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The Liberux Nexx smartphone will be (if it makes it to the production stage) the most powerful smartphone (with the RK3588S) to run GNU/Linux and the mainline kernel. More powerful than the PinePhone Pro, or the OnePlus 6. It will have a decent OLED display, alot of RAM, and much of what you would expect from a privacy-focused GNU/Linux smartphone such as hardware killswitches.
That is to say, this phone will (hopefully if it releases) be a true daily-driver candidate for many people, more so than the current offerings are now. While I am skeptical of it (as I am with any crowdfunded project) I think this will be a great thing if it does make it to production.
Site: https://liberux.net/
Crowdfunding Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/
I won’t be able to take this seriously until it proves it can successfully make a phone call over VoLTE.
This being $2039 CAD I can’t find any way to justify the price. Even as the Linux enthusiast in my circles this is too much.
For 2k I’d honestly rather buy a Framework 16.
Either way best of luck to the campaign👍
Yeah, this thing has comparable specs to my desktop computer with the price to match. When comparing to the PinePhone, this has 10x the RAM and 16x the storage.
In a time when so much stuff is unaffordable, maybe building an incredibly beefy phone as a startup doesn’t seem like the best idea.
Maybe they’re hoping there’s an untapped market for that, which would involve strong margins and therefore help fund work on more run-of-the-mill hardware…?
Lots of assumptions I just made 😅
The current supply chain ecosystem (including Trump’s tariffs) that’s probably driving up the cost makes me sad as I really want to see more Linux phone choices like this come to market as it drives the prices of other similar devices down. :(
I really want to buy a Linux native phone that’s comparable or at least close to Samsung’s S8 or Google’s Pixel 3.
In maybe 2 years if there’s still nothing decent available I’m probably gonna buy a used phone on Ebay or wherever and just flash pmOS or GrapheneOS. I’d rather spend my time than money at this point.
The biggest thing keeping me from daily driving a Linux phone is the camera. I want a good camera, not an afterthought. I can only guess from the renderings, but this thing looks like the camera was an afterthought.
Here is all the information I could find from their website:
Main: 32 Mpx
Front: 13 Mpx
