Pine64 community about the start of admission on smartphone , completed with a firmware with a mobile platform , which continues the development of the Ubuntu Touch project, after Canonical company.
Shipment of ordered devices is scheduled for mid-May 2020. The cost of the smartphone is 149.99 dollars.
Firmware with UBports is in beta testing, but it is claimed that the basic functionality is fully functional. It supports receiving and making calls, working with SMS messages, connecting to LTE networks, using GPS, and supporting GPU acceleration. Of the components in which problems remain unresolved, the camera and USB Host are noted (for example, the connection of the mouse is not automatically processed), battery life leaves much to be desired.
Recall that the PinePhone hardware is designed to use replaceable components - most of the modules are not soldered, but connected via detachable cables, which allows, for example, if you wish, to replace the mediocre camera offered by default with a better one. The device is built on a quad-core SoC ARM Allwinner A64 with a Mali 400 MP2 GPU, equipped with 2 GB of RAM, a 5.95-inch screen (1440 Γ 720 IPS), Micro SD (with support for booting from an SD card), 16GB eMMC (internal), a USB-C port with USB Host and a combined video output for connecting a monitor, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP), GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS, two cameras (2 and 5Mpx), 3000mAh battery, hardware-switchable components with LTE/GNSS, WiFi, microphone and speakers.
Except UBports, for PinePhone boot images based Ρ , , , , and partially open platform . Work is underway to prepare assemblies with . The software environment can be loaded directly from the SD card without the need for flashing.
Source: opennet.ru