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New Fairphone 3 modular, ethical smartphone is "built to last" (with a lower price tag)

New Fairphone 3 modular, ethical smartphone is "built to last" (with a lower price tag)

As we know, consumer electronics is something that could almost never be considered "ethical" nowadays. No matter what brand you choose, there are high chances that the construction of your smartphone involved some (relevant) degree of human right violations. From the mining of columbite-tantalum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan_

All we know about the PinePhone: pictures, specs and release date

All we know about the PinePhone: pictures, specs and release date

Over the last months, PINE64/Pine Microsystems has been working hard [https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinephone-prototype-linux-smartphone-mockup-progress-design/] on the PinePhone, an affordable ($150) privacy-oriented Linux smartphone. As currently available information is relatively fragmented among the PINE64 blog, wiki, chat rooms and social media profiles, this post aims to be a real-time (-

$79 PineTab Linux tablet supports SATA and LTE expansions, boots postmarketOS

$79 PineTab Linux tablet supports SATA and LTE expansions, boots postmarketOS

While PINE64 has often been in the news in the last months for their PinePhone [https://tuxphones.com/tag/pinephone/], the $150 Linux smartphone (and low-cost Purism Librem 5 alternative), the same can't be said about its big brother, the PineTab [https://www.pine64.org/pinetab/]. At the modest price

Purism showcases Librem 5: thin bezels, GNOME apps and boot in under 15 seconds

Purism showcases Librem 5: thin bezels, GNOME apps and boot in under 15 seconds

If there is a Linux smartphone that does not need any introduction, that is probably Purism's Librem 5. After a successful crowdfunding campaign [https://web.archive.org/web/20171118081346/https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/] launched back in 2017, which helped Purism raise about $2M, there have been several official updates

postmarketOS Linux makes 🎂️ 2 years 🎂️: bringing over one hundred smartphones back to life

postmarketOS Linux makes 🎂️ 2 years 🎂️: bringing over one hundred smartphones back to life

It's a fact: smartphones tend to have a dramatically short lifespan, no matter the price range. While features remain more or less the same, even high-end smartphones tend to become slow within two or three years, forcing their users to an upgrade. And while it's widely known, even among non-technical

Official, Plasma-based "Manjaro Phone" teased on Twitter

Official, Plasma-based "Manjaro Phone" teased on Twitter

Over the last year, there has been a peak in smartphone oriented Linux distributions [https://tuxphones.com/all-linux-distributions-for-smartphones/], probably due to the huge interest in projects like Purism's Librem5 and, more recently, the entry-level PinePhone [https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinephone-prototype-linux-smartphone-mockup-progress-design/] . Another exciting development for this new segment of Linux devices is

First prototype for PINE64 "PinePhone" Linux smartphone sports thin bezels and modern design

First prototype for PINE64 "PinePhone" Linux smartphone sports thin bezels and modern design

After being announced several months ago, Pine64's inexpensive "PinePhone" Linux smartphone looks like a cheaper, entry-level alternative to the relatively popular Librem5 [https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem5-smartphone-gemalto-pls8-4g-lte-modem-bands-regions-speeds-gps/] Linux smartphone by Purism, which promises total privacy and a full mobile Linux experience. In fact, most of the work on Linux for smartphones