I would expect that we would start seeing cheaper phones that could handle Ubuntu Touch by the end of the year. You may also be interested in this video, in which a representative from Allwinner (a maker of less expensive ARM-based processors for cheap tablets and phones) talks about the fact that they're working with Ubuntu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1WJzDT7k4k
The quote comes towards the end of the interview, which was shot this past Mobile World Congress in February, 2013. On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Ryan Walmsley <ryant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if Ubuntu will have / support *Budget Phones* (Being £100 > or less), > > The main budget phones I have seen before are the Samsung Galaxy Ace & > Galaxy Mini along with the Europa being the cheapest out of all of them. > > Today Vodafone in the UK released a new budget phone (Details @ > http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/vodafone-smart-mini-black#/specifications) > . It seems to have a 1Ghz Arm chip with 512MB of RAM. But it runs 4.1, > > So my question is will it be possible for any budget phones? When first > announced I think I saw the recommended being a quad core with a minimum of > a dual core both with 1GB of RAM. > > Unfortunately I can't buy the Vodafone Smart Mini as I don't have the > money but possibly someone else may want to buy it to try and port Ubuntu > Phone to it? > > > *Thanks -* > * > * > *Ryan Walmsley* > * > * > *Email: *ryant...@gmail.com > *Skype:* Ryanteck > Website:* Http://ryanteck.org.uk* > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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