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Ubuntu fans have been waiting a long time for this: Canonical, through its partner Bq, has released its first official Ubuntu phone worldwide. The Android and iOS alternative is convincing in tests, although it does show room for improvement.
Does the smartphone market, which is saturated with Android, iOS, and Windows phones, as well as various exotic options, really need another competitor in the form of the new Ubuntu phone? Many users are asking this question.
The issue with Canonical's new offspring is about quality and not quantity – even if the Linux distributor itself aims at wanting to address "each user."
A quick glance at the underlying Ubuntu phone [1] technology elicits curiosity: Canonical ensures that applications derive from QML [2], a powerful declarative language for creating user interfaces from the Qt framework.
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Meizu has now brought the fastest Ubuntu cellphone to market with the MX4 Ubuntu Edition. The phone offers an octacore CPU and a 20.7 megapixel camera; however, the MX4 also has some weaknesses.
Meizu is well known for its generously equipped smartphones and excellent workmanship. The previous generation, Meizu MX4, was also a powerful device that ran with Ubuntu. However, inadequate software support prevented the MX4 from realizing its full potential. With the release of the Pro 5, do things work better this time around?
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Canonical showed Ubuntu on a smartphone for the first time. Does this concept have a future?
The Fairphone 2 strives for a balancing act. As an open platform it offers easy repair and freedom of choice in terms of its operating system, while trying to ensure raw material mining and production take place under fair conditions.
Check out this seriously cool Ubuntu Phone convergence video taken at the MWC 2016.
