Linux Smart Phone Set to Be Released This Year

in pinephone •  6 years ago 

When it comes to smartphones, people often go by two choices Android and iOS. I myself like and use Android meanwhile these devices (Android and iOS) are powered by Linux kernel, so we all use Linux in one way or the other.

An announcement was made last year by PinePhone's company about their upcoming Pine64 Linux OS Mobile Phone and recently the company announced that the device Pine64 is ready with prototypes and plans to ship development kit in Q1 2019 at an affordable price of $149.

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The phone is amazing with the features it posses and the affordable price. It will strictly be running mainline Linux and will be powered by a SOPine module with an Allwinner A64 ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor.

Pine64 Features

ElementFeature
Display1440x720p
Front camera2MP
Rear camera5MP
RAM (LPDDR3 )2GB
eMMC Module32GB
4G4G LTE support
Wifi802.11n WiFi
Bluetooth4.0
Head Phone JackAvailable
SensorsGyroscopic and light sensors

PinePhone also plans to embed hardware switches on Pine64's mobile that will allow its users to enable or disable wireless components, cameras, and speaker for privacy.

Fingers Crossed as we await Pine64 this year. I will love to explore this phone when it's readily available.

What can you say about the Linux phone with its amazing features?

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