Most talked
and awaited OS phone is being launched this week into the market. Canonical is launching the first Ubuntu OS Smartphone.
While Ubuntu was always a option in terms of Apple or Windows on desktop now
this OS is also available on Smartphone.
BQ Aquaris
E4.5 is the model which would have Ubuntu OS and is on sale next week. It would
cost roughly $190. Canonical is a Spanish manufacturer that took up challenge to
provide Ubuntu OS with many new features. Like App store on IOS and Google play
on Android Ubuntu is not having any kind of app store it has something unique
such as themed panels called “scopes”. User can swipe in between scopes for music,
videos, news, contacts and many more. Ubuntu OS is being coded with the latest
technology known as HTML 5 , used to create modern website.
Hardware specs?
This model
has 4.5 inch display with 540 X 960 resolution. It has 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTak chip and has
8 GB of storage and with 1 GB of RAM can give you super performance for the
apps. It has 5 MP camera and dual sim slots, it has only one issue that it
would not support 4G and LTE network, so if user is focusing on 4G and LTE experience
from Ubuntu as of now it’s not possible.
User
Interface?
Once user
opens any app, to get app menu user can slide from bottom of the app to get
that app menu. For notifications and indicators it is same like IOS, Windows
and Android, user needs to slide from top to get those links.
Where this
phone is available?
Currently as
per the sources this phone would be available for sale only in Europe. For US
launch there are no plans yet. This phone would appear in “flash sales” going on
for a limited time. First flash sale
would be announced on 10th February on Ubuntu’s Google+, Twitter and
Facebook page.
What’s new
in Ubuntu OS?
No Apps any
more, here its scopes. Scopes are on
home screen which are dedicated to one topic like video, music or any news. For
example, Instead of having YouTube app installed on your device and allot
memory space to it, a separate video app is being saved on your phone that
pulls video in one place. Music scope is supporting sound-cloud and grove
shark along with saved songs on your phone. Nearby scope helps you in getting
info about weather and nearby places to explore.
Question is
still there about maps and upcoming OS updates, no news on Bluetooth or any
scopes by which files can be transferred to other OS devices.
Let’s wait
to get the review of Ubuntu OS soon.
also see: best use of IOS 8
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updated, stay techo
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