On 02/26/2017 11:05 AM, Rodney Dawes wrote: > On Sun, 2017-02-26 at 18:09 +0000, Unix One wrote: >> As for Ubuntu Touch phones, since 100% of existing phone devices are >> 32-bit, there are no 64-bit phones even being planned (at least >> publicly), wiping 32-bit future official support outright alienates >> the >> core power users and developers - i.e. pretty much everyone - in a >> frustrating way. > > Both the BQ M10 tablet and Meizu Pro 5 phone are 64-bit hardware. The > userland is currently only 32-bit there, because arm64 was not > supported on 15.04, which the current phone/tablet images are based on. > That would reduce your figure to 60% (if you're only talking official > retail devices, or 50% if counting both M10 FHD/HD separately). >
I'm sorry! I take the 100% number back. But talking about phones (different use case from tablets entirely) specifically, I wasn't sure Meizu Pro 5 accounted for 20% of all existing phone devices; I'd thought that number would be somewhere in a single digit percentage. Are you counting % against available device models, or % of physical devices currently in the hands of users? Regardless, assuming the Meizu Pro 5 will continue to receive 64-bit/snap updates (which I haven't officially seen confirmed either), the rest of the statement - potentially alienating 80% of phone users - stands. On a personal side note, I really enjoy Qt+QML development, but my choices are - a Meizu Pro 5 degraded coverage (radio frequencies) from an unreputable online seller in $300-$500 range, or another refurbished/used mako which won't be updated. It feels like I've been backed into a corner. -- 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
