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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Motorola Droid Mini will be an excellent piece of hardware when it
becomes available for purchase, and is about the size of an iPhone and
manages to cram a bigger screen into that same size body. Whether it is
locked or unlocked will determine how easy it is to run Ubuntu touch on it.
The HTC One mini is another option, but I wasn't impressed by reports about
its battery life. The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is there as an option, but I
can't bring myself to recommend Samsung anything. Most of the smaller
options are budget phones that aren't very good. Motorola is one of the
only exceptions to this, which is respectable. The HTC First, if you can
still get one, was a fantastic piece of hardware once you turned off
Facebook Home. The device felt kinda like an iPhone in the hand, ran
smoothly, and had an extremely comfortable design in general.
On Aug 1, 2013 6:55 AM, "Greg W" <mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've decided not to buy the Nexus 4 for numerous reasons (no LTE, too
> wide, etc). So I'm looking at what other hardware (if any) options exist
> for running Ubuntu-Touch in October. I really, strongly prefer smaller
> hardware that is iPhone-5 size, especially a width of about 60mm.
>
> Please do tell if you have any suggestions. Thanks.
>
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> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 06:48:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Moto X Porting
> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
> To: mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: daniel.holbach@xxxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> We don't actually know if it will be unlocked. Traditionally, Motorola
> phones have been very tightly locked. If it is unlocked, someone will
> surely create a port for it. Canonical is only officially supporting Nexus
> 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10, insofar as I'm aware, but they created a tutorial
> to help advanced users port Ubuntu touch to new devices, and there is an
> activity community doing it for devices.
> On Aug 1, 2013 6:46 AM, "Greg W" <mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Will Ubuntu-Touch work on the upcoming Moto X from Google since it will be
> unlocked Nexus-like device? Or would it have to be officially ported before
> users will have any luck running Ubuntu-Touch on the device?
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:51:49 +0200
> > From: daniel.holbach@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Touch Porting clinic today
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > Ubuntu Touch has been ported to LOTS of devices...
>
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