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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 Kurtz79 »

lsaferite wrote: post #158
Kurtz79 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be quite a bit of work, to attend a very limited use case. Every Catalan (or Galician, Valencian, Basque) speaks Spanish, as do the vast majority of the expats I know (and I'm one myself). You can still access the specific site of the language you are interested in. Or, in the worst case, use Google translate.

The point being, location != language. I've been doing eCommerce for a long time now and the number of site that realize this is shockingly limited. With a few exceptions, the translations you are using for a country website's language are possible to use for any country where a visitor wants to use the language. Exceptions include things like country specific product features and such. Those kinds of things would ne…

Don't misunderstand me, I can see your point, and it would be a feature I might want to use in some cases.

But apart from the data and tech you need people implementing it, and I can understand most companies not seeing covering your/our case as worty of the added development/maintenance cost that it would entail.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by rihegher »

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…

With Free mobile in France you get Up to 3gb of 4G fair use for free. so if it's enough for you then you won't increase your phone Bill

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by neuromute »

Oh, how I would love this device to be a class leading spec. It's nearly time for a new phone, and I'd love an Ubuntu handset, but don't think I'd be up for the technical downgrade by purchasing this mid-(to-low-)range device.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by untog »

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #123
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 g…

Just looked it up. Currently $79, with a $25 Windows Store voucher and $69-worth of Office 365. Extremely tempted but I really need to stop buying random tablet-y devices I'll never use.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by chippy »

zx2c4 wrote: post #147

When will they release one with a hardware keyboard? This would be worth buying.

I'd buy any android phone with a hardware keyboard, but those days are long gone now - with the bigger screens, the manufacturers have given up one them

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by icebraining »

listic wrote: post #31
mahouse wrote: post #12

MediaTek? No, thanks.

MediaTek is not just a lower-end chip; it potentially has its own unique advanages. E.g. AFAIK only phones with MediaTek chips potentially can: - ring an alarm when in 'off' state - change their IMEI I'm not claiming that everyone needs that or that it will be possible on Ubuntu; just reminding that MTK chips have some unique advantages, too.

I wonder why you'd need a specific chipset to have an RTC alarm. Couldn't it be added on the board independently? After having so many Nokias, I'm still amazed how so many phones miss what should be a basic feature.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by jklinger410 »

mjs2600 wrote: post #87
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.

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/

And all of the other customers are left unprotected.

This is the responsibility of the admin, not the user.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by Brakenshire »

Interesting price strategy. They're obviously not aiming what you'd think of as the professional developer / early adopter market, otherwise they would have reduced the bezel, switched to a higher resolution screen, increased the specifications, and at least doubled the price. Are they hoping for this to be stocked in retail stores, and directly compete with Android at the Moto G sort of level?

That does sound fairly crazy, but it may well be that's more sensible than it sounds in parts of Europe, for instance Spain, where the early adopters won't have the same money as they do in the US, and the iPhone is expensive enough as to be almost nowhere to be seen.

Seems quite different from FirefoxOS, who have a much more pointed strategy of radically undercutting price, and targeting markets in the developing world.

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