The second Ubuntu phone has just landed, fulfilling a promise that has been at least a year in the making. In China, The Meizu Ubuntu MX4 can already be grabbed by developers, with a promise that it would be available to European customers soon. Although bq’s Aquaris E4.5 did beat Meizu to the punch, the Ubuntu-bearing MX4 does offer some more or less higher specs but with a matching higher price tag as well. That, however, might still make it a more interesting option for those greatly interested in this alternative mobile platform.

When Canonical’s Ubuntu Edge dream crashed, it turned its eyes towards hooking up with OEMs instead. bq and Meizu have long been announced as the first of those partners, though it took quite some time for any actual product to be launched. That happened in February, at least for bq, when the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition was unveiled. The same thing is happening now for Meizu’s existing MX4, which boasts of beefier specs than bq’s budget phone.
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