Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition :

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition

              Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition is the third Ubuntu phone in the Ubuntu phone OS series.After taking a long 2 years of development of the Ubuntu phone OS by Conical , it released it's first and the second handset with BQ, the BQ Aquaris E. Now the company is really pacing up and trying to have more manufacturers.The Meizu MX 4 was originally an Android China only device , however the Ubuntu edition is just the replacement of the OS.

Hardware & Design

               The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition  has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 ,5.36 inch  display panel. With a resolution of 1152 X 1920 ppi , the display is crystal clear and bright with a good sunlight readability.The display is quite impressive with great color depth and viewing angles.

           The device however feels plasticky with the rear and front panel of white plastic.The rear piece is not impressive but the front end looks great. Inspired from the iPhone , it has only a single home button in the front and also the whole look of the product.While the back of the device is removable, the battery is not. There’s no microSD expansion , which is a bit of a shame as the internal storage is 16GB.

Camera

           On the rear is a 20.7-megapixel sensor, which after a few quick test snaps offer encouraging, though not perfect. The camera performs quite good but not up to the mark but an average user experience is good.The shots basically are "okay  okay".

            On the front, there’s a 2-megapixel sensor for video calling and selfies.However the front camera is really disappointing , the shot's are not quite impressive , especially when taking selfies

Ubuntu OS : The Key Factor

              As an new OS , it was obvious that it would take some time to get familiar with the device and the gestures.With Ubuntu phone OS it's all about scopes , now scopes are basically like pages that you can scroll.The home page or the main scroll presents information relevant to where you are, like restaurants , bars etc ,but you have the availability to customize the scopes as you want.

             Scrolling across through the next few panels reveals news, apps, music, video and photo panels. There’s also a device management panel.What’s key about the scopes is that on-device information is presented alongside content that hasn’t already been downloaded, such as with Videos, for example.The Photos scope shows your cloud-stored images alongside local ones, if you connect your accounts.

               To access core apps like the dialer or messaging, you swipe in the from the left-side. Swiping in on the bottom-right side opens up a list of running apps, swiping up on any of them individually closes them.
              We have to consider that's this is the initial stages of the Ubuntu ecosystem. You can see that in the app store or the overall OS.But the company is aiming at early adaptions and giving
only core apps for user's initially , till the market place grows and people are well adverse with the system.(we have a video for demonstration of the Ubuntu OS below)

              Meizu MX 4 Ubuntu Edition is for enthusiast who want to try the Ubuntu phone OS , but for the average people or those who want to have a good phone , the Ubuntu Meizu MX 4 is not the choice. Priced at €299 and available only in Europe, the company ideology is not for the worldwide till now.However if you want to but the Meizu MX 4 , the company is trying a different sale technique , in which the customer goes to the official site and opens an origami , if he get's lucky he get's registered for the product purchase.

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