after putting ubuntu touch on a Asus Nexus 7 Tablet i see the boot screen will boot only in the landscape mode and when i put it in the desktop mode i wish it
would have stayed that way the next time i boot the system, going to put it on a phone and i hope it works different but i am not counting on it, if it don't that
would sure be a couple of things to change

Just put ubuntu touch on a Asus Nexus 7 tablet, works great, like it so much i got a LG Nexus 5 phone to put it on, first thing i seen with the tablet
when it boots the boot screen only boots in the landscape mode, with the phone when i get it installed i hope it boots in the portrait mode