<![CDATA[PinePhone]]>As of mid 2020, I'm not able to stay on top of PinePhone developments due to other demands on my time, so my periodic updates are more or less stopped for now. For latest accurate info on the hardware, consult the Pine64 wiki, forum, and website, and for latest info on UBPorts on the PinePhone, consult other threads on this site, or Telegram, or the UBPorts website.

postmarketOS community edition now on preorder for late August, 2020 shipment with motherboard v. 1.2a with the USB fix and in two versions:

[2GB/16GB for $150 + shipping](https://store.pine64.org/product/pinephone-community-edition-postmarketos-limited-edition-linux-smartphone/)
or
[3GB/32GB + a USB dock with 2 x USB-A, digital video out, and 10/100 ethernet for $200 + shipping](https://store.pine64.org/product/pinephone-community-edition-postmarketos-with-convergence-package-limited-edition-linux-smartphone/)

Probable specifications of Phase 3 (the shipping phone) of PinePhone were posted by tllim and lukasz of @PINE64 on the #pinephone IRC channel on 2019-02-21. Subsequent details have come from the Pine64 forum, @thepine64 on Twitter, @PINE64 here on the UBPorts forum, and now the Pine64 wiki entry for Phase 3 of the PinePhone.

I haven't yet gotten the hang of text formatting on this forum so not sure how to add colored text, so I'm putting my annotations in bolded italics.

  • Dimensions 160.5mm x 76.6mm x 9.2mm thick
  • Weight between 180g and 200g
  • Screen type: IPS capacitive, 16M colors
  • Screen size: 5.95" 1440x720, 18:9 aspect ratio - At least one screen protector for the Iphone XS Max has been shown to fit this screen
  • Screen surface still hardened glass, NOT plastic
  • The LCD panel that will soon be delivered on the Phase 2 dev kits is the same as the PinePhone LCD panel but smaller (5.7" vs. 6.0").
  • Modem: Quectel EC-25G with worldwide bands
  • SIM size: micro
  • Quad GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands 2, 3, 5, 8
  • WCDMA bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
  • LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25*, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41. Per this post by tllim on the Pine64 forum, the modem will be soldered in place in order to keep the phone thin. *probable, per the Wiki and @PINE64's post below.
  • VoLTE support obviously this depends on both software support (Ubuntu Touch does not currently support VoLTE) and carrier support (e.g., AT&T in the US currently restricts VoIP to a small list of devices, though rumors say they will open VoLTE to all BYO devices by then end of 2019).
  • Wifi: 802.11 b/g/n, single-band, hotspot capable
  • Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP
  • Chipset: Allwinner A64
  • CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A-53
  • GPU: MALI-400
  • Memory: 2 or 3GB LDRR3 / 16 or 32GB eMMC
  • micro SD supporting SDHC and SDXC. Bootable so you can test an OS build without erasing the eMMC (Source)
  • Edited post to remove mention of a potential upgrade in specs. Let us see what happens and not put any pressure on Pine64 one way or another.
  • USB: USB-C with USB host, 15W 5V 3A Quick Charge following USB PD specification, and alt-c 1080P DisplayPort
  • Stereo headphone/mic jack (on bottom of phone) with serial console, same as Pinebook
  • Vibrator
  • RGB status LED
  • No IR LED
  • Camera position same as in the image below, but speaker position may change
  • Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4", LED Flash
  • Selfie Camera: Single GC2035, 2MP, f/2.8, 1/5"
  • Sensors: accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, ambient light
  • 3 external switches, up down and power
  • The hardware privacy kill switches will be placed inside the case, meaning you'll need to peel off the back of the case to access. This prevents accidental switch off. this tweet refers to the case back as easily removable. tllim later posted on IRC "back case can peel off using finger nail."
  • Kill switches: 6 in total, for LTE/GNSS, Wifi/BT, Microphone, rear camera, front camera, and headphone.
  • Case is matte black finished plastic
  • Phone structure is plastic
  • Samsung J7 3000mAh battery - "they are reliable, relatively inexpensive and easily attainable in most places we checked ... they will also be around for quite some time." A higher capacity batter in the same form may be possible.
  • Battery is easy to replace, so that user also can carry a spare battery.
  • No glue - disassembleable with only a screwdriver.
  • SIM and micro SD card slot also located inside phone
  • GNSS: GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS EG25-G appears to have additional capabilities, but let us not count on them for now.
  • No NFC
  • No FM Radio
  • No fingerprint reader
  • Price: $150 for 2 GB/16 GB configuration
  • $10 of each sale will be donated to partner Linux-on-Phone projects (e.g., UBPorts, Plasma Mobile, postmarketOS, etc.)
  • Proceeds of sales of PinePhone cases will fund donations of original model PineBooks to needy causes.
  • PinePhone prototypes ship to core Linux-on-Phone OS developers (not app developers) October-November 2019
  • Open-to-all production run in 2019, ordering starting November 15, 2019 at 8:00AM (GMT+0), 3,000 phones will ship without an installed OS to β€œBrave Heart” enthusiasts capable of installing the OS themselves; these should ship in December 2019 and January 2020.
  • Large scale production in March, 2020, by which time at least one OS is expected to be ready.
  • Availability: at least 5 years

