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[Ari Börde Kröyer <ari.kroyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am glad to see a bit of discussion on this subject.

Canonical did try to launch production of a phone on it's own with the 
Ubuntu Edge. But they are not the only ones 
<https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/symetium-the-no-compromise-smartphone-pc#/> 
who have tried to gather interest for this idea.

When the crowd funding campaign for the Ubuntu Edge was launched, I 
believe Ubuntu/Canonical had the "edge" on the competition (if you'll 
excuse the pun). However, development has taken time, and the others 
have launched different variants of the idea. A couple of minutes of 
poking around the web today and I found Nexdock <http://nexdock.com/>, 
Casetop Dock 
<http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-laptop-with-casetop-dock/> 
and Superbook 
<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andromium/the-superbook-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-laptop-f/description>. 
Then, of course, there is Microsoft's Continuum for Phones 
<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/continuum>.

So where does this leave the Ubuntu phone venture? I am seriously 
worried that before something lands properly, others will have flooded 
the market with similar products.

I really wish the Ubuntu phone the success it deserves, but at the 
moment, I have to admit the future looks a bit bleak. Maybe, we are just 
being kept a bit in the dark at the moment, and something is in store? 
Lets hope so!

If I had had the programming skills, I would have contributed more. As 
it is, my contribution is mainly a bit of translating, unfortunately, 
but that's something at any rate. I applaud all who are contributing to 
the further development of Ubuntu Touch and the convergence concept and 
I wish you the best of success. I look forward to some news about what 
we can expect in the near future!

Regards,

Ari


Den 05. sep. 2016 19:24, skrev Ivo Fernandes:
> Hi,
>
> I think canonical isn't searching oem's to sell ubuntu phones. I bet 
> in the opposite... oem's are trying to convince canonical to sell 
> ubuntu phones. For the moment, more work has to be done. UT isn't 
> taking full advance of the capabilities of the current devices. But I 
> agree that more devices Meizu MX4, Pro 5, M10, e4.5 should be in stock.
>
> This journey was explained in a Q.A session. First will be a very 
> limited range of devices, then a second round.
>
> I bet next year that second round will begin.
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Krzysztof Tataradziński 
> <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     2016-09-05 17:16 GMT+02:00 Oliver Grawert <ogra@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ogra@xxxxxxxxxx>>:
>
>         hi,
>         Am Montag, den 05.09.2016, 16:49 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof
>         Tataradziński:
>
>         > Did anyone from Canonical considered to 'simply' develop phone
>         > themselves alone, order it in factory and sell with
>         Canonical brand?
>
>         yes, it was called "Ubuntu Edge" and failed teh crowdfunding
>         campaign...
>
>     That was some time ago. Market changed, smartphones (low/mid) are
>     cheaper. We don't need super-high-end phone. We need a phone that
>     can be bought all the time (for now, we can't buy any phone
>     (except second hand, etc.).
>     And the most important thing - Canonical now have a lot more
>     knowledge about phones than before. Maybe now some costs can be
>     lower? In example OS is more completed (so software part should be
>     cheaper) than few years ago.
>
>     Crowdfunding campaign ver. 2? ;)
>
>     Best regards,
>     Krzysztof Tataradziński
>
>         ciao
>                 oli
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