• 4.5in qHD screen with 540x960 resolution along with pixel density of 220 HDPI
• Its display is protected by Dragontrail Protective Glass coating
• Ubuntu OS
• 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor
• 1 GB RAM onboard
• 8MP Autofocus rear camera and a 5 MP front snapper
• 8GB internal storage area which is expandable up to 32GB
• External MicroSD card support
• HSPA+, HSPA, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and microUSB
• 2150 Lithium-Polymer battery

So pretty much budget fare, not much to see here, move on please. The handset is set to compete with Meizu's MX4 which is also confirmed to go open-source isoon.

Well, we say budget friendly, you can pick up some natty Chinese phone that does the same thing for the same price but it will not be truly open source.

That said it is hard to think how many people would care if their phone was open source and would still buy into this price point.

Many people who embrace the open source ethos are going to buy the phone because they want to install the sort of security software that keeps Big Brother out and they might need a better chip to handle the encryption.