Yes, you need a smartphone to install a smartphone operating system. The Lumina phones have not been hacked to run Ubuntu Phone yet. As far as I know the only devices that can run Ubuntu Phone are Android smartphones, and even then not all of them work.
Well i guess am gonna have to wait for that to happen. Thanks anyways
his code will be released under an open source license. That means that anyone is free to port the code to other mobile devices. Just do not expect Canonical to do it for you. his is still in DEVELOPMENT and any mobile phone right now would be a ... LG and others that offer Android will be able to install Ubuntu for Phone on them.
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