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meet the Ubuntu to these are the first two phones to bring a gun to to you the meizu mx3 and the BQ aquaris Ubuntu is best known for providing you with an alternative to windows on your pc but the British company behind the software is branching out into phones and tablets too and this little pair with the first phones with a buncha one you can actually buy so are both existing Android phones that will be outfitted with new ubuntu software amazing mx3 is currently on sale in china and other parts of the world and it's a 5.1 inch phone with a samsung eight core chip inside the curve glossy design actually kind of reminds me of a samsung galaxy phone my favorite of the ubuntu 2 is the spanish made 4.5 inch quad-core BQ aquaris just take a look at the understated design of this minimalist slab of smartphone style so those are the phones but what about the software ubuntu is based around home screens called scopes which can be as simple as a screen collecting all your music or your photos or they can be customized and themes you can have a scope for the world cup for example showing you the latest news about the beautiful game or your phone carrier or network can display a dedicated scope showing your bill and your account information i like a bum soo it's a slick and elegant system that's based around swiping your finger in from the edges of the screen so i've been from the left for an app launcher to quickly fire up your favorite apps so i've been from the right and you get a multitasking carousel so you can browse through the apps you currently have running once you're in an app swipe up from the bottom for a submenu and at any time pull down from the top of the screen to your notifications recent messages and the important information you need to know about your phone like the battery level or signal strength so it's early days for a bun too and a lots riding on which networks and manufacturers get on board we'll be keeping a close eye on the Ubuntu to to see if it can mount a real challenge to Android I'm Richard tren home for more on the latest cutting-edge mobile phones tablets and wearable technology check out cnet com member