Nick Summers - Engadget - Thursday, February 18, 2016
Once again, it's the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu that's
helping Canonical sell its vision of an Ubuntu handset. Following the
MX4, the company has unwrapped the "Ubuntu Edition" Pro 5, which
promises the best spec sheet in an Ubuntu phone to date. That is,
without you installing the platform on another device manually, anyway.
It's a large handset, dominated by a 5.7-inch AMOLED display (1080p) and
a small fingerprint sensor. Under the hood is an eight-core Samsung
Exynos 7420 processor, backed up by either 3GB or 4GB of RAM, which
varies depending on whether you choose 32GB or 64GB of internal storage.
The rest of the phone is equally impressive, at least on paper. A
21-megapixel camera sits on the back, while a 5-megapixel snapper rides
up front for selfies and video calls. Everything draws power from a
3050mAh battery which, at least in China, can be quickly topped up using
Meizu's "mCharge" technology. In short, it's the exact same hardware
found on the regular Pro 5, which runs Android Lollipop rather than Ubuntu.
With plenty of power, this device should appeal to some of Ubuntu's
biggest fans. (The Ubuntu Edge eclipsed it in some areas, but didn't
make it past the crowdfunding stage.) We've never had a problem with the
hardware from Canonical's partners though -- it's the platform itself
that needs some work. Ubuntu on mobile is a novel experience and there
are some promising ideas, such as Scopes, which rethink how information
should be packaged and presented on your phone. But development has been
slow and in the years we've been tracking the platform its biggest
rivals, Android and iOS, have made huge leaps in design and utility.
With its first tablet, the BQ Aquaris M10, Canonical has finally
delivered its "Convergence" feature which lets you plug in a monitor and
use it like a PC. Microsoft is touting a similar service with Continuum
on Windows 10 Mobile, although we're yet to be sold on the overall
concept. Canonical says that while the Pro 5 lacks MHL output, it's
running the latest Ubuntu code and "is capable of providing a
traditional desktop experience." If and how that functionality will
materialize, however, is currently unclear.
Pre-orders for the Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition will begin on Monday, during
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Canonical is staying tight-lipped
about the price but says anyone around the world, including people in
the US, will be able to buy one online. (That makes a change from
previous handsets, which took six months to cross the pond.) We'll give
you some impressions once we've tried the device ourselves in sunny Spain.
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www.engadget.com/2016/02/17/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp0618
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