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    New Smartphone /w physical keyboard, Sailfish, unlocked bootloader: F(x)tec Pro1

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      • libremaxL Offline
        libremax @trainailleur
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        @trainailleur No more detail than that : https://twitter.com/chenliangchen/status/1273178573189365765?s=20

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          poVoq
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          From the specs:

          USB Type-C with HDMI support
          

          I hope that works as well πŸ™‚

          Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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            trainailleur @libremax
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            @libremax said in New Smartphone /w physical keyboard, Sailfish, unlocked bootloader: F(x)tec Pro1:

            @trainailleur No more detail than that : https://twitter.com/chenliangchen/status/1273178573189365765?s=20

            Many thanks. Somehow I missed reading all the followups. I haven't twittered (tweetened?) in a while I guess. πŸ˜„

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              Nathan123
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              Sounds totally good to me...but $700???

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                trainailleur @Nathan123
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                @Nathan123 said in New Smartphone /w physical keyboard, Sailfish, unlocked bootloader: F(x)tec Pro1:

                Sounds totally good to me...but $700???

                The hardware is very slick in person. And it's also unique to the current industry. Without a zombie brand name (e.g., Blackberry), unique hardware isn't going to attract the sort of market share to deliver economies of scale.

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                • KenedaK Offline
                  Keneda
                  last edited by Keneda

                  Makes me think of the Astro Slide...
                  https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4194/what-do-you-think-about-astro-slide-project/9?_=1592474844222

                  I was told that an expansive phone is likely not to see ubuntu touch ported on it, i feel like it's not so true now ^^

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                  2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                  2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom πŸ˜‰
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                      Scofus
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                      So I have a question. It says the Pro1X has an unlocked bootloader. Please pardon the normy question, but is that the same thing as the Pinephone's ability to load an OS from an SD card?

                      Like can I get the Lineage Pro1X, and boot UT from a microSD?

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                      • arubislanderA Offline
                        arubislander
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                        No apologies needed. But no, that is not the same thing. It simply means that you can flash a different OS to the phone without needing to jump through any hoops to be allowed to.

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                        Meizu Pro 5 (16.04 DEV)

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                          Scofus @arubislander
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                          @arubislander OK, so if I start with a Lineage Pro1X, and decide to switch to UT, then it's a one way street. I'm only on UT until I decide to flash to Lineage.

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                          • arubislanderA Offline
                            arubislander
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                            No, it is not a one way street. You could always flash Lineage again should you wish to. You can simply not have both at the same time. But that last limitation has nothing to do with the bootloader.

                            Also I understood that the makers are looking into providing a multi-boot solition for this phone.

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