Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu smartphone Now available to U.S. buyers for $370

Meizu Pro 5

There’s a brand new Ubuntu phone available through Chinese phone maker Meizu, and you will get it right right now.
The Meizu Pro 5 is really a high end phone operating Ubuntu OTA 10 OPERATING SYSTEM, and it looks just like a nice step up in the MX4 Ubuntu phone which Meizu announced last year—a telephone that rolled out within China and Europe.

The Pro 5 can be obtained to U. S. purchasers starting Tuesday for $370 through China-based online electronics store JD. com. The dual-SIM phone includes a 5. 7-inch 1080p AMOLED show, 21. 16 megapixel rear-facing digital camera, 5MP front-facing camera, 32GB associated with onboard storage, and 3GB associated with RAM. The device is driven by Samsung’s Exynos 7420 processor the same SoC utilized on Samsung phones like the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge+.

That’s a compelling group of specs and a strong follow towards the MX4 and its MediaTek MT6595 SoC as well as 5. 36-inch display.

Having a sub-$400 price tag, the Meizu Pro 5 is really a soft hit on the actual wallet, but as with previous Ubuntu phones it's still squarely in the realm from the enthusiast market. With only limited availability with an overseas retailer, the phone will really only be acquired by people actively searching for it. That’s probably just fine for Canonical and it is partners since it’s still beginning for Ubuntu on cellular.

The impact on you in your own home: Ubuntu phones will probably never be some thing than an option with regard to enthusiasts, which is also the situation for the Linux desktop computer. That’s not only because developing a popular alternative to Android and iOS is really a big challenge. Ubuntu phones also try to move away from the app-focused user connection with Android and OS. Rather, Ubuntu phones focus upon homescreens called Scopes which gather content from several sources into one place. That’s an interesting idea similar to early versions of Home windows Phone, which also attempted to re-think the application paradigm. But it’s also a strategy that hasn’t caught on in a meaningful way, and is actually unlikely to anytime quickly.