Talking about the first smartphone that will officially have Ubuntu, and saying that the operating system that it will have will be Android may seem a bit paradoxical, it is true. However, the truth is that this will be the case. At this time, Canonical has made a proposal for the Ubuntu Edge, which would have high-end technical specifications, and with Dual-Boot, so it would have Ubuntu and Android.
How to ensure that a smartphone that has Ubuntu can also have all the advantages of Android to ensure sales? Well the answer is much simpler than it seems, selling it with both operating systems. If you really trust Ubuntu to be a much more contemporary and higher quality operating system, it makes all the sense in the world. Canonical has made the proposal for the new smartphone, and if they receive sufficient support they will take it forward. This would be called Ubuntu Edge and it would have a 4,5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. It is high definition, but it is not Full HD. In this sense, it could be criticized, but the truth is that it is not the case, since the objective would probably be to lower the costs that a screen of this type would produce.
Ubuntu Edge It would have technical specifications that not even the highest-end smartphones on the market have. For starters, it would have a 4 GB RAM. Without a doubt, this is quite remarkable, although it could be to allow to run both operating systems at the same time, so that each of them runs with 2 GB of RAM. However, the internal memory would also be 128 GB, so we are already talking about a very high level. They may have learned what usually happens with crowdfounding-based projects, and know that the launch will most likely be postponed for many months. These specifications would ensure that the smartphone is current at the moment. The processor would be multicore, and it is easy for it to vary depending on the processors that the smartphones of the moment carry.
The camera would be 8 megapixels, which, along with the screen, would be the worst quality. However, it still has the minimum for the smartphone to perform very well. They would bet more on a high-quality user experience, allowing access to applications, notifications or settings with a few simple movements. In addition, they also talk about the possibility of connecting the smartphone to a monitor, a mouse and a keyboard, thus turning it into a computer with Ubuntu. Without a doubt, it could be an event with a great future, although at the moment it depends a lot on how it progresses.