The first Ubuntu-smartphone will go on sale next week

It was a long time after the first information that Canonical plans to release a smartphone based on Ubuntu. When the news appeared for the first time, developers have talked about the powerful smartphone that can be used as a desktop - simply connect the monitor and the corresponding input device. Of course, the performance of such a device should be pretty solid. But, unfortunately, the reality was somewhat different.

Phone Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition , which will be in Europe next week at a price of $ 190, will not be able to work as a "mobile dekstopa." This is a budget phone with a customized Ubuntu as the operating system.

Now known for approximate configuration of the device: the phone will be 4, 5-inch display with a resolution of 960 * 540 pixels, quad-1, 3 GHz processor Cortex A7, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory. There will also be an opportunity to expand the available memory by adding a microSD card. The phone also features and two slots for SIM-cards. Front camera - 5 megapixel, the only thing that distinguishes a little phone from a number of their own kind (if we ignore the OS).



Basically, because of the low price and Ubuntu, this phone will become popular. Unfortunately, the smartphone sold very small quantity of the declared functions. A novelty is the category for your desktop - for various functions (music, news, etc.) will be your desktop.

The start of sales will be stated on the page of the company and in the twitter Ubuntu .

Source: geektimes.ru/post/245510/