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Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by yourad_io »

leaveyou wrote: post #38

I got burned once with a windows phone Omnia 7 as an early adopter and it was beyond useless (lack of apps/configurability) so I will definitely not rush again on unproven phones despite my interest in Ubuntu. Also the price/specs on this phone is horrible compared to Xiaomi Note 4G (190euro) which I own and can recommend to anyone. I hope Ubuntu phone catches on though. Competition is good.

That was a concern for me as well, especially after having played with beta Ubuntu touch builds.

However, it looks like you should be able to get Kitkat on this easily[1].

[1] http://www.bq.com/gb/products/aquaris-e4-5.html Search for "android"

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by pwis »

harryf wrote: post #90
lclarkmichalek wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh, I tried /en/. Generally people use ISO 639 over ISO 3166 for choosing the language to represent.

"Only available in the European Union" ...and GB = Great Britain.

Actually GB stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Just my 2¢.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by Kabukks »

OT: If anyone from bq.com is reading this: Why can't I select Germany, France, or Austria as a country to ship to? Why do I have to provide my nationality (personal information, not part of the shipping address)?

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by agumonkey »

I'm uber curious about the technical aspect of it. Software side, how it compares to other OSes in terms of cpu and ram usage, battery life etc. How different is the distribution from the desktop/server images (libc, compile flags, ...).

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by AlphaGeekZulu »

I have this phone since around 20th of March and like it really very much. The Terminal app is hilarious. I was pleased to find much more stuff in the Ubuntu store than expected. Telephony is perfect.

The one thing I do not like is the runtime of the battery. 44 hours was the absolute maximum I had this phone running before it went black (just turning it on, entering the SIM-PIN, having Bluetooth, GPS and WiFi turned off and doing nothing else). In my typical usage pattern, a runtime of 24 hours is the more realistic value. Have to load it every day :-(

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by lsaferite »

RobertoG wrote: post #88
lclarkmichalek wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh, I tried /en/. Generally people use ISO 639 over ISO 3166 for choosing the language to represent.

I think the reason is that they want separate pages by countries, not by languages. For instance, they have three different pages in Spanish (Spain, Mexico, Uruguay).

Things like that always bug me.

What if I live in Spain and only speak English. What if I live in a Catalan region and want Catalan? What if I live in GB and want to read it in Spanish as it's my first language?

With the world being as global as it is and people readily moving around, geographic location does not equal language preference.

Ideally the site would have geographic specific sections but allow all languages it has translations for in each section. Bonus points if you default language based on my HTTP headers and allow session based overrides.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by lsaferite »

IgorPartola wrote: post #96
buster wrote: post #60

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The nerdy tinfoilhat who can't even be bothered to setup his browser to use https when possible..

spacefight is right. Offering HTTP along with HTTPS is an antipattern. As an example, I give you Reddit, where HTTP and HTTPS services are identical. That means you can log in on the HTTPS site, and I can have your session cookie or even your password. The only sane solution is to set up HTTP to redirect to HTTPS, and add an HSTS cookie.

Honestly I'd just prefer the HTTP endpoint not even exist.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by nfoz »

fcanela wrote: post #37

More mobile fragmentation. I hope Cordova stacks (phonegap, iconic) are made compatible soon.

The more the better. As a consumer, I like choice. As a developer, multiple options means we move towards open industry standards rather than vendor lock-in and single points of control.
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