Meizu 5 PRO Ubuntu Edition: Ubuntu is the most powerful phone
Meizu and Canonical announced Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition, presented as the most powerful Ubuntu Phone. And equipped with SoC Exynos 7420 Octa-core, display 5.7″ Full-HD LPDDR4 and 3GB of RAM. The pre-orders will start during the Mobile World Congress 2016.
Canonical, together with the partner network who have chosen to support its mobile platform, has managed to increase to five the number of Ubuntu devices presented in the last twelve months.
The latest model in order of time has been announced in the past few days and is developed in collaboration with Meizu. A distinctive feature: it is the most powerful of ubuntu Phone and best equipped of the market. The reference is to the Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu edition.
The price has not yet been announced, but Canonical announced that pre-orders will start at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Who looks forward to the declination of the Ubuntu Mobile operating system it has new points of interest to examine the models that, in practice, allow you to try it. The Meizu PRO 5 is a high-end terminal with a respectable hardware.
The main technical features of the phablet include :
- Samsung Exynos 7420 SoC with octa-core CPU and GPU MALI I760
- AMOLED display 5.7″ with a resolution FullHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and glass Gorilla Glass 3
- 3GB of RAM LPDDR4 and 32 GB of storage
- From 21:16 megapixel rear camera with laser autofocus lenses Largan 6P
- Front camera 5MP
- Slot for two SIM cards
- Dimensions: 156.7 x 78 x 7.5mm
- Weight: 168g
Of course, the element that arouses most interest to loyal users to the Ubuntu world is the software platform that Canonical underlines be the same shared with the first Ubuntu tablet presented in early February. Too bad for the lack MHL output in the standard equipment of the Meizu PRO 5 that does not allow wired connection of an external monitor to take advantage of the operating system’s ability to provide a desktop environment.
With the announcement of the new Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition offering Ubuntu Mobile devices further increases: at the moment consists of four smartphone/phablet – Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition, BQ Aquaris E4.5, BQ Aquaris E5 HD and the new Meizu – to which must be added the tablet BQ above, the M10 Aquaris Ubuntu Edition.
Meizu PRO Ubuntu Edition will be present at Mobile World Congress 2016 in the context of which will emerge more details on the distribution. Hardware of the Meizu PRO 5 is little to add. It is a device that, on paper, it has nothing to envy of the competition.
Obviously remain the unknowns of a software platform which promising, has yet to convince its ability to act as a real alternative to the most common Mobile OS and tested.
