Pine64 Company reported about the start of sales of the free secure smartphone PinePhone. The smartphone is aimed at those who believe that a person should have complete control over technology and their lives. Anyone who values privacy and hates Android and iOS telemetry are potential PinePhone buyers. It's time to send big brother in / Dev / null!
First batch scattered like hot cakes, but soon in the shop a new one will appear.
The PinePhone is only $150. The hardware of the smartphone is completely replaceable - each module can be pulled out and replaced, or upgraded to a more powerful one using detachable cables.
PinePhone supports many OS:
- Postmarket OS (KDE Plasma Mobile preinstalled)
- UBPorts (Ubuntu Touch);
- Maemo Leste;
- Nemo Mobile;
- Manjaro;
- LuneOS;
- SailfishOS;
- NixOS support coming soon.
All these images can be downloaded and put on your smartphone directly from the SD card.
Specifications:
Allwinner A64 Quad Core SoC with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
2GB of LPDDR3 RAM
5.95″ LCD 1440×720, 18:9 aspect ratio (hardened glass)
Bootable Micro SD
16GB eMMC
HD Digital Video Out
USB Type C (Power, Data and Video Out)
Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands
WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, single-band, hotspot capable
Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP
GNSS: GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS
vibrator
RGB Status LED
Selfie and Main camera (2/5Mpx respectively)
Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash
Selfie Camera: Single GC2035, 2MP, f/2.8, 1/5″
Sensors: accelerator, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, ambient light
3 External Switches: up down and power
HW switches: LTE/GNSS, WiFi, Microphone, Speaker, Cameras
Samsung J7 form-factor 3000mAh battery
Case is matte black finished plastic
Headphone Jack
Video: running 4x OS on PinePhone
Bonus: Pinebook Pro laptop review
Source: linux.org.ru