Volla Phone | Using Linux Phone instead of Android or Apple

This phone was beyond strange, but so much fun exploring it. Ubuntu Touch has come quite a ways since I looked at it in 2020.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Ubuntu Touch on Volla Phone
01:48 Ubuntu Touch Settings Menu
03:00 Phone and Messaging
03:22 Web Browsing
03:53 Music and Note Apps
04:41 Twitter
05:17 AdBlock
06:10 Navigation
06:58 Tweak Tool for Ubuntu Touch
07:28 Using Ubuntu Touch as a Desktop
10:48 Overview of Volla Phone and Usage .

[ChrisTitusTech]

I was hoping for more on the hardware side, but it is still an improvement from last year!

[ThePowerRanger]

The more they make Linux phones, the more hopefully I become that one day I'll be able to use a Linux phone as a daily.

[skug]

My intention in the future is to use a de-Googled Android phone and a Linux phone, and have all the tech features I like and none of the privacy invasion. I find Android (even de-Googled, rooted Android) is quite a limiting experience. In the good old days, when Android was still in nappies, I was using Nokia N900 and N9 Linux phones, and loved those phones.

[АлексейГриднев-ир]

Having root read-only by default is the design choice by Canonical, which UBPorts foundation kept intact

[ddenobrega]

"download music like we used to do back in the day" wait what you guys don't..

[fawzanfawzi]

I believe that I'm those extremely rare human being who still downloads mp3s like the old days

[madkvideo]

This is actually really good. Kudos to them!

[neurobioboy]

This is a cool project! Can not wait for forme thé comparison with the degoogle version.

We need a full linux phone so badly.

[NICKELGHANDI]

I have a pine phone and the experience is like android 2.3 on my HTC Evo from 2010. Development is slow but coming along and you can see potential. Battery life is abysmal, but who cares when you can just swap it when it dies? Calls and sms work some of the time.
We need better specs to get this off the ground but really need more people to get involved. Software optimization will make the biggest difference. Security hardening will become very important as the devices gain in popularity.

[ryanh]

I honestly feel like a top down view of the phone would have been better to give people an idea of latency and screen responsiveness. Even a side by side of the VNC and a top down view of the phone itself would have been nice. All in all, thank you for this video! 👍

[tygrpro]

as far as the rootfs being read-only, thats actually by design because Ubuntu Touch does a image based update, the most common misconception is that Ubuntu Touch is a desktop linux, which it actually is not, it is a linux build designed for mobile use, I have ported it to a device and have 4 UT devices, I would be glad to answer any questions

[gamegamesoumic]

I was waiting for this phone review for a long time!

[andresbravo]

Volla Phone: It’s a Linux Ubuntu Phone
Apple & Google: **intensifies**

[martykong]

Thanks MUCH for review, share and video! Volla looked good, but expensive I thought... Will probably order a Pine phone if my FX Pro ever gets here :( Cheers! :)

[asland]

Another step closer to a Linux phone for the masses.

[hiphoppop]

1:35 Is that becuase it's wired for USB 3.0 5gbit standard? Seems weird not to have native support for external displays and the such being type-c.

[djshades]

Defiantly need a video about windows 11 and that a lot of machines won't be compatible due to the TPM V2 Chip needed. I'll be sticking with my linux install but worth a topic of conversation chris.

[mateowoetam]

I've always wondered what happens if you install gnome tweaks and other tools on a phone

[fuseteam]

the rootfs is readonly because ubuntu touch makes use of image based updates, typically changes made with apt are lost on update.

i kinda made a bash script to install things with apt in the home directory called "crackle" xD

[tygrpro]

I have one of these Volla Phones, mine is a dev device, there are so many OSes for it, I think you should explore them