On 13/08/15 09:13 AM, Giles Orr wrote:
Ubuntu phone, now available outside Europe:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/11/ubuntu_phone_global_sales/
Note that while you can buy it, connectivity in the U.S. (which probably means Canada too) may be spotty. The larger 5" model is 200 euros, which currently translates to $290 Canadian - although that doesn't include tax or shipping. I'll be watching this closely: I have an intense aversion to Android and Google's snooping habits, and the idea of a Linux phone is very appealing.
Android is Linux... just swapping Google's proprietary OS for a mix of free software and Canonical proprietary stuff? Still, an Ubuntu base seems far better. Though Canonical lost my trust on privacy with the Amazon dash thing -- they don't exactly have a stellar reputation on privacy either, even though they're miles away from Google. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-dat... https://fixubuntu.com/
I'm not good at reading the standards and I don't care much about data plans (in fact I don't use them on my phone, only voice and Wifi). How well would this behave in Canada?
"Specifically, both phones support 2G GSM on the 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands and 3G HSPA+ on the 900/2100MHz bands." I think with that's Robelus (well, specifically Rogers for 2G GSM I think... but seems like Bell or TELUS for 3G would be options). No WIND (or other newer carriers), which use AWS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Wireless_Services#Canada Which... is disappointing, because I'm never going back (to Rogers/Robelus) if I can at all avoid it.