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posted by janrinok on Friday January 17 2020, @03:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-buy-one dept.

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)


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Friday January 17 2020, @06:59PM (5 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday January 17 2020, @06:59PM (#944660) Journal

    I was going to put this in a journal entry but I'll just stick it here.

    Get Ready For The Manjaro Linux Laptop Explosion (Including AMD Ryzen Models) [forbes.com]

    Tuxedo Computers is based in Europe, however all systems will be available to ship to customers in the United States and Canada.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday January 17 2020, @07:08PM

    by Freeman (732) on Friday January 17 2020, @07:08PM (#944672) Journal

    A lot of things come to my mind when you say Laptop Explosion. A huge Linux market, isn't one of them.

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by barbara hudson on Friday January 17 2020, @09:31PM (3 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Friday January 17 2020, @09:31PM (#944736) Journal
    What is up with this Forbes guy always pushing Manjaro Linux? It still has all the problems of any other Linux, including shitty printer support, lack of software, inability to run popular programs, and if you gave it to someone for free, a month later it will have been wiped.
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    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @10:15PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @10:15PM (#944761)

      What is up with this Forbes guy always pushing Manjaro Linux? It still has all the problems of any other Linux, including shitty printer support, lack of software, inability to run popular programs, and if you gave it to someone for free, a month later it will have been wiped.

      Which printers? Which programs? I haven't had an issue with either on Linux in at least five years. Provide some context for your complaints or you're just whining. That's the fact equivalent of "Pix or it didn't happen."

      Good luck with that.

      • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday January 18 2020, @01:47PM (1 child)

        by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 18 2020, @01:47PM (#944958) Homepage Journal

        Many popular programs are Windows only. I imagine those are what he's talking about.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @09:36PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @09:36PM (#945094)

          Many popular programs are Windows only. I imagine those are what he's talking about.

          It's *she*, but I take your point.

          All the same, without libraries/support Mac binaries won't run on Windows, Linux, BSD or Android.

          And Linux or Windows binaries won't run on MacOS, IOS or Android either.

          Windows binaries won't run on MVS. However, many Windows binaries will run on Linux and BSD via Wine.

          It's all just a bunch of anti-*nix/open source bullshit she's spewing.

          She's talking out of her ass and it smells that way too.