Don’t expect Ubuntu phones from major carriers until 2015

Canonical: Ideal Ubuntu phone user is someone who doesn't need a lot of apps.

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TimtheTaxMan[/url]":27i6nsdg]Not that I'm opposed to this, but I fail to see the point. Unless the phone is 100% FOSS, you might as well stick with Android. Otherwise you just have another Linux based smartphone with way fewer apps and no greater freedom or transparency.

That's basically what I want, "just another Linux based smartphone" but without the all seeing hand of Google in the mix.

You could have a look at www.jolla.com for that. Sadly, their UI is proprietary for now (they said they will open source it eventually) otherwise I would have been tempted myself.

It is only available in Europe as far as I know, so if you are living in NA/Asia you would have to import it.