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    First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    Which company do you think will make the first Ubuntu Phones (for October release) and why?
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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    I wish it would be Samsung who'd do so, but lately I got the vague feeling that one of the big firms wont settle up to ubuntu since android is actually the best thing out there..

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    I hope it is huawei. They make good phones at reasonable prices.

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    I think it could be Huawei. They already have lots of good Android phones but are desperately trying to grow their marketshare. Trying something new like Ubuntu, with Android phones as their fallback, may be right up their alley.

    My other guess is Alcatel-Lucent. Currently with no marketshare and only low-end phones. They are rumoured to be looking at playing with the big boys in mobile and releasing some high-end phones, maybe for the business market, without having to compete head on with Samsung (which is why Canonical is now talking about streaming Windows apps to your phone).
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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    Well first of all, I wouldn't count on seeing any OEM mobile devices until 1st Qtr 2014. However, I've been a Samsung fan since I did my first Google search for "largest smartphones available by screen size". So I'm really hoping something happens there. The Galaxy Nexus is already one of the phones presently supported by the dev releases back in February.

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    Nokia could use a decent smart phone.
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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    huawei phones are not good, they promise a lot and last fro maximum 3 months mate!

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    I would think probably Samsung. They seem to be trying to get bigger into the market themselves.

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    What about Asus?

    All their concepts are very similar to what Chanonical wants (bringing down the barriers between phone/tablet/pc)

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    Re: First Ubuntu Phone OEM?

    It probably should've been Blackberry, but they seem content with sending their brand into obscurity. They've put all their bets on Blackberry OS 10, but the whole world is moving to Android.

    I don't see why any company would move from Android to Ubuntu at this stage. Android already has a massive ecosystem on mobile devices, Ubuntu only has a non-functional prototype. It's a no-brainer.

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