{"id":2146,"date":"2016-03-02T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T02:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/02\/this-chinese-smartphone-is-almost-perfect-except-for-one-thing\/"},"modified":"2016-03-02T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T02:17:56","slug":"this-chinese-smartphone-is-almost-perfect-except-for-one-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/02\/this-chinese-smartphone-is-almost-perfect-except-for-one-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"This Chinese smartphone is almost perfect, except for one thing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meizu-pro-5\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzAyL2Y1L21laXp1cHJvNS40MTBiZS5wbmcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/f5e2df3a\/957\/meizu-pro-5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=This+Chinese+smartphone+is+almost+perfect%2C+except+for+one+thing...&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F01%2Fmeizu-pro-5-review%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F01%2Fmeizu-pro-5-review%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Phones coming out of China are getting better and better, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meizu.com\/en\/products\/pro5\/summary.html\">Meizu Pro 5<\/a> is one beautiful piece of machinery<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, while the flagship device is undoubtedly well-made, it&#8217;s entirely let down by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flymeos.com\/\">Flyme OS<\/a>, Meizu&#8217;s custom Android interface that comes installed on the phone.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/03\/30\/how-to-save-battery-android-smartphones\/\">10 ways to squeeze more battery life from your Android phone<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>First, a little background about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/meizu\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Meizu<\/a>: The 13-year-old company began as an MP3 device maker (remember those?) before it decided to move to making smartphones in 2007. Since it started, it&#8217;s been steadily targeting the high-end with phones that boast advanced features and expensive components relative to what you can typically get for the cost. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/01\/meizu-pro-5-review\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/android\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/reviews\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Reviews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/smartphones\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Smartphones<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/ZLCk0BJshGo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phones coming out of China are getting better and better, and the Meizu Pro 5 is one beautiful piece of machinery Sadly, while the flagship device is undoubtedly well-made, it&#8217;s entirely let down by Flyme OS, Meizu&#8217;s custom Android interface &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/02\/this-chinese-smartphone-is-almost-perfect-except-for-one-thing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1429,777,1074,1479,725],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-android","tag-china","tag-reviews","tag-smartphones","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}