The First Ubuntu Phone Is Here, With Underwhelming Hardware

A few days ago, Fast Company reviewer Jay Cassano was enthusiastic about Ubuntu's approach to apps for its new phone OS: namely, not relying on them, and instead interfacing seamlessly with existing websites and protocols. Now, new submitter ablutions (4006541) writes with a less than glowing review at The Daily Dot of the actual hardware that the OS is launching on. A sample that conveys the gist: Let's start with the good stuff: It sports a 4.5-inch multi-touch screen and a respectable 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel lens on the front. That's pretty much it. The list of negatives is a bit longer.

Comments

Re:Okay, hardware sucks, but what about the softwa

[adolf]

Perhaps better than you think, if it's natively-compiled code instead of some Java-esque thing.

Re: Hardware?

[AvitarX]

I scimmed tfa, and I'm not sure they touched the phone.