BQ’s Ubuntu phone is now available for anyone to buy (in the European Union)

[froggyboy604]

 
Spanish device maker BQ started selling the smartphone running Ubuntu software earlier this year. But at the time it was only available in limited numbers through brief “flash sales.”
 
Now anyone can buy a BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition smartphone. Well, anyone in the European Union.
 
The phone is available from BQ for € 169.90, or about $180.
 
Not surprisingly for a phone at that price, the Aquaris E4.5 isn’t exactly a premium device. It has a 4.5 inch, 960 x 540 pixel display, a Mediatek MT6582 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage.
 

The phone has a 2150 mAh battery, an 8MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, a microSD card slot, and supports 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and 3G HSPA+ networks.

 
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This does look like a nice phone.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Wasn't the pre-orders for this sold out?

 

[froggyboy604]

Wasn't the pre-orders for this sold out?

Yes, it was sold out quickly. BQ probably ordered more phone from the phone factory, so some people who did not pre-order one can buy one at release day.

 

[lb]

This does look like a nice phone.

I disagree. It doesn't look like a device I'd use. What apps does it run anyways? I suppose that it allows users to sideload Android apps, right?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

should run android apps fine since its core is linux.

 

[froggyboy604]

I disagree. It doesn't look like a device I'd use. What apps does it run anyways? I suppose that it allows users to sideload Android apps, right?

Yes, I think this should run Android since this is most likely based on Ubuntu for Android. It may also run some Linux compatible programs like LibreOffice, VLC, Gimp, and Firefox since it uses Ubuntu Linux which is compatible with Linux programs.

 

[Cierra]

Ehh screen is too small for me.