Ubuntu phone

[toonies555]

I've placed an order for an ubuntu phone. An Aquaris e5. I dont even have it yet and im feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. Mainly because there is no Whatsapp or Uber client for it. I can't find working ports either.

Do you know of work around? can you dual boot it to cyanogen?

[lcnmrn]

You can try https://sublevel.net on it as well as other web based apps.

[mtmail]

Have you tried the Uber mobile website http://m.uber.com ?

[alfredvh]

Can't you send it back within 15 days if you don't like it?

[stephenr]

TIL people have very different priorities to me when it comes to buying a smartphone.

[jotux]

Today is the day you learned other people have different priorities than you?

[miguelrochefort]

Can you explain what you mean by that?

[stephenr]

Having second thoughts about a smartphone platform because a specific taxi app and a specific IM app aren't available on it seems a little ridiculous to me, coming from someone who has been reading HackerNews for at least a year.

[miguelrochefort]

I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of people choose a platform based on these very criteria.

What makes you choose a platform over an other?