Video: UBPorts on the PinePhone Dev Kit

Updated render:
PinePhone updated render

Tentative motherboard layout:
PinePhone motherboard layout

Prototype motherboard and daughterboard:
Prototype motherboard and daughterboard

Prototype phone with back removed and battery inserted:
Prototype phone with back removed and battery inserted

Links to the Dev kits on the Pine64 Wiki:

Project Anakin - Phase 1 Dev Kit

Project Don't be Evil - Phase 2 Dev Kit

PinePhone - Phase 3, the shipping phone.

Lukasz Erecinski's comprehensive 2019-09-05 update on PinePhone status:

https://www.pine64.org/2019/09/05/september-update-the-pinephone-is-real-shipping-soon/

Lukasz' November update, chock full of PinePhone info:

https://www.pine64.org/2019/11/05/brave-heart-edition-pinephones/

UBPorts' PinePhone dedicated gitlab repository

PinePhone User Manual, v. 1.3

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2403/pinephoneRSS for NodeMon, 09 Mar 2026 14:33:50 GMTFri, 22 Feb 2019 21:43:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:01:16 GMT]]>Updated the OP with links to the postmarket versions.

Question for @PINE64 : right now (2020-07-15 16:11 UTC), both versions say the packing contents include "USB-C Docking Bar – 2x USB Type A ports, digital video port, and 10/100Mbps Ethernet port" Does this mean that the board in both versions is 1.2a?

(Apologies if I've missed the monthly update. Right now all Pine64 sites seem to be deluged with traffic. πŸ™‚ )

Edit: from reading the Pine64 July update, it seems that both versions of the phone have the 1.2a board with the USB fix (hurrah!), but only the 3GB/32GB Convergence Package has the Docking Bar. Please correct me if I'm wrong about that.

Edit 2: the page in the store is now correct.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36754https://forums.ubports.com/post/36754Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Sat, 11 Jul 2020 03:26:03 GMT]]>For those who are interested and are reckless enough to forgo developer support, I got full encryption of writable data working with an elaboration of the old "remount your filesystems" trick in the encryption thread.

It's still a terrible hack, of course, but it covers far more than just remounting an encrypted home did. The right way to do this entails a lot of genuine development in the OS, but it is nice to see what some quick and dirty shell scripting can do at times. πŸ˜ƒ

Should be noted that any bug you see arising while using a setup like this should be reproduced on a normal install before reporting. Please don't waste developer time reporting issues you're not sure didn't arise from a non-standard hack. πŸ˜†

(Edit: though actually one nice thing about running your system this way is that you always have a normal system lurking only a reboot away.)

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36546https://forums.ubports.com/post/36546Sat, 11 Jul 2020 03:26:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:27:27 GMT]]>@domubpkm
Thanks!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36335https://forums.ubports.com/post/36335Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:19:54 GMT]]>@Keneda shipping 13,26 € today, tot 145.86 € including shipping

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36331https://forums.ubports.com/post/36331Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:19:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:59:58 GMT]]>@domubpkm
Just for my knowledge, as i live in France too, how many did it cost you including non-DHL shipping?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36329https://forums.ubports.com/post/36329Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:59:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:29:16 GMT]]>For info on delivery times, my PinePhone Community Edition ordered on April 2nd and classic non dhl shipment, arrived at my home today in France. :sun: 🌈

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36326https://forums.ubports.com/post/36326Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:29:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Sun, 05 Jul 2020 01:39:53 GMT]]>Per Lukasz on Telegram, a small number of cancelled-order UBPorts Community Edition PinePhones are up for sale right now (I'm posting this at 2020-07-03 12:07 UTC). DHL shipping only. He will be tweeting about these sometime soon, so grab one ASAP if you want one.

Edit: All gone, as of 4 July.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/36129https://forums.ubports.com/post/36129Sun, 05 Jul 2020 01:39:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:13:12 GMT]]>Old-fashioned UT smartphones still have a bright :sun: (time limited) future!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35618https://forums.ubports.com/post/35618Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:13:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:44:51 GMT]]>Yes, months.

From the Mir perspective (as the Mir lead I know this bit best), there are features UT uses from the mirclient API that, currently, have no equivalent in Wayland.

Someone has to implement workarounds and/or Wayland equivalents. And there is other work the same devs (both Mir and UBports) are committed to.

Beyond Mir, there's a whole stack of changes to the OS. New versions of components, and systemd.

It's all solvable, but will take time.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35614https://forums.ubports.com/post/35614Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:24:27 GMT]]>@Nathan123 said in PinePhone:

@trainailleur Thank you sir. "couple of months" isn't too bad.

