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The GNU/Linux-based smartphone, PinePhone, has begun shipping. It uses the same Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit System on a Chip (SOC) as the the Pine64 Single Board Computer (SBC) and thus it also runs mainstream GNU/Linux. The goal is to provide a hardware platform for a wider variety of Linux-on-Phone projects. Hardware availability is expected to be five years.
Lilliputing: PinePhone Braveheart Linux smartphone begins shipping January 17th
The PinePhone is an inexpensive smartphone designed to run Linux-based operating systems. Developed by the folks at Pine64, the $150 smartphone was first announced about a year ago — and this week the first units will ship.
Herald Writer: The PinePhone begins delivery—a Linux-powered smartphone for $150
The PinePhone is powered through an Allwinner A64 SoC, which options 4 Cortex A53 CPUs at 1.2GHz, constructed on an attractive historical 40nm procedure. This is similar chip the corporate makes use of at the PINE A64 unmarried board pc, a Raspberry Pi competitor. There are 2GB of RAM, a Mali-400 GPU, 16GB of garage, and a 2750mAh battery. The rear digicam is 5MP, the entrance digicam is 2MP, the show is a 1440×720 IPS LCD, and the battery is detachable. There is a headphone jack, a USB-C port, and strengthen for a MicroSD slot, which you'll if truth be told boot running techniques off of. The mobile modem is a big separate chip this is soldered onto the motherboard: a Quectel EG25-G.
Earlier on SN:
PinePhone Linux Smartphone Priced at $149 to Arrive This Year (2019)
Librem 5 Backers Have Begun Receiving Their Linux Phones (2019)
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday January 17 2020, @04:02PM (3 children)
This is a phone that the user can configure pretty much how (s)he wants. They are saying that the hardware will be supported for 5 years. After that, I suppose that they will hope to release another one with improved specs based on experience of how well this one does.
(Score: 0, Troll) by barbara hudson on Friday January 17 2020, @05:13PM (2 children)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @02:06PM (1 child)
Everything works on an n900, but the kernel is crap old. We're just getting restarted on that same.path, why are your panties in a twist? SFOS has working phone calls on the pinephone: https://twitter.com/neochapay/status/1218243855562289152 [twitter.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @09:55PM
it's a closed source apologist.