BQ (former name: Mundo Reader) was a Spanish company brand of user electronics devices, such as

smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...

s, tablets,

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s and

3D printer 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

s among other products. Among BQ's most notable products are the first AndroidOne mobile phone in Europe (the BQ Aquaris A4.5), as well as both the world's first mobile phone and tablet running the

Ubuntu Phone 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 ...

operating system, (the

BQ Aquaris E4.5 The BQ Aquaris E4.5 is an Android smartphone 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 ...

and BQ Aquaris M10). In 2018, the Vietnamese conglomerate

Vingroup Vingroup JSC () is a Vietnamese conglomerate headquartered in Long Bien district, Hanoi. Vingroup is one of the largest conglomerates of Vietnam, focusing on technology, industry, real estate development, retail and services from healthcare to ...

acquired 51% share of BQ and active in Vietnam under the name of

VinSmart VinSmart Research & Manufacturer Joint Stock Company is a member of Vingroup Joint Stock Company – one of the biggest wholly owned conglomerates in Vietnam, specialising in Technology, Industrial sector, Industry, Commerce, Commercials & Commu ...

History

The company started its business in 2009 importing e-readers from Asia. In 2010 it started to produce its own tablets and e-readers. In 2013, the company had 600 employees and it produced 400,000 tablets and 100,000 e-readers. In 2014, the company entered the Portuguese market. In 2015, the company produced a smartphone (

Ubuntu Edition) that runs the

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ...

operating system. In 2016, the company released the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet. By 2020, bq appears no longer to be in the phone market, with all devices removed from the company's web-page. The English language home-page now presents Robotics, 3D-printing and product development consulting as the focus of the company, at least internationally. In 2021 their web-page informed visitors that it had ceased business operations and only made available links to software downloads for the 3D-printer Witbox Go and to their educational offerings. Revenue, by year: * 2014: 202.5 million euro. * 2013: 115 million euro. * 2012: 37.3 million euro. * 2011: 25 million euro. * 2010: 3.8 million euro.

Mobile phones and tablets

AndroidOne: *

BQ Aquaris X2 Pro The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

* BQ Aquaris X2 * BQ Aquaris A4.5 Android high-end: * BQ Aquaris X Pro * BQ Aquaris X *

BQ Aquaris X5 Plus The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

BQ Aquaris X5 The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

Android mid-range: *

BQ Aquaris M5 The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

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 ...

Android Cyanogen: *

BQ Aquaris X5 Cyanogen Edition The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

Ubuntu Phone: * BQ Aquaris M10 *

Other: *

BQ Aquaris E6 The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

BQ Aquaris E4 The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applicatio ...

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History

Mobile phones and tablets

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