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[Kirk Turner <gameldar@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm certainly interested to know what that state will be with the Meizu Pro
5... as I'm in the interesting position that I might get to choose in the
next few days whether I get a replacement Pro 5 or a refund for mine which
died a month after I bought it. I got a Flyme OS one and it was going to be
my Christmas holiday project converting it to Ubuntu... but it died before
I got the opportunity and so the Christmas project became tracking the
postage back to China.

I know there is talk about upgrading Flyme OS to be Nougat based this year
- but would that necessarily see kernel upgrades (such that the phone will
be able to run snaps)?

I guess the related question is from others that have the Pro 5 if I was
just very unlucky or others have had hardware issues? Everything I've read
suggested they a solidly built phone.

Thanks,

Kirk

On 6 January 2017 at 01:26, Seth Ciango <seth.ciango@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pat,
>
> Could you clarify something that others keep bringing up. Are the current
> BQ and Meizu devices going to be left to wither on the vine when a Xenial
> image is released or will users be able to flash and wipe their phones with
> a new Xenial image?
>
> Is there a current phone on the market that is the target for future
> Xenial development?
>
> Is there a current phone on the market that runs a partially functioning
> Xenial image?
>
> You've probably answered these questions already, but there still seems to
> be some confusion since it sounds like you are saying that ALL current
> Ubuntu phones are End-of-Life and that no new phones currently exist.
>
> Thanks,
> Seth
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:24 AM, <gareth.france@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I would add the Unity8 desktop needs parity with
>>>
>>>> the current Unity7 desktop as we are also still planning to use
>>>> Unity8 as the default shell in Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all for your patience
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the clarity. Those few messages we have had stating the
>>> current logic and plans is all that was needed to keep everyone happy. If
>>> we understand what is going on then nobody begins to worry about the
>>> silence. Looking forward to every bit of it except having to find the money
>>> to replace my phone!!
>>>
>>> Just one thing, several people have said the current phones won't
>>> support the snaps but what about the M10 tablet?
>>>
>>
>> We are working on a reference image for the M10 for development and
>> testing work but this is not intended for "production" use at this point.
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Gareth
>>>
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