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Hello, Dear UT Porters, Developers and Users
1). I'd love to have an Ubuntu Touch UT tablet with a typical phone functionality
2). To be honest, I find the 5-6 inch screen of a typical smartphone too small. To dial a number it's big enough but when you want to run an application then I find it uncomfortable that I have such a limited space and a very small font.
3). Ubuntu has a Big Potential which is difficult to fit into a small smartphone screen - e.g. the web browser, mail client, navigation, terminal, the Libertine Programs and many others.
4). Well, we could buy two devices, a smartphone and a tablet but for me it would be great to have a 2-in-1 UT tablet with a SIM card (for internet connectivity), with an 8-10-12 inches screen
5). When talking about Android, I can see that some of these devices are actually tablets (some of them has even a dedicated pen), with phone functionality, like mentioned for example here:
5.1). https://www.phonearena.com/news/7-tablets-with-phone-functionality-you-can-call-them-giant-smartphones_id59182
5.2). https://www.amazon.com/tablets-cell-phone-capability/s?k=tablets+with+cell+phone+capability
5.3). https://www.techyv.com/article/top-10-tablets-with-phone-functionality-you-can-call-them-giant-smartphones/
6). Moreover, it seems to me that maybe any tablet which has the SIM based internet built in could become such a big Ubuntu Touch Smartphone, if someone would be able to port it - correct?
7). Dear Ubuntu Touch Friends Is there any chance that any such a tablet could be ported to 20.04 ?
8). I'm asking that question because I cannot find anything relevant nor via google "tablet SIM site:forums.ubports.com" neither when I use our Forum's Search Function... "Tablet SIM" | "Tablet LTE" | "Tablet 5G"...
I wish you All the Best and kind regards ~~ Piotrek~~pe3no.
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@pe3noATo2DOTpl Tablets SIM functionality is not voice, it is data. The idea that it is a giant phone is using voice over data apps, so it is not normal phone functionality. The Linux mobile community is still struggling to get voice over 4G (LTE or VoLTE), which will hopefully arrive soon thanks to their tremendous effort.
There is also the hardware, so a lot of phone hardware is aimed at voice as well as data, whereas a tablet modem is aimed at data.
Also a lot of countries are closing the 2G/3G networks to free up network bandwidth and concentrating on LTE and 5G (the US is a good example).I have played with 2 ported tablets with sims, Nexus 7(deb) and the 605L and voice and phone functionality is basically nil, unless you use an app service (SKYPE is an example).
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I love my Oukitel RT5 10" Android13 tablet, which has
one cellular band that works with TMobile in the U.S. (and
a many more that work with other carriers globally).. It
was lots cheaper than a high-end phone, has dual SIMs
and 12MB of RAM, more than just about all phones, is
IP-6X water and dust resistant. Great for Google Earth,
weather, and Play Store apps. Crucially, I can make and
receive phone calls and SMS messages on my RT5 and
do all those other 'Android' things- it's the proverbial
single-device 'tablet phone'I also love my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
which run on one of my MacMinis
Not the only problem,
but Ubu doesn't run on the RT5.PORT PLEASE!!!
Android , esp. A13 'Scoped Storage' is an abject PITA.
End-user rootless consumers are allowed less than PC-DOS
functionality - no editor, and a rote rude 'Files' incapable
of full utilization of the external microSD storage on my
RT5. I'd toss A13 in an instant if a Ubu port for a 4G/5G
tablet like Oukitel RT7 were available. I haven't checked
the RT7 frequencies compatibility with major U.S. Carriers
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, hopefully it has at least one
radio band they support. -
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@pe3noATo2DOTpl Please see https://forums.ubports.com/topic/206/will-you-port-to-device-x as to why I moved your post.Thanks
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@BlipBertMon said in Ubuntu Touch UT tablets with phone functionality:
PORT PLEASE!!!
That's not a question that makes sense, as asked. There is not a team of developers sitting around somewhere and saying 'Now what device shall we port today?'
In reality, most ports are done by volunteers, that means community members like you and me, who happen to have all three of these:
a compatible device they can stand to risk bricking, the skills to port it, and the time required to do so.It's not a simple or quick task. It can take weeks or months. It's a lot to ask.
So your simple 'PORT PLEASE!!!' is not going to accomplish anything.
