Finally SIM-free world first Ubuntu base Linux smaho to start selling at 20,000 yen level

Mobile OS "Ubuntu Touch"All in smart phone"Ubuntu EdgeAlthough it is announced, it became clear that Ubuntu base smartphone which was not readily released was finally released in February 2015.

BQ's new Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition - the smartphone that puts content and services at your fingertips | Ubuntu Insights
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Ubuntu-based smartphone "Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu EditionSpain'sBqIt is released from a smartphone development company. The SIM lock free terminal and the carrier terminal are planned to be released, and the selling price of the SIM free version is 169.90 euro (about 23,000 yen). As a smartphone it is a feeling like a middle range terminal that is not low end and high end.


The display size of Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition is 4.5 inches, and the CPU is quad core of 1.3 GHz. RAM is 1 GB · ROM is 8 GB, with 8 million pixel camera on the back and 5 million pixel camera on the front.


UI has the potential to maximize the potential of Ubuntu "Scopes"Adopted. Scopes is a UI developed for mobile, and it consists of home screens by category such as music, movies, news, and so on. Accessibility to applications and services is improved from the home screen, and users can experience UI that is more convenient than existing ones. Also, it seems that application developers can considerably reduce the development cost which had hitherto been used.


Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu, revealed that it is developing "Ubuntu Phone OS" at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC), and announced full-fledged entry into the smartphone market. The following year's MWC announced the OS "Ubuntu Touch" for smartphones and tablet terminals, and in July of that year a smartphone and a desktop computer were united togetherUbuntu EdgeWe launched the development project of Cloud Funding Service Indiegogo and we solicited development funding for 32 million dollars (about 3 billion yen at the time), but the investment could not achieve the target amount and the project was torn down.

Ubuntu Edge was planned to be released as a high-end machine using a multi-core processor with Ubuntu and Android dual OS, but Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition scheduled to be released in February 2015 is a middle range terminal, It seems that Canonical has turned a big turning point.


Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition is going to be released in Europe, if sales are good in Europe, there is a possibility to land in Japan and I would like to expect in the future.