The Aquaris E5 and Aquaris E5 FHD are dual-SIM Android

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s from the Spanish manufacturer BQ that were released to market in July 2014. The devices shipped with Android 4.4 (

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). BQ elected not to skin the operating system and as such it retains the unmodified "Google Experience", such as found on the

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. On 9 June 2015 BQ in partnership with

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launched the Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition. The phone is based on the Aquaris E5 hardware (with the 1280×720 screen) and was sold in the

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only. Notably, this is only the third phone to be sold with the

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mobile operating system, after the BQ Aquaris E4.5 and the

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* {{S-end Android (operating system) devices Ubuntu Touch devices Aquaris E5 Mobile phones introduced in 2014 Discontinued smartphones

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