12:10 haha. yes! | |
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