BQ Says They Received 12,000 Ubuntu Phone Orders Per Minute

Posted by hanuca on Feb 11, 2015 8:44 PM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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Well, after today’s Ubuntu phone flash sale roller coaster, we still don’t know how many devices were sold and how many people managed to get at least one BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition smartphone. All we know is that BQ stated on their Google+ page that they have received approximately 12,000 orders per minute, and that this is the main reason behind the premature failure of their online store.

While trying to keep people hopeful, BQ promises more flash sales of Ubuntu phone this month, assuring them that all purchases will be delivered in March. Currently, the device is being sold only to EU (European Union) citizens, but Canonical plans to bring Ubuntu phones to the US market in the next six months, according to an interview with Cristian Parrino, Vice President, Mobile and Online Services at Canonical.

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