Canonical, the British Company that developed Ubuntu, are planning to bring a serious competition in the Smartphone market. Canonical is working on its own “Super Smartphone” called Ubuntu Edge which will support dual boot in both Android and Ubuntu. Canonical has announced a crowd funding project which plans to raise $32 millionvia via indiegogo before August 21. If everything goes well, 40,000 Ubuntu Edges will hit the market. You can pre-order your Edge for $625 but you will have to wait till May 2014 to get it. Ubuntu Edge will pack serious specs which include the following:
Ubuntu Edge Specs, Price and Release Date
- Primary OS: Ubuntu Touch
- Display: 4.5 inch 720p
- Processor: Quad-core
- RAM: 4GB
- Internal Storage: 128GB
- LTE 4G
- Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- Release Date: May 2014
- Price at release: $830
Also, check out this video by Canonical on Ubuntu Edge hardware:
