24-hours with the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition: I’m going to need some time to adjust

I’ve been writing about Ubuntu smartphones and tablets on and off for the last few years. I’ve had the opportunity to pick Canonical’s founder Mark Shuttleworth’s brain on a few occasions too. One thing that’s always struck me is how long it’s taken to get Ubuntu mobile hardware onto retailer’s shelves. Canonical was talking about ‘Ubuntu for Android’ in 2012, and it’s only really just now that a device with hardware worth having has gone on sale running the Ubuntu OS. Even then, it’s not big name manufacturers making and selling the devices – BQ and Meizu; neither of which I’d heard…

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