Ubuntu Shine is an Open Source Mobile Covered in Gold

Here’s another piece of work by Terrillo Walls, this time a smartphone based on Ubuntu. Dubbed the Ubuntu Shine, the device is also pretty special and precious, as it uses gold plating for its back cover. On the front side there’s a super high resolution AMOLED display.

Under the hood we learn that Terrillo imagined an NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile GPU and possibly lots of RAM and ROM. This incredibly thin device looks promising and keeps the design typical for the man behind the project (large touchscreen, very thin device, minimalistic look). More images after the break...
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