Ubuntu phone

5 points by toonies555 10 years ago | 8 comments

I've placed an order for an ubuntu phone. An Aquaris e5. I dont even have it yet and im feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. Mainly because there is no Whatsapp or Uber client for it. I can't find working ports either.

Do you know of work around? can you dual boot it to cyanogen?

lcnmrn 10 years ago |

You can try https://sublevel.net on it as well as other web based apps.

mtmail 10 years ago |

Have you tried the Uber mobile website http://m.uber.com ?

alfredvh 10 years ago |

Can't you send it back within 15 days if you don't like it?

stephenr 10 years ago |

TIL people have very different priorities to me when it comes to buying a smartphone.

jotux 10 years ago | |

Today is the day you learned other people have different priorities than you?

miguelrochefort 10 years ago | |

Can you explain what you mean by that?

stephenr 10 years ago | | |

Having second thoughts about a smartphone platform because a specific taxi app and a specific IM app aren't available on it seems a little ridiculous to me, coming from someone who has been reading HackerNews for at least a year.