Being burned by two FirefoxOS phones (mostly burned by not being to upgrade to anything latest and stuck to some version). So I'll be careful this time... But I so much wanted to try it out...
Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
> In 5 years 3g really will be too slow for many applications You answered your own question. It's progress, and the sooner people around the world adopt 4G, the sooner it becomes the standard, just like 3G before it.
> You answered your own question.
But in 5 years, in all reasonableness, you'd have a new phone. Having no lte on this one doesn't change much. That's what I meant to say.
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#204This phone made me think a lot about the future of mobile in emerging markets. I was reading a lot of great feedbacks about Mozilla with Firefox OS in Africa and some South American countries, they are very happy about the price/value of devices and the fact that these countries have a very basic (or even no) infrastructure, makes them very interesting for these systems, because you can actually build from scratch, using pretty recent technologies.
All this introduction is to try to understand the Ubuntu Phone world, I don't think it can emerge against Android or iPhone, so it should definitely compete against Mozilla in emerging markets, but it looks like is coming a little bit late. I am also curious about how developers will react to the platform, with a native or HTML5 approach, looks similar to the Microsoft strategy. Firefox was able to get devs easily because the HTML5/Javascript is an easy combo and is widely known, native development requires more efforts and has a steeper learning curve. A smartphone is 20% platform and 80% ecosystem, no apps means no users.
I am honestly interested in trying it, I did it for Firefox, writing a simple weather app for it, so I would like to do the same. At the moment, I am not sure the system will be able to compete, but happy to be proven wrong!
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Honestly I'd just prefer the HTTP endpoint not even exist.
The only reason why some sites still use http is because of the need to purchase an ssl certificate from one of the cartelized CA providers.
True, and how stupid is that? We consider a self signed certificate to be worse than no encryption.
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#207The phone itself looks great, but the "game" [0] doesn't do a very good job showcasing the usability of the OS. Also shipping comes around 25€ in Europe. Quite steep for a phone priced at 169€. [0] http://www.bq.com/gb/game-ubuntu
Free shipping to Austria with 0,99€ for express. Looks like they have vastly different shipping rates.
Same shipping options/prices to Portugal.
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#208Oh, 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.
I'm so happy I only have Moto E's. It will be an upgrade if I change, and I'm thinking seriously about it.
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#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
4G has much better latency than HSPA+ for me. Video streaming is much smoother and breaks up less. FaceTime is much better than on HSPA+. If I see 4G in my status bar, I know my connection is going to be at least as good as coffee shop WiFi. It contends better too, which affects everyone. I have unlimited LTE for £15/mo (Three UK) so I don't need to worry about paying for the data.
You have unlimited until they decide you're using too much.
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#210From the animation on the site, I notice that pulling from the top to reach the notification hides the top bar. What do you think? There is a lot of relevant information inside that bar.
Does the same on my Androids. Don't see any problem with it.