Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, BQ and Meizu are the first two Ubuntu phone manufacturers, being announced by Mark Shuttleworth a couple of months ago.
While BQ has already released its BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, Meizu has hold the information regarding their Ubuntu phone to be released at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015). Recently, the Chinese phone manufacturer has announced that their first Ubuntu phone will be Meizu MX4, which will be launched internationally, and not only in Asia, with Ubuntu.
Hardware specs: Meizu MX4 has the new MediaTek MT6595 SoC octa-core, combining a 2.2 Ghz quad-core Cortex A17 processor and a 1.7 GHz quad-core A7 processor, used separately or simultaneously, depending on the need. Also, it uses a 5.36-inch Sharp/JDI display, at a 1920 x 1152 resolution, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, a 20.7 MPX back camera and 2 MPX front camera, uses a PowerVR G6200 GPU, 2 GB of RAM memory, 16/32/64 GB internal storage, has support for LTE, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and uses a 3100 mAh battery.
The Meizu MX4 running Ubuntu Touch will be present at both the Meizu and Canonical booths at MWC 2015 in Barcelona.