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BQ launching new Ubuntu phone, widely available across EU in mid-June

Canonical has announced that Spanish phone maker BQ will launch a second version of its Aquaris Ubuntu Edition smartphone later this month. The successful launch of the Aquaris E4.5 earlier this year prompted the Spanish manufacturer to produce the E5 only four months later. The Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition has a few significant improvements. The 720 x 1280 […]

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

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 […]