Ubuntu phones are not ignoring the US Carriers, the carriers were the ones who are basically ignoring the Ubuntu Phones. There is a concept of the work/home split in android so you could split the two, apps and everything. https://www.android.com/work/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/a-review-of-android-for-work-dual-persona-support-comes-to-android/ On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Anon Anon wrote: > I want an Ubuntu phone so bad I cannot stand it. It seems impossible to > find any information about it and US carriers seem completely ignored. > > I would just recommend buying the barest of bones and cheapest android > phone you can use for work and put as little data as possible about you > personally on it. > > Why waste time and money on a work phone? Just my 2 cents. > > On Dec 28, 2016 12:52 PM, "Stephen Partington" > wrote: > >> The Samsung J7 is actually a good price point. As is the Moto G. and they >> are popular enough to have some XDA love http://forum.xda-developers.co >> m/galaxy-j7 >> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:43 PM, der.hans wrote: >> >>> moin moin, >>> >>> work requires a couple of applications I refuse to install on my personal >>> phone, so I need a secondary phone. >>> >>> Any recommendation considering the following? >>> >>> I would like to go with LineageOS[0] once it's up and running or some >>> other >>> 'as free as practical' Android fork. >>> >>> I would love a Plasma phone or maybe even an Ubuntu phone, but need to >>> grab some proprietary apps from the Android app store, so they're not >>> much >>> of an option for this particular case[1]. >>> >>> I would prefer a phone with a working FM radio. >>> >>> In general, I prefer Samsung hardware. >>> >>> Cost is a large factor for this purchase. I will likely be trying to find >>> someting on the second hand or refurb market. I'm perfectly fine with old >>> hardware provided I can continue getting software updates. >>> >>> Currently using t-mobile, but would prefer something with radios for all >>> the carriers[2]. >>> >>> [0] In the midst of forking from cyanogen now that it has closed down. >>> >>> http://lineageos.org/Yes-this-is-us/ >>> >>> [1] There is the possibility of buying a new primary phone and making my >>> current phone the secondary. I presume this option is more expensive than >>> I can commit to the purchase. >>> >>> [2] Not that Verizon is an option for me until it stops fighting net >>> neutrality. >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >>> -- >>> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >>> # "The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own >>> # reason for existing." -- Albert Einstein >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen