The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
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Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#2Once a ubuntu phone turns up that supports docking, as the original concept video shows, I'm all over it. Until then it's just a niche mobile OS with a restricted number of apps, and likely too many bugs.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#3In my opinion, it's a race between FirefoxOS phones and Ubuntu phones as to who gets 4G first. I've been using FirefoxOS phones for a while (Open, Open C and now Flame) but I'm missing the 4G connection, and that may well be what tempts me away from FirefoxOS.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#4Once a ubuntu phone turns up that supports docking, as the original concept video shows, I'm all over it. Until then it's just a niche mobile OS with a restricted number of apps, and likely too many bugs.
I find it funny that it seems that Microsoft will actually deliver on this promise before Ubuntu gets a chance to.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#5In my opinion, it's a race between FirefoxOS phones and Ubuntu phones as to who gets 4G first. I've been using FirefoxOS phones for a while (Open, Open C and now Flame) but I'm missing the 4G connection, and that may well be what tempts me away from FirefoxOS.
I'm using an Xperia Z3 Compact flashed with Firefox OS and can report that the 4G radios work perfectly. :)
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#6Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration.
While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phone.
If you want to get this phone, expect around 5 crashes and 5 additional reboots a day (unfortunately it will also really crash while being on the phone). I'm saying this as a not too heavy user.
I really hope things improve and I can switch back in a year or so, but right now going back to Android was the best thing I could do.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#7In my opinion, it's a race between FirefoxOS phones and Ubuntu phones as to who gets 4G first. I've been using FirefoxOS phones for a while (Open, Open C and now Flame) but I'm missing the 4G connection, and that may well be what tempts me away from FirefoxOS.
The Meizu MX4 is expected to be released to Europe pretty soon. It has 4G. Obviously, it will be significantly more expensive than the E5.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#8Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…
Phone updates: May - Import contacts from SIM (among other things)
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#9Once a ubuntu phone turns up that supports docking, as the original concept video shows, I'm all over it. Until then it's just a niche mobile OS with a restricted number of apps, and likely too many bugs.
I find it funny that it seems that Microsoft will actually deliver on this promise before Ubuntu gets a chance to.
There is a third bq phone with Ubuntu expected in 2015.
That phone will be the convergence phone.
Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder
#10In my opinion, it's a race between FirefoxOS phones and Ubuntu phones as to who gets 4G first. I've been using FirefoxOS phones for a while (Open, Open C and now Flame) but I'm missing the 4G connection, and that may well be what tempts me away from FirefoxOS.
I'm using an Xperia Z3 Compact flashed with Firefox OS and can report that the 4G radios work perfectly. :)
Are there instructions for that device anywhere?