PinePhone: Everything you need to know about the $150 Linux-powered phone

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[–]useless_aether[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

maybe my first smart phone. exciting

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The PinePhone may be a little too complicated for the average consumer.

Be still my beating heart!

[–]Tiwaking 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The CPU is little bit old fashioned and it doesnt have a lot of RAM, I wonder if I could extend it to 16GB of RAM by changing the processor...

https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone

Dimensions: 160.5 x 76.6 x 9.2mm Weight: Between 180-200 grams Build: Plastic SIM Card: Micro-SIM Display:

Size: 5.95 inches (151mm) diagonal Type: HD IPS capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Resolution: 1440x720, 18:9 ratio System on Chip: Allwinner A64 RAM: 2GB LPDDR3 SDRAM Internal Storage: 16GB eMMC, extendable up to 2TB via microSD, supports SDHC and SDXC Back Camera: Single 5MP, 1/4", LED Flash Selfie Camera: Single 2MP, f/2.8, 1/5" Sound: Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack & mic (jack doubles as hardware UART if killswitch 6 is deactivated) Communication: EG25-G

LTE: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B38, B39, B40, B41 WCDMA: B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B8, B19 GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 (MHz) WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, single-band, hotspot Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP GNSS: GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo/QZSS, with A-GPS Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, ambient light, compass Killswitches: Modem, Wifi & Bluetooth, Microphone, Cameras Battery: 2750-3000 mAh Lithium ion (replaceable with any Samsung J7 form-factor battery) I/O: USB Type-C (SlimPort), USB Host, DisplayPort Alternate Mode output, 15W 5V 3A Quick Charge, follows USB PD specification

CPU: https://linux-sunxi.org/A64

Manufacturer Allwinner Process 40nm CPU Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 Memory up to 3 GB LPDDR2/ LPDDR3/ DDR3 / DDR3L GPU Mali400 MP2

Video MIPI DSI 1920x1200 @60fps, LVDS 1366x768 @60fps, RGB 1920x1200 @60fps, HDMI v1.4 4k @30fps Network GBit MAC, no PHY Storage NAND, NOR, MMC USB OTG, 1x Host Other BGA396, 0.65mm pitch, 15x15mm

CPU Website (CHINESE) http://www.allwinnertech.com/index.php?c=product&a=index&id=9

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

hm, are alwinners backdoored by the chinese govt?

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

My country is backdoored by the Chinese Government so I assume alwinners is as well.

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

hopefully not forever

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

maybe it was just the kernel, not the silicon

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/chinese-arm-vendor-left-developer-backdoor-in-kernel-for-android-pi-devices/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allwinner_Technology#Backdoor_controversy

[–]midnightryder 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hardware kill switches for microphone speaker and camera? Wow finally.

Crazy thing though is I remember reading somewhere that accelerometers are so sensitive they can be repurposed as microphones in software