You can try voting for this https://community.zteusa.com/ideas/1869 to get ZTE to manufacturer an Ubuntu phone.
NB - you'll need to register before being able to vote https://community.zteusa.com/community/csx/blog/2016/09/01/voting-instructions -- Tony Scott https://tonyscott.org.uk On 5 September 2016 at 22:50, Ari Börde Kröyer <ari.kro...@online.no> wrote: > Hi, > > I am glad to see a bit of discussion on this subject. > > Canonical did try to launch production of a phone on it's own with the > Ubuntu Edge. But they are not the only ones who have tried to gather > interest for this idea. > > When the crowd funding campaign for the Ubuntu Edge was launched, I believe > Ubuntu/Canonical had the "edge" on the competition (if you'll excuse the > pun). However, development has taken time, and the others have launched > different variants of the idea. A couple of minutes of poking around the web > today and I found Nexdock, Casetop Dock and Superbook. Then, of course, > there is Microsoft's Continuum for Phones. > > So where does this leave the Ubuntu phone venture? I am seriously worried > that before something lands properly, others will have flooded the market > with similar products. > > I really wish the Ubuntu phone the success it deserves, but at the moment, I > have to admit the future looks a bit bleak. Maybe, we are just being kept a > bit in the dark at the moment, and something is in store? Lets hope so! > > If I had had the programming skills, I would have contributed more. As it > is, my contribution is mainly a bit of translating, unfortunately, but > that's something at any rate. I applaud all who are contributing to the > further development of Ubuntu Touch and the convergence concept and I wish > you the best of success. I look forward to some news about what we can > expect in the near future! > > Regards, > > Ari > > > Den 05. sep. 2016 19:24, skrev Ivo Fernandes: > > Hi, > > I think canonical isn't searching oem's to sell ubuntu phones. I bet in the > opposite... oem's are trying to convince canonical to sell ubuntu phones. > For the moment, more work has to be done. UT isn't taking full advance of > the capabilities of the current devices. But I agree that more devices Meizu > MX4, Pro 5, M10, e4.5 should be in stock. > > This journey was explained in a Q.A session. First will be a very limited > range of devices, then a second round. > > I bet next year that second round will begin. > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Krzysztof Tataradziński > <ktatar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> 2016-09-05 17:16 GMT+02:00 Oliver Grawert <o...@ubuntu.com>: >>> >>> hi, >>> Am Montag, den 05.09.2016, 16:49 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof Tataradziński: >>> >>> > Did anyone from Canonical considered to 'simply' develop phone >>> > themselves alone, order it in factory and sell with Canonical brand? >>> >>> yes, it was called "Ubuntu Edge" and failed teh crowdfunding >>> campaign... >>> >> That was some time ago. Market changed, smartphones (low/mid) are cheaper. >> We don't need super-high-end phone. We need a phone that can be bought all >> the time (for now, we can't buy any phone (except second hand, etc.). >> And the most important thing - Canonical now have a lot more knowledge >> about phones than before. Maybe now some costs can be lower? In example OS >> is more completed (so software part should be cheaper) than few years ago. >> >> Crowdfunding campaign ver. 2? ;) >> >> Best regards, >> Krzysztof Tataradziński >> >>> >>> ciao >>> oli >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
