{"id":8068,"date":"2015-04-17T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8068"},"modified":"2015-04-17T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T21:30:44","slug":"forget-flash-sales-the-first-ubuntu-phone-is-now-available-to-buy-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/04\/17\/forget-flash-sales-the-first-ubuntu-phone-is-now-available-to-buy-all-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget flash sales: The first Ubuntu Phone is now available to buy all the time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2909902\/forget-flash-sales-the-first-ubuntu-phone-is-now-available-to-buy-all-the-time.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bq-aquarius-ubuntu-phone-100579220-large.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the first Ubuntu phone launched, it was only available via limited-time \u201cflash sales.\u201d If you missed them, rejoice! You can now purchase an Ubuntu phone like you would any other product\u2014if you live in the European Union, at least.<\/p>\n<p>The phone in question here is the BQ Aquarius E4.5 Ubuntu Edition. It\u2019s now available for purchase on BQ\u2019s website for \u20ac169.90, or about $181 US. This is the same price the phone was offered in via flash sales, but those are done. Want an Ubuntu phone and live in the EU? You can get one for less than two hundred euros.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake: BQ\u2019s Ubuntu phone is a low-to-mid-range model. It offers a 540&#215;960 resolution display, 8GB of internal storage, and 1 GB of RAM. But that\u2019s to be expected. After all, it\u2019s only 170 euros. You\u2019d pay more than four times that price for a new, unlocked iPhone 6.<\/p>\n<p>With this announcement, Ubuntu Phone just became much more available. We\u2019ve gone from no phones, to one phone you could maybe get in one region, to\u2014finally!\u2014the first Ubuntu phone that you can always get in one region.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re not in Europe. The BQ Aquarius E4.5 Ubuntu Edition is just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay up to date on Linux, BSD, Chrome OS, and the rest of the World Beyond Windows? Bookmark the World Beyond Windows column page or follow our RSS feed.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t live in the EU? A more powerful phone is coming<\/p>\n<p>Canonical\u2019s own website says there are \u201cmore Ubuntu phones coming soon.\u201d And we know that Canonical is working with China\u2019s Meizu on a Ubuntu smartphone. Canonical showed off Ubuntu running on a Meizu MX4 LTE phone at Mobile World Congress in March. Meizu\u2019s phones should go on sale soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2909902\/forget-flash-sales-the-first-ubuntu-phone-is-now-available-to-buy-all-the-time.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.techhive.com\/images\/article\/2015\/03\/ubuntu-phone-100571554-medium.jpg\" alt=\"Forget flash sales: The first Ubuntu Phone is now available to buy all the time | PCWorld\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canonical&#8217;s Ubuntu Phone OS running on the Meizu MX4 LTE.<\/p>\n<p>Previous rumors have suggested that Canonical might have the rights to sell these Meizu MX4 phones worldwide through their own online store. This would mean the rest of us could finally get our hands on a proper Ubuntu phone\u2014not just Ubuntu running on not-officially-supported Nexus devices \u2014and try it for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The wait isn\u2019t all bad. It may actually be for the best. The Meizu MX4 will be more of a \u201cflagship\u201d device, with a 1920&#215;1152 display, at least 16 GB of internal storage, and 2 GB RAM. Ubuntu Phone should perform even better on this device, and it seems like this is the phone Canonical wants to present Ubuntu to the world on.<\/p>\n<p>This flagship phone should be more expensive, though. Given the price of the equivalent Android model, I\u2019d expect to see it retail somewhere around $350-$400 off-contract.<\/p>\n<p>So, is it time to buy an Ubuntu phone if you live in the EU? Well, maybe\u2014if you just can\u2019t wait, or you\u2019d rather get a more inexpensive Ubuntu phone.<\/p>\n<p>Linux geeks looking forward to Canonical\u2019s vision of convergence don\u2019t need to rush, though. Ubuntu phone doesn\u2019t yet offer the convergence features we\u2019re all looking forward to, like the ability to plug them into a larger display and have your phone power a full Linux desktop. We might have to wait a few years to see that up and running. For now, the big selling point of Ubuntu phone is its unique interface.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2909902\/forget-flash-sales-the-first-ubuntu-phone-is-now-available-to-buy-all-the-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">Forget flash sales: The first Ubuntu Phone is now available to buy all the time | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the first Ubuntu phone launched, it was only available via limited-time \u201cflash sales.\u201d If you missed them, rejoice! 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