I'm sure @UKPhil just wanted to see a little message or a picture confirming the fact he had successfully installed the UBPorts version. Even, as was said, a distinctive desktop background indicating that "You are now running UBPorts".
p.s @UKPhil I hope you enjoy your refreshed BQ device \o/
Good work Flohack,
I know we're past the point now but I'd still like a new BQ phone with UT on it.
Why Mark, WHY !! Grrrrrr (Shakes fist angrily). 
Looks and sounds quite good. At this point I'm willing to pay. I only get the LTS versions of Ubuntu. So every two years I "Contribute to Ubuntu" with the little slider thingy. There was a slider for the Phone development once 
Anyway, €49.90 Is quite strong but at this point I'd pay that for a really complete Ubuntu OS on top of a nice new phone.
Hmmm, I wish BQ and Canonical had stuck to it, my E4.5 is feeling really slow whilst browsing the net now.
meh
I for one would be happy to see a BQ phone being supported going forward. The new BQ Aquaris phones seem good to me. With prices ranging from E170 to E340 and Qualcomm Snapdragon processors too. I have had my E4.5 for what seems like an age now. I remember waiting for the flash sales, that was truly a frustrating way to get to buy a phone. I got one eventually and have used it everyday since. If I could buy a new BQ phone with Ubuntu Touch I'd buy it immediately. I don't really care too much about convergence I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTE at home and I have put an SSD in my corporate machine at work with it on too (shhhh, don't tell the IT Technical services team 
. Good file syncing will do at this point.