It’s no secret that Xiaomi wants access control of content or services for mobile and, more recently, smart home. It’s also well-know that, unlike the custom Android systems developed by many older phone makers like HTC’s Sense that are more for better user experience, MIUI is part of Xiaomi’s business model from day one. Compared with the one-time […]
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Chinese Smartphone Maker Meizu Launches New Model MX4
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu launched today MX4, the fourth Android phone of the MX series. Tech Specs of MX4: Operating System: Flyme 4.0 (The fourth update of the custom Android system developed by Meizu) Weight: 147g Colors: Gold, Gray, White Dimensions: 144×75.2×8.9 mm Display: JDI 5.36-inch display, 1920-by-1152-pixel resolution Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3 CPU: MediaTek 6595 octa-core processor (custom version […]
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Chinese Android Phone Maker Meizu Raises more than US$300 million, Valued at over US$3 billion
Meizu, the Chinese smartphone maker, disclosed today that the company had raised more than RMB2 billion (more than US$300 million) at a valuation of more than RMB20 billion (more than US$3 billion). The very first round of funding had been closed by the end of the June, according to the company, which began in early this […]
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Alibaba YunOS 3.0 Introduces Local Services, Too
Alibaba today launched YunOS 3.0, the latest version of its customized Android system. The major update is the introduction of a “Life Services Center” (our translation). The “Center” offers several categories of online and local services, such as movie tickets, lottery tickets, food and restaurants, music, reading, and so on. Users are able to book […]
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Meizu Launches NOBLUE Note for Budget Smartphone Market
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu released today NOBLUE, a sub-brand focusing on the rising budget smartphone market. At the same time, the company also took the wraps off NOBLUE Note, the first smartphone under this brand. Meizu’s low-cost handset clones the iPhone 5C’s steel-reinforced and machined poly carbonate and glossy finish, and also is offered in rainbow colors. The […]
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Chinese Smartphone Maker Meizu to Raise Funding and Set up R&D Center in the US to Take on Xiaomi
Meizu as a smartphone maker isn’t so well-known to the world outside mainland China as Huawei, ZTE and, more recently, Xiaomi. However, Huang Zhang — aka J.W. (Jhon Wong), founder of Meizu is a legendary figure in China’s consumer electronics market. For a long time he was the chairman of the board but now is back to […]
