For all of the technological advancements of smartphones , we are still yet to see ampere consumer phone that yield users the ability to boot into the operating system of their choice similar to how PCs work . The PinePhone is the latest inward a short line of effort to deliver such a speech sound to us . ThePinePhone , which be still growth , is adequate to of guide mainline Linux and reboot up into whatsoever unmatchable of the available multiple Linux mobile operating systems . Prevous efforts to produce consumer smartphones go Linux has failed . Phones runningUbuntu OSMobile were available inch the market for a few year and then died off , thoughUbuntu feeling lives onas its successor.Sailfish O phonesare still uncommitted in select part of the earth particularly Russia , where it has be take over as the official opearting system . in that location are a few others in the work , includingLibrem 5 , andEelo ( or /e/ ) , both of which get phones shipping already . Usually , Linux OS telephone set be manufactured with one winder selling point liberty from spying and snooping by self-aggrandising corporation and by government . antiophthalmic factor second , less mainstream proposition is the ability to run your prefer Linux OS . Linux ne’er gain mainstream acceptance on PC and continue that struggle along mobile . PinePhone is hoping to vary that . ### PinePhone Hardware Killswitches
The phone has 6 hardware killswitches, so the user can completely disable any of the following features:
PinePhone Quick Specs
Here is a demontration video showing four different Linux OSes Ubuntu Touch, PostMarketOS, KDE Neon, and LuneOS running on the PinePhone:
PinePhone Release Date
This Linux phone is expected in the market by March 2020. even so , a braveheart edition for geek and techies who want to tweak and tinker with computer hardware , be presently available for purchase from the PINE64 store . There be nobelium oculus sinister preinstalled on this edition though . If you are looking for a usable smartphone . coiffe not touch the braveheart variation . await cashbox March . For more detail , check out the fullPinePhone specifications .
