PINE64 · Handheld

PINE64 PinePhone

A phone that runs a full Linux userland, with hardware switches under the back cover that cut power to the radios, microphone and cameras.

$199.99 list price

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Headline specifications

SoC
Allwinner A64
Memory
3 GB
Storage
32 GB eMMC
Architecture
aarch64

Details

About this system

What the record says about the PINE64 PinePhone, in its own words.

The PinePhone runs ordinary mobile Linux on an Allwinner A64 with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of eMMC. It is slow next to a current Android handset and that trade is the point: the software stack is yours, and you can replace all of it. The price here is the community price for the Beta Edition with the convergence package, which adds the USB-C dock that gives it HDMI, Ethernet and USB.

Hardware kill switches sit under the back cover. Flipping one cuts power to that part rather than asking the operating system to turn it off, which is a different and stronger guarantee.

This is developer hardware and PINE64 says so themselves: their wiki describes the phone software as alpha or beta quality, aimed solely at early adopters with extensive operating system experience. It suits people who want to run and modify mobile Linux. It is not a replacement for an Android or iOS phone, and camera quality, battery life and app availability all reflect that. Do not buy it as your only phone.

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Specifications

These values come from the published record for this system. Anything the source did not report is shown as not reported rather than filled in.

Vendor
PINE64
Category
Handheld
Architecture
aarch64
Form factor
Phone
Starting price
Priced per build
Fulfillment
Reseller
SoC
Allwinner A64
Memory
3 GB
Storage
32 GB eMMC
Form Factor
Phone

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