Ubuntu Phone Goes on Sale Next Week at €169
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:42 pm
Hardware
We’ve also covered the hardware of the Aquaris E4.5 a lot, so I’m sure most of you are well aware of its ins and outs by now. To recap the specifications:
4.5-inch screen (qHD resolution @ 540×960)
1.3 GHz Quad Core ARM Cortex A7 (MediaTek)
Mali 400 GPU @ 500 MHz (MediaTek)
8GB eMMC Storage (plus MicroSD card slot)
1GB RAM
2150 mAh Battery
Dual micro-SIM
8MP rear camera
I know: it’s hardly a beast of a phone, and far from being the ‘PC in your pocket’ that so many Ubuntu enthusiasts want. The lack of 4G will cause some to sneer, too.
But as firsts go — and one really shouldn’t forget how hard it is to get a device launched in a market so complacent with its victors — it does all it needs to.
Based on a few (rather gleeful) hours of playing with the device (admittedly hardly enough time to write a full review) it is a capable conduit for the Ubuntu Phone experience and what it’s trying to achieve — i.e., beyond apps, information at your fingertips, etc.
watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dpfHYpfEXY
We’ve also covered the hardware of the Aquaris E4.5 a lot, so I’m sure most of you are well aware of its ins and outs by now. To recap the specifications:
4.5-inch screen (qHD resolution @ 540×960)
1.3 GHz Quad Core ARM Cortex A7 (MediaTek)
Mali 400 GPU @ 500 MHz (MediaTek)
8GB eMMC Storage (plus MicroSD card slot)
1GB RAM
2150 mAh Battery
Dual micro-SIM
8MP rear camera
I know: it’s hardly a beast of a phone, and far from being the ‘PC in your pocket’ that so many Ubuntu enthusiasts want. The lack of 4G will cause some to sneer, too.
But as firsts go — and one really shouldn’t forget how hard it is to get a device launched in a market so complacent with its victors — it does all it needs to.
Based on a few (rather gleeful) hours of playing with the device (admittedly hardly enough time to write a full review) it is a capable conduit for the Ubuntu Phone experience and what it’s trying to achieve — i.e., beyond apps, information at your fingertips, etc.
watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dpfHYpfEXY