Meizu are slowly clawing their way back in to the hearts and minds of Android phone fans, with new rumours, international launches and partnerships which may hint at a CyanogenMod future!
Over the past few months Meizu have changed the way they think and how they what to be seen by phone fans. Traditionally Meizu have been firm believers in their Flyme ROM and despite customers complaints and criticisms of the custom ROM the latest version is actually a very nice ROM indeed! Still times are changing and Meizu have realised with with an upcoming Ubuntu powered phone, a scheduled launch in the USA and possibly 3 new phones in the near future.
It’s an exciting time to be a Meizu fan, and there is a chance that things could become even more exciting!
Gizchina News of the week
On the 24th of this month Meizu will release a new version of Flyme which they have worked on with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The update will be available for the Meizu MX, MX2 and current MX3 and it’s main feature is the incorporation of QQ, Tencent’s hugely popular chat application.
This might not seem like much on the surface, but if you dig a little deeper this partnership with Tencent might have larger possibilities such as an official CyanogenMod ROM for Meizu phones!
CyanogenMod’s most recent backer happens to be Tencent who have invested a considerable amount into the ROM developer. Tencent also happens to own Shuame, the most popular ROOT and flash tool for Android device in China, and not it has teamed up with Meizu!
We could be grasping at straws here, but the possibility is there and we would personally love to see CyanogenMod arrive on Meizu’s phones!
Meizu causes me a feeling that they always know what they’re doing. I just would like to see MX4G coming with a better finishing, specifically the back side, which could be prettier.
Do you mean in an “Apple” way? As in they like to tell you what YOU want instead of ask you?
I’m not sure that they’re capable of changing that much. The Ubuntu move seems like a stepping stone to moving the base OS under FlyMe away from Android. I’m not sure the CM11 and Shaume fit their agenda.
On Android, the mobile client for QQ is one of the worst battery hogs. Most of my friend have switched to wechat (still Tencent, and with a QQ plugin). Incorporating Tencent’s QQ code into FlyMe doesn’t seem like a great idea to me.
Whooaa, hold on, cowboy. I think you just messed up everything. I am telling that the back side of MX3 is ugly, looks poor. I hope to find out a much more attractive back cover in MX4G. Nothing about apple or any other company o.O
You said that they give you the impression that they know what they are doing… But they have had an Apple-like attitude of “take it the way I say, or get lost” up until this point.
The rest of my comment addresses the articles implication that offering Ubuntu or partnering with Tencent actually signals a change in that attitude.
Yep, indeed I told that. I really think that every company has follow narrowly their point in order to get what they intent to. However, if this makes you remember apple, maybe you’re right. But even apple is not all bad on doing this. The big problem on apple is that they abuse (my view) the costumer, pushing hard the tie all the time. If Meizu keep on the simplicity, unique, and improve the design of their products, I thing they’ll have good chances in global market. They need to open its bootloader, this is the very first big step in order not to looks like apple in downside..
Yes, we’re saying the same thing. But you seem to be a bit more optimistic about them changing their ways than I am. 😉
SHUT UP stupid krauts!!!
Wechat is pretty nasty for battery life also
Meizu causes me a feeling that they always know what they’re doing. I just would like to see MX4G coming with a better finishing, specifically the back side, which could be prettier.
Do you mean in an “Apple” way? As in they like to tell you what YOU want instead of ask you?
I’m not sure that they’re capable of changing that much. The Ubuntu move seems like a stepping stone to moving the base OS under FlyMe away from Android. I’m not sure the CM11 and Shaume fit their agenda.
On Android, the mobile client for QQ is one of the worst battery hogs. Most of my friend have switched to wechat (still Tencent, and with a QQ plugin). Incorporating Tencent’s QQ code into FlyMe doesn’t seem like a great idea to me.
Whooaa, hold on, cowboy. I think you just messed up everything. I am telling that the back side of MX3 is ugly, looks poor. I hope to find out a much more attractive back cover in MX4G. Nothing about apple or any other company o.O
You said that they give you the impression that they know what they are doing… But they have had an Apple-like attitude of “take it the way I say, or get lost” up until this point.
The rest of my comment addresses the articles implication that offering Ubuntu or partnering with Tencent actually signals a change in that attitude.
Yep, indeed I told that. I really think that every company has follow narrowly their point in order to get what they intent to. However, if this makes you remember apple, maybe you’re right. But even apple is not all bad on doing this. The big problem on apple is that they abuse (my view) the costumer, pushing hard the tie all the time. If Meizu keep on the simplicity, unique, and improve the design of their products, I thing they’ll have good chances in global market. They need to open its bootloader, this is the very first big step in order not to looks like apple in downside..
Yes, we’re saying the same thing. But you seem to be a bit more optimistic about them changing their ways than I am. 😉
SHUT UP stupid krauts!!!
Wechat is pretty nasty for battery life also
Can’t wait…let’s see how they manage all this
Can’t wait…let’s see how they manage all this
Tencent has to make some of the worst Android code going around.
Tencent has to make some of the worst Android code going around.