The BQ Aquaris E4.5 is an
Android smartphone
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from the Spanish manufacturer
BQ that was released to market in June 2014 as a budget
dual-SIM phone.
The device shipped with Android versions starting from v4.0 and can be updated to Android 4.4.2 (
KitKat
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). BQ elected not to skin the operating system and as such it retains the unmodified "Google Experience".
Ubuntu Edition
The Aquaris E4.5 is notable for being the first commercially available phone to carry the
Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system, developed by the UBports community. Its user interface is written in Qt, and is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Howev ...
mobile operating system.
On 9 February 2015, BQ in partnership with
Canonical
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launched the and it began a gradual release in the
European Union
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through a series of online
flash sales.
BQ would later follow a similar pattern with the
Aquaris E5, releasing it first with Android and then with Ubuntu Touch.
See also
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BQ Aquaris E5
The Aquaris E5 and Aquaris E5 FHD are dual-SIM Android smartphones from the Spanish manufacturer BQ that were released to market in July 2014. The devices shipped with Android 4.4 (KitKat). BQ elected not to skin the operating system and as s ...
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Android (operating system) devices
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Aquaris E4.5
Mobile phones introduced in 2014
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