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did you know out there that they changed bootloader to ubuntu os? they say it on their sites that its will be work on any tablet they want. is it out of the rules ? 

Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>the lack of continuity of supply really does rule out Ubuntu as a 
>platform for doing stuff on, we can't use it for commercial projects if 
>we would  be scrabbling about for B-stock handsets. I do understand that 
>while Canonical is chasing the consumer self-purchased off-contract 
>market they are at the whim of the OEMs but it seems very surprising 
>that they are not opening up other methods of bringing their product to 
>market.
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>Alan.
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>On 26/08/16 14:06, mtx_lives@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> FYI, www.Expanses.com.hk have some B-stock Nexus 4's for about £100,
>>
>> J
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>>
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>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:27 PM +0800, "Mathijs Veen" 
>> <mathijsv33n@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mathijsv33n@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> @Matthias, your link points to the tablet. The op was asking about phones.
>>
>> The only place that the BQ phones are still available, is the BQ 
>> spanish outlet store
>>
>> https://store.bq.com/es/zona-outlet
>>
>> You might want to  ask BQ if these are even shipped to places outside 
>> spain though.
>>
>> Also be aware that these phones are first-gen Ubuntu phones that will 
>> almost certainly never support external screens and convergence.
>>
>> All this does indeed sadly means that there is no official Ubuntu 
>> phone currently available anymore on the market.
>>
>> The only device that was 'unoficially' leaked and buzzed for a while 
>> is the Meizu Mx6 Ubuntu edition. It seems that images for that device 
>> were even being prepared for a while but these seem now to have 
>> dissapeared.
>> If the Meizu Mx6 is indeed not to be, it would be very helpfull to me 
>> if Canonical could confirm that. I have been holding out for a new 
>> device for quite a while now.
>> If there will be no Mx6 I need to explore other options: Another 
>> secondhand N4 or possible trying to root and reflash a Meizu Pro5 or 
>> even looking at one of the porting projects. All these options are 
>> less then ideal though and means i will be in pionering land for the 
>> foreseeable future
>>
>> Hope to hear.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Mathijs
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>>     El día Friday, August 26, 2016 a las 04:11:35PM +0900,
>>     achbarrr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:achbarrr@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>>
>>     > hi guys
>>     > i hear about it ubuntu touch
>>     > but
>>     > no one device on the store
>>     > why dont you distributed many ubuntu phones for us human all
>>     around the world.
>>     > do it like samsung phone that wecan easyly found on the store in
>>     my town.
>>     > just do it i know its will be booming
>>
>>     It seems that the store in Germany has them on stock:
>>     https://store-de.bq.com/de/tablets/aquarism-10
>>     <https://store-de.bq.com/de/tablets/aquarism-10>
>>
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