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Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by TeMPOraL »

AlphaGeekZulu wrote: post #116

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…

I think it's typical for a good smartphone to have to load it every day. I recharge my S4 at night and then still have to boost it up at work. Mobile data is a power hog.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by da02 »

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.

Any recommendations on where to buy the Note 4G? I got mine at pandawill, but I'm curious about other places. It was my first time buying from a Chinese e-retailer.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

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.

The specs on that Xiaomi are really nice value. I'd been looking at the 2nd gen Moto E or G for my parents, but the Xiaomi beats it, although at a higher cost.

It just amazes me how cheap tech has become. The other day I was looking through the Microsoft Store, saw a $90 ish tablet that had various discounts at times bringing it down to an absolutely ridiculous $60-70 range. I checked out some reviews and they were glowing (in terms of value), it actually runs windows 8 and comes with a year of Office 365 and an hour of Skype minutes every month. I can hardly imagine anyone buying Office 365 for a year at $70, instead of just buying this tablet instead haha. Of course it's no Mac Pro, but it surprised me.

HP stream 7 was the name. I just sat there grinning while watching the reviews on this device, computing is truly becoming completely and totally ubiquitous this decade, even consumer computing is becoming a cheap commodity.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by gambiting »

lucb1e wrote: post #53
rihegher wrote: post #23

Too bad, LTE 4G not supported :(

Honest question here: what does anyone need 4g for? On HSPA+ (H+) my connection is fast enough for any purpose besides downloading movies, and it's not like I've got unlimited data. Even 3g's theoretical speed is great if they could get that to work for a change. I have 4g on a company laptop and the speed is better than many places' WiFi, but I have yet to find an excuse to use it ( someone has to pay that data bill…

It's not about you. It's about having multiple users within the same band. In crowded places you might have full 3G signal and the internet will still be shit because of how many people are using it. With 4G it should be better, it's not all about top speeds.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

AlphaGeekZulu wrote: post #116

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…

I literally don't know anyone who doesn't charge daily (wake up, take it off charger, put it on the charger around 11:30 PM same day), except my dad and me as we use our phones on stand-by and just for calls, and a little bit of messaging. I work from home so I do all my smartphone stuff on my computer, and when I go out I'm with friends, not on my phone. And even then, we tend to charge every 2-3 days.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by jacquesm »

Ok, ordered. Crappy ordering process though, you have to pick a password without any particular reason to (don't ask your customers to make an account if you don't actually need one...), the certificate they use is invalid and they drop you on a page in Spanish after an English language ordering process that does not even bother to confirm you just made a purchase.

Let's hope the phone shows up :)

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by icebraining »

UUMMUU wrote: post #103
spacefight wrote: post #39

http://store.bq.com/en/ubuntu-edition-e-4-5 No https:// by default. Again, if you market this as towards the nerdy audience: Put _everything_ behind HTTPS. I simply do not want to let others know, what phone I might buy. Thank you.

Wouldn't using a VPN help if you're that concerned?

VPNs aren't secure end-to-end. You can still have your connection spied upon and/or hijacked in the link between the VPN gateway and the website servers (including by the VPN operators themselves!).

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by collyw »

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.

being Ubuntu is it not going to be a fair bit easier to hack things onto it yourself?
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