The Spanish company BQ has officially announced its new BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, a smartphone that claims to be one of the first in the world to incorporate Ubuntu's mobile operating system as standard. Despite its striking operating system, the truth is that most of the characteristics of the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition are those of any other mobile in the mid-range segment. The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition will be available in Spain in the coming weeks for a starting price set at 170 euros.
The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition is presented with a screen 4.5 inches whose resolution is type QHD (ie, reaches 960 x 540 pixels). Measures of this terminal are set to a size of 137 x 67 x 9 mm and a weight of 123 grams. It seems that the only case color in which this mobile will be available in stores is black, since BQ has not mentioned any other color.
Before going into the analysis of the internal components of this mobile, first it is interesting to take a more in-depth look at the operating system that incorporates the factory-installed BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition. The Ubuntu Phone operating system is based on a visual experience different from other operating systems such as Android, although its concept remains the same; The applications are accessible through icons, and the mobile itself incorporates a menu of applications open in the background that allows you to jump directly between one and another.
In any case, Ubuntu is an alternative operating system that seeks to open a gap in the competitive mobile phone sector, with giants such as Google -with Android- and Apple -with iOS - at the helm. Time will tell if the market has room to absorb the addition of a new operating system.
Returning to the technical specifications of the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, inside this smartphone processor appears MediaTek of four cores with 1.3 GHz clock speed, 1 gigabyte of RAM, 8 gigabytes of internal storage expandable by card microSD up to 32 gigabytes, a main camera of eight megapixels, a front camera of five megapixels, slot Dual-SIM and battery with a capacity of 2,150 mAh.
The availability of the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition appears to be somewhat peculiar, since BQ has announced that it will put this terminal on sale through flash sales in which it is assumed that the mobile can only be purchased for a certain number hours. Its starting price will be 170 euros, and from here we will have to wait a few weeks to find out more details about its availability in national territory.
