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Meizu Pro 5 smartphone packs a 5.7 inch screen, Samsung Exynos 7420 CPU

Chinese phone maker Meizu’s latest premium smartphone has a big screen, a USB Type-C connector, support for up to 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage, and a 21MP primary camera. But while many flagship phones this year feature Qualcomm or MediaTek processors, the Meizu Pro 5 uses the same Exynos processor as […]

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Buy a Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition phone without an invite (in Europe)

The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition is the most powerful phone to date to ship with Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux-based operating system. Last month it went on sale in Europe, but only to customers that had an invitation. Now it’s available for anyone in Europe to buy. The phone’s also available in China, but there’s no word […]

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Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition launches in Europe for €299 (with an invite)

If you’ve been wanting to get your hands on a smartphone running Ubuntu software, but have been underwhelmed by the first two Ubuntu phones from BQ, now there’s a more powerful option. The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition launched a version with Ubuntu in China in May. Starting June 25th, 2015 it goes on sale in Europe for €299 (about […]

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Meizu M2 Note is a $130 phone with a full HD display, 4G LTE

Chinese phone maker Meizu is continuing to show that phones with entry-level prices don’t have to have entry-level specs. Or maybe it’s that entry-level specs are better than they used to be… or that entry-level prices are lower than they used to be. Anyway, the Meizu M2 Note is a phone with a 5.5 inch, […]

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Meizu launches Ubuntu MX4 smartphone in China (coming to Europe next)

Chinese phone maker Meizu is now selling a version of its MX4 smartphone with Ubuntu Linux-based software instead of Android. The Meizu Ubuntu MX4 is now available to developers in China. It should be available to the general public in China and Europe later this year. Meizu is the second company to launch a phone […]

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Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition smartphone coming to MWC 2015

Chinese smartphone maker Meizu plans to unveil its first phone running Ubuntu software at Mobile World Congress next week. That will make Meizu the second company to launch a smartphone running the mobile version of Canonical’s Linux-based operating system. BQ launched a limited number of Aquaris E4.5 smartphones with Ubuntu earlier this month. While BQ […]

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More Meizu phones could run Yun OS after Alibaba investment

Chinese ecommerce service Alibaba has invested $590 million in phone maker Meizu, which means that more future Meizu phones could run Alibaba’s custom version of Android. The company launched Aliyun OS, also known as Yun OS a few years ago and launched a partnership with Meizu in 2014. A major investment in the rising star in the […]

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Meizu M1 is a $110 smartphone with decent hardware (in China)

Meizu has launched a new budget smartphone with better specs than you’d probably expect from a device that costs $110. The Meizu M1 features a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit processor and a 5 inch, 1280 x 768 pixel display. If there’s a catch, it’s that the Meizu M1 is only available in China at the […]