The PinePhone is a very popular smartphone with the Linux community. One of the main reasons is that it is open source hardware and already you can run several different flavours of Linux on it. Linux phones by "definition" do not have Google or Apple tracking baked into the Operating System. Do not expect to be unknowlingly tracked and traced by this thing.

We have a long-standing friendship with the KDE Community, going all the way back to the original Pinebook which shipped with KDE Neon as it’s default operating system

Now, it is time for the KDE Community to recevie some love with the Pinephone KDE Community Edition. Previous devices have already already shipped with Manjaro and the PostmarketOS.

KDE Community Edition Specs

Below are the full specifications for this particular model:

• Allwinner A64 Quad Core SoC with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
• 2GB/3GB of LPDDR3 RAM
• 5.95″ LCD 1440×720, 18:9 aspect ratio (hardened glass)
• Bootable micro SD
• 16GB/32GB eMMC
• HD Digital Video Out
• USB Type C (Power, Data and Video Out)
• Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands
• WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, single-band, hotspot capable
• Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP
• GNSS: GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS
• Vibrator
• RGB status LED
• Selfie and Main camera (2/5Mpx respectively)
• Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash
• Selfie Camera: Single GC2035, 2MP, f/2.8, 1/5″
• Sensors: accelerator, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, ambient light
• 3 External Switches: up, down and power
• HW switches: LTE/GNSS, WiFi, Microphone, Speaker, Cameras
• Samsung J7 form-factor 3000mAh battery
• The case is matte black finished plastic
• Headphone Jack

This PinePhone CE will be available in two hardware configurations:

$149 — 2GB RAM; 16GB eMMC
$199 — 3GB RAM; 32GB eMMC (includes a bundled USB-C dock)

Both configurations of the KDE CE PinePhones feature rev. 1.2b PCBA. The $199 hardware variant, called convergence package, also features a USB-C dock equipped with 10/100 Ethernet, 2x USB type A ports, HDMI digital video output and power-in via USB-C.

You can order directly off the Pinephone website.

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