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Re: Canonical branded phone?

 

2) I meant mobiles (hardware), not the UT. So if no new mobile comes out in
every 3 month that does not mean anything.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Ivo Fernandes <ivoxavier.8@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 1) I think there are ubuntu laptops in the same way there are ubuntu
> phones. Dell ships project sputnik with XPS, pre-installed with ubuntu. If
> you are saying Canonical branded hardware, they don't exist.
> 2) No, I don't think the improvement is slowing down. There are plenty of
> good things on their way to ubuntu later this year. It takes time to refine
> them. Is like passing from Android 1.0 to android 2.0. Earlier this year we
> received convergence, ID fingerprint, usability impromevements... I rather
> say, the improvement is getting better. It's true that sometimes we've some
> regressions, but that's the way it is. Keep bringing new devices means,
> more time and resources consumption, more testing, more cadency between
> OTA's. For the moment, having a limited range of devices has a better
> impact on developement.
>
> Big hug
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Radics Geza <radicsge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> also from the silent majority :)
>> 1) there is no ubuntu laptop neither, so dont really expect ubuntu phone
>> either.
>> 2) the developement/improvement of phones are slowing down dramatically,
>> like for computers. Thus it is more then possible that our current phone
>> will stay with us for next 5 years (or until dies but more then possible
>> that we can buy the same phone). Meizu pro5 is quite a good phone, first i
>> tought it's big indeed but reading websites its needed. Now im fully got
>> used to it. (I also flashed it because in China there was no other option
>> from the beginning. It was easy and I've learned a lot along the way.)
>> 3) this project as i see is a long term investment (so stays anyway) as
>> google is trying to come for desktop and ubuntu is going for hand devices
>>
>> I also wish to contribute, but as working for a startup it's currently
>> impossible, but hopefully it will change (that's why i've started anyway).
>> But basically for me the ubuntu phone already replaced the android.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 5:49 AM, Nikos Chatziioakimidis <
>> nchatziioakimidis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Since this thread went to all directions I would like to express my
>>> opinion as well.
>>>
>>> I think a Canonical branded phone would never happen. Canonical is a
>>> software company.
>>>
>>> I don't think UT is dead either. It is because ubuntu phones are
>>> repurposed android phones so OEMs don't need to invest a lot. They have
>>> some devices left in stock the can just sell them as ubuntu phones.
>>>
>>> I aslo believe is the Canonical who don't want new devices until the UT
>>> moves to snappy and to 16 series. This transition is not simply (it needs
>>> systemd, newer kernel). So until there are devices with the required kernel
>>> Canonical is working on their part of the transition.
>>>
>>>
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