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for comment 583325 RE[2]: Hope it works out. by calden on Fri
21st Feb 2014 10:42 UTC in reply to "RE: Hope it works out. "
Member since:     I would never want to own a phone that costs
$150, I shutter the thought at what the build quality would be
like. $350 is the sweet spot and is more than enough to produce
a fantastic phone. I currently use a Nexus 5 phone, hence where
the 350 dollar figure came from. In my oppinion and a lot of
others it's the perfect combination of speed, screen
resolution/size and weight. Ubuntu will not run properly on
crappy $150 hardware, period. You need at least 2GB RAM, 3GB
would be preferable, quadcore CPU, like the Qualcomm found in
the Nexus 5, HDMI (desktop support), SD Card. Remember, Ubuntu's
vision of Touch also includes the ability to dock your phone and
then use it as a full desktop computer. I have installed the
Ubuntu Touch preview on a Samsung S2 and the experience was
horrid, your $150 phone wouldn't b