Ubuntu Phone Marketshare Estimated At Around 25 Thousand Users

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu Phone Marketshare Estimated At Around 25 Thousand Users

Canonical sadly hasn't made public any sales numbers about the number of Ubuntu Phone devices out in the wild, but an estimate based upon update reporting pegs the number of current Ubuntu Phone users at around 25,000...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Phone-Estimate-25k

[Awesomeness]

He found that after the Ubuntu Phone has been on sale for six months, 17,979 users updated the Ubuntu Calculator App. However, given various factors, he's estimating the total Ubuntu Phone market-share to be at about 25,000 users.

Yeah, "rounding" up is definitively the sane default approach to anything Ubuntu? Surely there can't be a sizable number of updates from VMs on PCs?

[Veto]

Interesting. May we see the actual Phoronix stats? It is a benchmark site after all :-)

[Attent?ter]

25k phone users is like a drop of water to the sea

[johnc]

25k phone users is like a drop of water to the sea

I'm surprised it's that many.

[andre30correia]

25k phone users is like a drop of water to the sea

without a phisical store and carriers is not so bad, for a guy o use and need whatsapp ubuntu phone is a problem

[Kemosabe]

without a phisical store and carriers is not so bad, for a guy o use and need whatsapp ubuntu phone is a problem

Perhaps Sailfish OS is an alternative. It runs Android apps and uses wayland, which cannot be shipped on smartphones due to licencing issues - in case you believe in Canonicals propaganda

[DrYak]

also Sailfish OS has a few native alternatives for software normally found on android.

(Disclaimer: Sailfish on Jolla phone was what I've started using once WebOS on HP Pre3 couldn't do the job anymore)

[Anvil]

i seriously dont think Ubuntu Mobile Phones will be a Huge hit, whose gonna use it when you have the IPhone an the Android phones to compete with. Ubuntu phones are a waste of time making IMO plus i cant see many if any Mobile Carriers will support the phone

[pracedru]

i seriously dont think Ubuntu Mobile Phones will be a Huge hit, whose gonna use it when you have the IPhone an the Android phones to compete with. Ubuntu phones are a waste of time making IMO plus i cant see many if any Mobile Carriers will support the phone

I am one of the few who bought an Ubuntu phone. And I agree. That money could certainly have been put to better use.