Chinese device maker Meizu has a habit of releasing high-quality smartphones for low prices. The latest example is the company’s new Meizu M1 Note. It’s a smartphone with a 5.5 inch full HD display, an octa-core processor, and a starting price of CNÂĄ999. That’s about $160. The phone also happens to nearly identical to Apple’s iPhone […]
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Meizu’s first Ubuntu phones coming in early 2015
Chinese phone maker Meizu had already announced plans to launch a smartphone running a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Now Meizu and Canonical have signed an agreement to launch the first of those phones in early 2015. While Meizu’s phones will run software based on Ubuntu, the company is developing its own custom […]
Meizu MX4 Pro smartphone launches in China (5.5 inch, 2560 x 1536px display)
Chinese phone maker Meizu’s latest phone probably has a higher resolution display than your phone (or tablet, or laptop): The Meizu MX4 Pro has a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1536 pixel display. But that’s not the only thing that makes this phone unusual. It also has just about every premium feature you can think of, including […]
Meizu goes international with MeizuMart store (Buy an MX3 for $399)
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu plans to expand this year, and the company’s taking a first step with the launch of a new online store where customers in the US and other countries can purchase the Meizu MX3 smartphone which launched in 2013. The phone’s now available in the US for $399 and up from the new […]
Lilbits (5-05-2014): Meizu, Huawei, and Xiaomi
May is looking like a big month for Chinese device makers. Xiaomi has announced it’ll hold a press event to launch new products on May 15th, and Huawei is holding an event the same day. Meanwhile, competitor Meizu is promising to deliver something new soon… and it’ll be little… or big… or something. Update: Meizu’s […]
This is Ubuntu running on the Meizu MX3 smartphone (video)
Later this year the Meizu MX3 will become one of the first smartphone to ship with Ubuntu Linux. An Android version of the 5.1 inch smartphone is already available, but the Chinese phone maker started showing of an Ubuntu version at Mobile World Congress in February. Now Meizu has posted a video providing an overview […]
Meet the first Ubuntu phones: BQ Aquaris, Meizu MX3
The first phones running Ubuntu software are expected to ship this year, and Chinese phone maker Meizu and European designer BQ are showing off the first two Ubuntu phones this week at Mobile World Congress. Meizu’s MX3 is a 5.1 inch phone that’s already available with Android, but an Ubuntu version will launch this year. […]
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu is coming to America (maybe)
Chinese device maker Meizu has been offering phones and tablets for a few years, including a models with unusual features like the new Meizu MX3 with 128GB of storage. While you can buy Meizu handsets in the US from third party retailers and marketplaces such as PandaWill and AliExpress, Meizu has primarily focused on its […]
Lilbits (11-18-2013): 2 million Raspberry Pis sold
It took about a year for the Raspberry Pi foundation to sell the first million of its mini-computers. Now, less than two years after the first device rolled off the production lines, 2 million Raspberry Pi devices have been sold. The Raspberry Pi was designed to be a low cost, low-power computer that could run […]