Sony and Meizu are partnering up to bring Flyme apps and features to Xperia phones in China

15 October 2021
These will be pre-installed on future devices, current owners will be able to download them after installing the October firmware update. 

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  • 15 Oct 2021

Sony is definitely dying. Well... glad that I haven't bought an Xperia.

    tann hauser, 15 Oct 2021I think sony will sell its mobile business to china.first they make the 1 iii available in china first
    then this,

    yeah the signs are kinda there

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      • Anonymous
      • JT5
      • 15 Oct 2021

      tann hauser, 15 Oct 2021I think sony will sell its mobile business to china.Do not need to use other people user name.
      Your both comments show AVW.

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        • Anonymous
        • TLP
        • 15 Oct 2021

        flyme is a horrible ios clone, just go to their website to see it, they even don't use stock Android features like the notification area and opt for custom implementation to copy ios, lol

          Interesting partnership, this is probably the best move since they do sell a lot in China and having a partnership with a Chinese company will definitely help them out.

          Also lol at that random making 2 fake accounts to misrepresent tann hauser and shanti dope. This is the 2nd time I've seen this.

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            • AVw
            • 15 Oct 2021

            I think sony will sell its mobile business to china.

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              • shanti dope
              • AVw
              • 15 Oct 2021

              I love chinesebrands. They know how to make better ui than xperia. xperia is always inferior.

                Nick Tegrataker, 15 Oct 2021No phones officially released in China ever had GMS, includ... moreMany Chinese models have Google play services pre-installed though so it's only a matter of downloading the Google play store, Chrome, Google drive, Google maps or whatever Google apps you need and they will work as normal without any need to sideload Google play services.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • StU
                  • 15 Oct 2021

                  LTRace, 15 Oct 2021Not a great move by Sony. I remember when i used Meizu M5 N... moreI am pretty sure they wuold have thought about this move properly....you are rating something on your own individual experience, and not the brand as a whole.

                    Hmm interesting collaboration. Let's see what they're bringing on the table

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                      • GBh
                      • 15 Oct 2021

                      hmmm honestly
                      this collaboration is pretty interesting. Maybe we will see FlyMeOS going global in the future?

                        I would love to see Sony rebrand some Meizu phones with their ROM for the international market. The 18 and 18s are super nice and the price is very reasonable.

                          I hope these can be hidden... I had a Meizu. (pro 7 plus). and while the X30 was a quite decent chipset. FlyMe was kinda annoying to operate....

                            LTRace, 15 Oct 2021Not a great move by Sony. I remember when i used Meizu M5 N... moreYour comment is similar to all the guys bashing the flagship phones by using their mid range phone(Except for mi - redmi guys.. MIUI is extremely horrible in their budget to flagship phones)

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                              • Anonymous
                              • JT5
                              • 15 Oct 2021

                              LTRace, 15 Oct 2021Not a great move by Sony. I remember when i used Meizu M5 N... moreDevices are not going to use Meizu UI.
                              Just few Meizu apps and some functions are being ported to Xperia.

                              People in China do not like UIs very close to stock android.
                              This is why Sony wants to add some stuff, without having to spend money making them from zero.

                                Both have their roots in the audio industry, used to sell a lot of phones in the past (but not anymore), and have pairs of great-sounding wired earphones.. More similarities than many think there are.

                                  Not a great move by Sony. I remember when i used Meizu M5 Note it was horrible, slow, sluggish, and FlymeOS was really unstable at that time. I hope Sony won't implement Flyme to global Sony devices.

                                    YUKI93, 15 Oct 2021I'm guessing that China-bound Xperia phones won't... moreNo phones officially released in China ever had GMS, including all the past Xperia phones of course.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • TL%
                                      • 15 Oct 2021

                                      I like this partnership.

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                                        • 15 Oct 2021

                                        YUKI93, 15 Oct 2021I'm guessing that China-bound Xperia phones won't... moreHydrogenOS?
                                        You're living under a rock?

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