From PC World: Earlier this year, I reported on the forthcoming release of Ubuntu phones. Ubuntu for phones had just hit “release to manufacturer” status and phones were supposed to launch before the end of 2014.
Bad news: The phones clearly won’t be here this year. But good news! Canonical told me they’ll be out in early 2015, after a slight delay to clean up some lingering interface and manufacturing snags.
Cristian Parrino, Canonical’s VP of mobile, told me that both Meizu and Bq are still onboard to manufacture Ubuntu Phones for the launch. There’s been some speculation that Bq at least was less interested after a big Bq press conference came and went with no mention of Ubuntu phone.
“Canonical continues to work closely with its first selected hardware partners, Meizu and bq, to bring Ubuntu phones to market in Europe and China,” he told me. Meizu will cover China, while Bq will cover Europe. It’s unclear how customers in the rest of the world will get their hands on such devices, although Canonical recently signed a “strategic agreement” with Meizu.
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