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Varangos ☦ agoristo@primal.net 4 months ago

It has a 3.5mm audio jack?!? I'm in!!!

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Varangos ☦ agoristo@primal.net 4 months ago

A Linux-based phone in the works: View quoted note →

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 4 months ago

TheBitcoinBattery TheBitcoinBattery@primal.net 4 months ago

This looks very interesting! I might get one.

krisl krisl@nostrcheck.me 4 months ago

Hope this one makes it. It would be great if forces were joined on making some hardware for a linux phone. We have the Librem phone by Purism, which never really took off, I mean it costs 1999$. Then there is the Ubuntu Touch project, which only works on select hardware and is barely usable... In the end I imagine raspberryPIs and alike will get so small and powerful they will be used as phones at some point 😉

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Neo ⚡️ neo@nostrpurple.com 4 months ago

I wasted so much mony on linux phones and none of them ever worked. Complete waste of sats. But will definitely follow the development maybe a miracle happens 👍

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kidwarp kidwarp@nostrplebs.com 4 months ago

Adafruit Learning System

PiPhone - A Raspberry Pi based Cellphone

This project takes you through building a functional cellphone using off-the-shelf parts,

npub1f8j5...vzz5 4 months ago

Why do you think they keep failing? Just network effects?

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brian brian@primal.net 4 months ago

Nice find. Hope they actually make it to production. I've had so many disappointing experiences with crowdfunding and Linux portables.

hasky 4 months ago

I like the design already , is not so much camera in the back .. 👏👏👏

AndroDark androdark@nostrcheck.me 4 months ago

Can it run android apps?

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MateoB 4 months ago

Esim?

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FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 4 months ago

Waydroid on Linux phones runs Android apps fairly well, and they study they're going to have something like that.

BoristheDancer BorisTheDancer@lncal.com 4 months ago

Interesting project! Though a solid estimated price... View quoted note →

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 4 months ago

My Pinephone running, Mobian Phosh worked pretty good. Better than most people gave it credit for.

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 4 months ago

Proprietary hardware drivers was one of the main issue with the PinePhone. The cell phone modem and texts for one.

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 4 months ago

They don't say. Maybe put a bug in tie their ear.

bplusp bplusp@primal.net 3 months ago

I'm definitely curious. If they remain sub $500 or keep it 'midrange' prices I'm in. Librem were just too expensive. Some of those specs make me think this will be a flagship price point though.

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brito brito@nostr.pt 3 months ago

Between 800 to 1300 USD. At those prices I'll just pass. Pinephone is only 350 USD by comparison.

bplusp bplusp@primal.net 3 months ago

Have you used a pine phone? I haven't kept up with them since the pine book pro came out, but curious to see how theyve grown. I know grapheneOS is planning a phone with a company like Motorola that is designed for it. But it'll be some time.

brito brito@nostr.pt 3 months ago

Didn't try. Saw the complaints about low battery life and my preference are phones with batteries that last a week.

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npub1wuhe...h6ym 2 months ago

Perhaps you could see it as investments in the future of such phones. Voting with your sats. By the way, every Android phone uses the Linux kernel. Android/Linux rather than GNU/Linux.

npub1wuhe...h6ym 2 months ago

I don't recall where I read this, but the 4G and 5G protocols require incredible power consumption. It's not the screens that consume most of the power anymore.