And sadly it was an utter failure.
Discussion
Surely it costs a billion dollars to produce a competitive handset?
I think people would buy a wifi enabled touchscreen pocket device that super simple was good with PWA, but had no sim, no 4/5G antenna or any of the expensive cpu/RAM that a modern phone has.
Why aim for a phone when an open source iPod touch is all that’s require?
Use your phone as a hotspot, and have a 5.5inch open source device for doing fun open source stuff.
Ubuntu phone was crowd funded, and it got quite a long way
Mark Shuttleworth could have funded it, but he said he thought it was against the spirit, which is fair enough
Linux on microsoft surface I hear works well
People are working on solutions, but they are largely niche
Give me a terminal, and I'm happy
