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Vaeringr ☦ vaeringr@primal.net 11 months ago

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

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Vaeringr ☦ vaeringr@primal.net 11 months ago

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

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 11 months ago

TheBitcoinBattery TheBitcoinBattery@primal.net 11 months ago

This looks very interesting! I might get one.

krisl krisl@nostrcheck.me 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago

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

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npub1fnsp...8x8y 11 months ago

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

Andro androdark@nostrcheck.me 11 months ago

Can it run android apps?

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npub104f2...lpca 11 months ago

Esim?

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FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 11 months ago

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

npub1c9ky...swqu 11 months ago

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

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 11 months ago

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

FreedomTech freedomtech@zaps.lol 11 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 11 months ago

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

npub14vju...ynmf 11 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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npub1hfg3...7yfm 11 months ago

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

npub14vju...ynmf 11 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.

npub1hfg3...7yfm 11 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 10 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 10 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.