Canonical, the main mind behind the development of the Ubuntu Touch and the forthcoming mobile rendering of the OS, has announced the launch of their first Ubuntu smartphone. The smartphone is dubbed as Ubuntu Edge, and is the smartphone with overloaded specifications. Ubuntu Edge is the smartphone, for which everyone might be waiting from so long. The smartphone not only runs on Ubuntu Touch OS, but it is also powered to run Android side-by-side.
Those who wish to buy this next-generation smartphone can now reserve one Ubuntu Edge unit for themselves by paying out $775 today. The specification of the smartphone is listed below. The company will start the shipping of Ubuntu Edge from May, 2014 on-wards with official announcement talking place in 2014.
- Dual-boot Ubuntu Touch OS and Android
- Fully integrated Ubuntu Desktop PC when docked
- 4.5-inch HD display with sapphire crystal on the top of screen
- 124x64x9mm dimension
- Fastest Multi-Core processor
- 4GB RAM
- 128GB internal storage
- 8MP rear camera
- 2MP front camera
- Dual-LTE, Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- Stereo Speakers with HD audio
- Dual-mic recording
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery