First Ubuntu phone Aquaris E4.5 to go on sale this week

Aquaris E4.5, the world’s first Ubuntu phone from the Ubuntu Edition will go on sale in Europe this week. Spanish company BQ.com will make the phone available through a series of Flash Sales. The world's first Ubuntu phone will be made commercially available in Europe on February 9th for €170 through a web store that will be announced on the @Ubuntu and @bqreaders Twitter handles. The phone has a 4.5 inch 540x960 touchscreen and is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 MediaTek processor. It has 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage and comes with dual SIM support. The phone has an 8 MP rear camera with dual-LED flash and a 5 MP front-facing shooter. Developed by British company Canonical, Ubuntu is popularly known as an alternative operating system for PCs that are not Windows or Apple Mac. In case of the smartphone, the Aquaris E4.5 is based on Ubuntu’s “Scopes” concept which aggregates content from various services into type-specific screens, such as music, video and news, instead of using a grid of app icons. “Ubuntu presents users with an entirely different way to engage with their devices – Scopes guide you to content you want – in the same way you ...

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