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| dimensions = 160.5mm x 76.6mm x 9.2mm<ref name=everything>{{cite web |title=The $149 Linux Phone: Everything You Need to Know |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/11/pinephone-specs-price-release-date |website=OMG! Ubuntu! |date=8 November 2019}}</ref>
| weight = 185 grams<ref name=CNX>{{cite web |last1=Aufranc |first1=Jean-Luc |title=Pinephone "Community Edition: PostmarketOS" Launched with 3GB RAM, 32GB Flash, USB-C Hub |url=https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/07/16/pinephone-community-edition-postmarketos-launched-with-3gb-ram-32gb-flash-usb-c-hub/ |website=CNX Software - Embedded Systems News |date=16 July 2020}}</ref>
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The '''PinePhone''' is a
▲The '''PinePhone''' is a [[smartphone]] developed by [[Hong Kong]]-based [[computer manufacturer]] [[Pine64]], intended to allow the user to have full control over the device. Measures to ensure this are: running [[Mobile operating system#Fully open-source, mixed copyleft and permissive licenses|mainline Linux-based mobile operating systems]], assembling the phone with screws, and simplifying the disassembly for repairs and upgrades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pine64.org/2019/09/05/september-update-the-pinephone-is-real-shipping-soon/|title=September Update: The PinePhone is real & shipping soon|website=PINE64|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref> LTE, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and both cameras can be physically switched off.<ref name=tuxphones>{{cite web |last1=T. |first1=Raffaele |title=Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones |url=https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-vs-pine64-pinephone-linux-smartphone-comparison/ |website=TuxPhones |language=en |date=2 September 2019}}</ref> The PinePhone ships with the [[Manjaro]] Linux operating system using the [[Plasma Mobile]] graphic interface, although other [[Linux distribution|distributions]] can be installed by users.
==History==
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In February 2021, Pine64 announced the end of community edition devices,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pine64.org/2021/02/02/the-end-of-community-editions |title=The end of Community Editions |author=Erecinski, Lukasz |publisher=Pine64 |date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref> and that the default operating system for the production-ready PinePhone would be [[Manjaro]] using the [[Plasma Mobile|KDE Plasma Mobile]] graphical environment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/02/pinephone-picks-manjaro-with-plasma-mobile-as-default-os |title=PinePhone Picks a Default OS — But Not the One I Expected |author=Sneddon, Joey |publisher=OMG! Ubuntu! |date=February 16, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref> The company then introduced the PinePhone Beta Edition several weeks later.<ref name="March2021Update">{{cite web |url=https://www.pine64.org/2021/03/15/march-update |title=March Update: Status Report |author=Erecinski, Lukasz |publisher=Pine64 |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref> The Beta Edition's hardware and pricing was confirmed to be the same as the previous three community edition production runs, and the "[[Beta release|Beta]]" was a reference to the software only. Pine64 began pre-orders on March 24, 2021, and began shipping Beta Edition devices in late April.
In October 2021, Pine64 announced the [[PinePhone Pro]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=October Update: Introducing the PinePhone Pro|url=https://www.pine64.org/2021/10/15/october-update-introducing-the-pinephone-pro/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=PINE64|date=15 October 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2022, Pine64 started accepting pre-orders of PinePhone Pro for deliveries by February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition pre-orders open January 11|url=https://www.pine64.org/2022/01/11/pinephone-pro-explorer-edition-pre-orders-open-january-11/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=PINE64|date=11 January 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Features and comparisons==
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The PinePhone aims to be fully open source in its drivers and bootloader. Despite this, due to the scarcity of open-source components for cellular and wireless connectivity, the firmware for the Realtek RTL8723CS Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, as well as the optional autofocus firmware for the [[OmniVision]] OV5640 back camera, remain [[proprietary software]]. In order to mitigate potential threats to privacy, these components communicate with the rest of the system only over serial protocols, such as USB 2.0, I2S and SDIO, which do not allow [[direct memory access]] (DMA). Use of these protocols also permits them to be physically disconnected via kill switches.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erecinski |first1=Lukasz |title=Setting the Record Straight: PinePhone Misconceptions |url=https://www.pine64.org/2020/01/24/setting-the-record-straight-pinephone-misconceptions/ |website=pine64.org official Pine64 homepage |date=26 January 2020}}</ref>
In late 2020, Pine64 started an incentive called the ''Nutcracker Challenge'', in order to encourage the development of open-source wireless networking on the BL602 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nutcracker Challenge: Blob-Free WiFi & BLE|url=https://www.pine64.org/2020/10/28/nutcracker-challenge-blob-free-wifi-ble/|access-date=2021-12-10|website=PINE64|date=28 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> Some distributions support the use of USB [[Wireless network interface controller|Wi-Fi adapters]] that use [[Comparison of open-source wireless drivers|open-source wireless firmware]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=How about a more libre PinePhone with atk9k_htc? |url=https://linmob.net/how-about-more-libre-pinephone-with-ath9k-htc/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=LINux on MOBile |date=27 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Modem firmware of the Quectel EG25-G LTE board is based on a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Android (operating system)|Android userspace]], though an unofficial, mostly open-source version exists, replacing most proprietary components, except for the [[Baseband processor|baseband firmware]] and the [[TrustZone|TrustZone kernel]], which is signed by [[Qualcomm]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=2022-07-12 |title=Open Firmware For PinePhone LTE Modem – What's Up With That? |url=https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/open-firmware-for-pinephone-lte-modem-whats-up-with-that/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}</ref>
====Operating systems====
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== Difference between PinePhone Community Edition and PinePhone Pro, and controversy ==
Until 2021, the PinePhone had ports from several Linux Mobile distributions. These ports allowed for an easy installation process (flashing the distribution onto a bootable [[SD card|microSD card]]) which was convenient to both users and creators of the distributons. Official Community Editions were released with special branding for five projects: [[postmarketOS]], [[Ubuntu Touch|UBPorts]], [[Plasma Mobile|KDE Plasma Mobile]], [[Manjaro]] and [[Mobian]]. A portion of revenue from each of these branded editions would be passed on by Pine64 to the respective project.
* The PinePhone Community Edition programme was discontinued
* Instead of the several Linux distributions supported earlier, focus was given only to [[Manjaro]], whose contributions to the mobile Linux ecosystem were allegedly minimal, and largely limited to packaging rather than creating or improving new software.
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* PinePhone staff began discussing changes and making decisions with only [[Manjaro]] in mind, rather than taking other Linux distributions into account.
▲* PinePhone Community Edition was discontinued, replaced by PinePhone Pro.
==Editions==
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| rowspan="1" | v1.2
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|Pinephone - postmarketOS Community Edition<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=June Update: postmarketOS CE PinePhone, Shipping & PINE64 Cluster|url=https://www.pine64.org/2020/06/15/june-update-postmarketos-ce-pinephone-shipping-pine64-cluster/|website=Pine64|date=15 June 2020 }}</ref>
|[[postmarketOS]]
|[[Phosh]]
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| rowspan="5" |$149 / $199 (latter includes USB-C dock)
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|Pinephone - Manjaro Community Edition<ref name="sink">{{Cite web|title=September Update: Let it sink in…|url=https://www.pine64.org/2020/09/15/september-update-let-it-sink-in/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=PINE64|date=15 September 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Manjaro]]
|Phosh<ref name="manjaro_question">{{Cite web|title=Which interface was pre-installed on the PinePhone CE: Manjaro?|date=2021-08-03|website=PINE64 Forum|url=https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=14576}}</ref>
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