[ubuntu-tn] Limited First Ubuntu Touch from Bq next morning

[Ahmed Sghaier]

"We experienced a huge demand this morning, receiving over 12,000 orders
per minute and unfortunately our servers went down as a result.

We only had a limited number of units for today´s flash sale. *More will be
made available as further flash sales are held throughout the month*.
Please bear in mind that all orders placed for Ubuntu smartphones will not
be delivered in any case until March.

Thank you for your patience", Bq

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Ahmed Sghaier <ahmed.sghaier at ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> second flash is out of stock in less than 10mn, there might be another
> flash soon follow it on twitter @bqreaders and @ubuntu
> I have setup hotot-qt to follow and give me notifications for every tweet
> from @bqreaders and @ubuntu if you want one you should follow also.
>
> @nebras, comparing to android 1.x this is far more advanced but i try not
> to compare two different things as u said. and this is not early
> development, it reached stable version 1 and rtm and commercial state
> already now it's proven that is it getting to the next stage. and mid range
> phones are good for developers too so they don't miss some of the system
> bugs.
> this is a midrange commercial phone, if u wanna touch the system get a
> nexus 4 that's the offical one.
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Nebras Djemel <nebras01 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I do share your enthusiasm. I know that Ubuntu phone's won't be focusing
>> on convergence for now. I am just frustrated with the hardware . For
>> developers it would be better to have a strong phone , that won't become
>> obsolete very soon.
>> As far as comparison is concerned , I do understand that the OS is still
>> in early development, but it has been for relatively a long time now. We
>> won't catch up to android if we keep comparing the new OS to an obsolete
>> version of Android.
>> No offense intended.
>> On Feb 11, 2015 11:45 AM, "Ahmed Sghaier" <ahmed.sghaier at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "We have in fact sold-out of Ubuntu phones for today's flash sale. Due
>>> to high demand this morning, many of you faced server issues which we
>>> apologies for.
>>>
>>> As a result of the inconvenience and understandable frustration, we have
>>> decided to allocate an additional batch and hold another flash sale today
>>> at 3pm (CET.) We don't anticipate any further server issues and the BQ shop
>>> will be open until stock lasts - please note phones are available in Europe
>>> only. Thank you all for your patience and understanding."
>>>
>>> My guess is that would be 3pm tunisia time make sure on the internet.
>>>
>>> PS : in an unrelated note @nebras, if you are following the new system
>>> dev you should know that neither the Bq nor MX4 is gonna get you desktop
>>> convergence. the focus now is on the phone and tablet, focus on desktop
>>> convergence is planned for 2016 no commercial release date promises yet.
>>> (if you are trying to compare to current commercial solution (4.x) compare
>>> it to android 1.x since this is ubuntu phone 1.x and be reasonable) this
>>> phone is not for simple end users and that's a fact statement what you
>>> said. That's why I have shared this exact information on the mailing list
>>> and not on social media of ubuntu-tn. (you tell me if you think something i
>>> have said isn't honest, thank you)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Nebras Djemel <nebras01 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Let's be honest , the phone specs are very , uh , normal , and too weak
>>>> to get the best you'd want from what Ubuntu Touch promises . It's quite
>>>> disappointing. Plus it's not designed for Ubuntu , it's the "Ubuntu
>>>> edition" of an android phone.
>>>>
>>>> If you have extra 200€ and believe buying a Ubuntu phone is Necessary ,
>>>> then good luck getting one. I personally don't think it's worth the hustle.
>>>> hopefully Meizu will deliver something better .
>>>> On Feb 10, 2015 11:45 PM, "Ahmed Sghaier" <ahmed.sghaier at ubuntu.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> The first Ubuntu Touch phone from Bq will be officially released next
>>>>> morning online on Bq website for less than 200 euros in limited quantities.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I have been busy today, and couldn't send this email earlier.
>>>>>
>>>>> The phone will be exactly be released in 8am GMT and probably would
>>>>> ship only to countries in Europe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck getting one :)
>>>>>
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