PinePhone "Brave Heart" early bird developer edition now available for $150
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About two months after the first Purism Librem 5 batch was shipped, Pine64 has finally made the very first batch of PinePhones openly available for sale. We discussed the differences between these two pocket-sized Linux phones in an article some months ago, that might help you understand the key differences between these two products.
![](https://tuxphones.com/content/images/2019/11/pinephone-braveheart-linux-smartphone-front-back-1.jpg)
Technical specifications include an AllWinner A64 SoC, 16GB eMMC, 2GB RAM and a 6" 1440x720 display with 18:9 aspect ratio, making it a good entry-level smartphone. You can find the full technical specifications for the PinePhone here.
Alternatively, this OMGUbuntu article gives some additional information and a nice graphical comparison with the Purism Librem 5.
The #PinePhone 'Brave Heart' Edition is now available to pre-order, so I've updated the PinePhone post with the link (and those all important caveats) https://t.co/4irQJoNtvl pic.twitter.com/vyzuH4dyEA
— omg! ubuntu! (@omgubuntu) November 15, 2019
The earliest, developer oriented batch of PinePhones is now officially available from the PINE64 store for $150 plus shipping (in my case $15 + duty fees to Italy). Please notice that the phone does not come with an operating system pre-installed, as the software is still mostly work-in-progress.
Several OS are already listed on the wiki page, including postmarketOS, Ubuntu Touch (both running mainline kernel), Sailfish OS, Maemo and LuneOS.
Via Liliputing
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