“The MEIZU PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition is the most premium Ubuntu smartphone till date”
Chinese manufacturer MEIZU and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have teamed up once again to launch their second Ubuntu smartphone – the MEIZU PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition. The specs of the PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition are identical to the Android-powered counterpart of the device that was launched in September last year. MEIZU and Canonical have partnered earlier for the MEIZU MX4 Ubuntu Edition.
The MEIZU PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition comes with Ubuntu’s ‘scopes’ UI, which are categorised home screens that provide a unified view of content in the particular category. As per the company, scopes are now more personalised and offer more interactive features on the new Pro 5. “The content-centric user experience has transformed the way we access our most important digital services – whether that’s music, social, web browsing or sharing photos and video. With scopes, all these services are available directly from the home screen,” Canonical said in a blog post.
Coming to the specs, the MEIZU PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition flaunts a phablet-grade 5.7-inch full HD Super AMOLED display with 2.5D glass and Gorilla Glass 3 protection, encased in a metal body. The phone is powered by an octa-core Samsung Exynos 7420 CPU, aided by 3-gigs of RAM and Mali T760 GPU. It comes with 32-gigs of expandable memory, hybrid dual-SIM slots, 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, a USB Type-C port, and a 3,050mAh battery. For imaging, it gets a 21.6MP rear snapper with a dual-tone LED flash, laser autofocus, PDAF, 6P lenses, f/2.2 aperture, and a 5MP selfie shooter.
The MEIZU PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition is the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and its partners in last twelve months. The phone will be available to pre-order during MWC next week via MEIZU’s website. Its price and availability details will be announced at that time.
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