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Ubuntu powered Meizu M1 Note Launch in January

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January 1
by chris eilers

Last month Meizu and Canonical signed an official strategic cooperation contract. They officially announced to build a Ubuntu Smartphone Ecosystem which will help to promote Meizu’s FlyME overseas.

This is a Teaser from official Meizu Facebook – In typical Ubuntu Color Scheme on Meizu

Meizu Ubuntu

Officially Meizu and Canonical said that the first Meizu Ubuntu Smartphone would come in Q1 2015. Lots of you have been asking when exactly the Meizu Ubuntu will come. Now Zhang Heng, a senior manager at Meizu makes the issue more clear for you on his microblog.

Meizu Ubuntu Touch

According to Zhang Heng, the Meizu Ubuntu phone will debut probably on the CES and MWC, the two major global exhibitions in 2015. Zhang Heng also said that ” The Blue Note Charm is the Key to the UFO”.For all of you asking themselves now what “UFO” means, its “Ubuntu Flyme Os”.

Ubuntu Flyme OS

If this information is correct, it looks a lot like we will see the Meizu M1 Note on Ubuntu very soon. Probably similiar to the “flyme powered by yunos” in cooperation with AliBaba, you will see Meizu’s Operating System FlyMe on top of Ubuntu OS.

Xiaomi Redmi Note vs Meizu M1 Note

To recap the Meizu M1 Note comes at a very cheap price of 999yuan and the first batch of 10000 units was sold out almost immediately. The Meizu M1 Note comes with 5.5″ Full HD display, Octa-Core MTK CPU, 2GB RAM. Also the Meizu M1 Note sports a 13MP Main Shooter and 5MP Selfie Cam. Rounded up is the M1 Note Spec Beast by Dual Sim and a huge 3140mAH battery.

Conclusion: We have seen quite a few reports about Meizu and Ubuntu already. Now it looks like we finally get Ubuntu on the Meizu M1 Note, which is frankly quite awesome already in January on the CES 2015.  At the moment the Meizu M1 Note is easily the best Android Smartphone under 200USD and a combination with Ubuntu will be very exciting.

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