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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: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @10:40PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @10:40PM (#944774)

    It sounds like you don't have a damned clue. Stop embarrassing yourself.

    Pine64 are releasing a hardware project sans OS. Deliberately. If nothing works yet then it is because the software hasn't been written yet. But it was never intended yet to be a daily driver.

    If that concept threatens you then stay in your iOS/Android duopoly. But right now you are spreading FUD like a complete ignoramus.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:16AM (#944811)

    The loud tranny is wrong yet again.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @06:20AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @06:20AM (#944894)

      If your tranny is making any noise you should take it to a good auto-mechanic. Like many problems in life the sooner you fix it the better.