Watch Buttery Smooth UbuntuTouch on PinePhone

Purism announced that their Linux based mobile project Librem 5 is not dead and has started shipping their first batch. It’s now pine64’s turn to show that they are on track and software is running great on their Linux phone.

It is to be noted that although both Librem and pinephone have similar goals to provide privacy-focused open source based mobiles, the approach is different. Librem has reinvented the wheel and has created almost a fresh software stack including a new UI called phosh. Pine people are porting existing mobile centric OS.

Also Pinephone is using some tried and tested hardware and thus are significantly cheaper at $200.

The specification is as below:

• Allwinner A64 (quad core ARM Cortex-A53) SoC with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
• 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 16GB eMMC 5.0 flash expandable with bootable microSD card
• 5.95″ 1440×720 LCD touch screen, 18:9 aspect ratio, hardened glass
• USB Type-C for power/charging, data and HD digital video output
• 4G LTE Cat 4 modem (Quectel EG-25G) with worldwide bands
• 802.11 /b/g/n Wi-Fi, single-band with AP mode
• Bluetooth 4.0 + A2DP
• GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS localization services
• Back/main camera: 5MP, 1/4″ with LED Flash (OV6540)
• Front/selfie camera: 2MP, f/2.8, 1/5″ (GC2035)
• Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer and ambient light sensors
• Hardware switches for LTE/GNSS, WiFi, Microphone, Speaker and USB (via PCB microswitches); power and volume switches
• 3000mAh battery (Samsung Galaxy J7 compatible form factor)
• Matte black plastic chassis
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Vibration motor and RGB status LED

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