64-bit CPUs in phones is fairly common now, I'm surprised Fairphone 2 isn't 64-bit. The Nexus 5X & 6P are the first of the Nexus series to be 64-bit, they might be a good target, given earlier Nexus phones were used for Ubuntu phone development?
On 19 Feb 2017 06:56, mark <j.m.hol...@me.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for that. > > > By 'pushing', I meant that Canonical are reported to be featuring the > community effort at MWC. > > > FP2 was marketed as modular - in the sense of being upgradeable - so the > thought occurred to me that perhaps they might be able to replace the 32bit > processor with a 64bit one? That would be a way to get an Ubuntu (personal) > phone onto the market. That in turn would a) show the Fairphone to be > upgradeable and b) give the device independence from Google (no love lost > since FP1 iirc) > > > > > m > > > Incidentally, are there any 64bit phones available yet? And if so, could > Ubuntu Personal be flashed onto them? > > > On 18/02/17 14:38, advocatux wrote: >> >> >> El 18/02/17 a las 16:45, mark escribió: >>> >>> I've been wondering: with Canonical pushing the Fairphone 2 in Barcelona, >>> will it be upgradeable to be able to run Ubuntu Personal? I believe it >>> needs a 64bit kernel? If so, I'll get one of those. >>> >>> >>> m >> >> >> Is it Canonical really pushing for FP2? I think is a community effort, not >> an official one. And the UBport is click based, not snap based. >> >> FP2 have a Snapdragon 801 processor [0], that's 32bit [1], and so it's out >> of the snap race. >> >> That UBport project is at the same dead-end as our current phones. >> >> I hope there's a nice surprise in Mobile World Congress 2017 with Canonical >> announcing some nice 64bit phones snap-ready, but FP2 "ain't gonna be" one >> of them. >> >> Cheers. >> > -- 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