Unfortunately he didn't say "couple." He just said "months." I'm sure stability will come in time, but I wouldn't expect a daily driver on any particular timescale.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35563https://forums.ubports.com/post/35563Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:39:27 GMT]]>@trainailleur Thank you sir. "couple of months" isn't too bad.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35553https://forums.ubports.com/post/35553Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:39:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:13:54 GMT]]>@Nathan123 said in PinePhone:

This may be a stupid question...but is the Pinephone community edition anywhere NEAR being stable enough for daily use?

Not a stupid question. But no, it is not yet ready to be a sole device for most users, nor even nearly ready. Marius said in last weekend's Q&A that he expected it would be a number of months before it equaled the stability of the Nexus 5 running UT.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35527https://forums.ubports.com/post/35527Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:13:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:43:47 GMT]]>@Nathan123 The answer can be found here :
https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone/-/issues ......
it's clear to me πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35523https://forums.ubports.com/post/35523Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:43:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:15:12 GMT]]>This may be a stupid question...but is the Pinephone community edition anywhere NEAR being stable enough for daily use?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35522https://forums.ubports.com/post/35522Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:15:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:41:07 GMT]]>@petrmasek First of all: the hardware is getting better with every CE release!

But it could be possible to get an original UT version from pine64. Look at their homepage and ask support if you canstill get an UT-CE. In case of shipping problems because of COVID-19 it is possible,that some people have canceled their order. And my advice, pay for dhl delivery if it is available for your country or be very patient.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35448https://forums.ubports.com/post/35448Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:41:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:12:04 GMT]]>@petrmasek PinePhone CE UBports are still available for sale on german pine64 affiliate for 226,69 € including taxes and delivery: https://sha256systems.eu/epages/5b7c8826-3528-4d6f-bd2d-c024fcdbd435.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2F5b7c8826-3528-4d6f-bd2d-c024fcdbd435%2FCategories%2FPINE64%2FPinePhone

sha256systems.eu is registered as affiliate by pine64: https://store.pine64.org/affiliates/.

The total cost for PP bought directly to pine64 for people in EU who chose DHL is 210-215€.
So with sha256systems.eu it's 10-15€ more.

NB: I have no interest in sha256systems sales

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35189https://forums.ubports.com/post/35189Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:12:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:47:40 GMT]]>@petrmasek I don't believe that you'll be able to buy a Ubuntu version of the phone, new from Pine for a good while, you might be able to either find someone selling theres, or consider buying this CE, and flashing the phone with Ubuntu Touch.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35187https://forums.ubports.com/post/35187Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:47:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:43:09 GMT]]>Will I have an opportunity to buy a new Pinephone with Ubuntu Touch because I want to buy it but it's out of stock now and there is a preorder only for PostmarketOS version which I don't want. I couldn't buy it before because I was moving and I didn't know my new address. I want to buy two pairs of Pinephones. One for me and one for my girlfriend.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/35186https://forums.ubports.com/post/35186Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:43:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:13:53 GMT]]>Hi @PINE64
Can you please give us an update on the sending of Pinephones ?
Did those who did not leave get their images updated and functional?
Thank you

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34950https://forums.ubports.com/post/34950Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:13:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:04:15 GMT]]>This looks great! Might they release accessories for the I2C port? (6 pogo pins)

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34793https://forums.ubports.com/post/34793Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:04:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:46:43 GMT]]>The "community" of the many professional canonical developers was very involved as long as the port of UT on BQ phones was on their roadmap: however, nothing was easy to achieve properly functional cell phones. After that the UBports enthusiasts took over the work on their own in a VERY GREAT WAY.
Indeed many pinephones of the community edition have surely been sold to competent enthusiasts (in addition to the owners of the other editions) who will want the phone to become functional in a stable way soon : and it will have to be.
At this stage, the superb packaging totally convinces me !

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34622https://forums.ubports.com/post/34622Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:46:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:07:31 GMT]]>@domubpkm Considering that the community edition is actively aimed at those seeking to contribute to the project, and that it is currently being shipped to thousands of tech enthusiasts world wide, I'd say there's a good chance things will happen a lot quicker. Watching from the outside I think things started moving very fast even with the release of Braveheart. Really looking forwards to seeing what people come up with in the first few weeks of owning CE devices.

With BQ I guess a lot more of the consumer base bought it expecting a finished product, rather than something they could contribute to themselves.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34608https://forums.ubports.com/post/34608Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:58:23 GMT]]>The current state of progress of the Community Edition of the Pinephone reminds me a little of the beginnings of the BQ 4.5 ubuntu when it was first put on the market. The BQ 4.5 has made steady progress to become a good phone : let's hope that this will be the case for the Pinephone but much faster : for it not be obsolete by the time it is working properly....

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34606https://forums.ubports.com/post/34606Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:58:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PinePhone on Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:52:38 GMT]]>Finally got mine too πŸ™‚ If i compare it to my previous OPO then i have to admit that bacon image was really mature and besides MMS issue everything worked there like a charm. With PinePhone we are just at the beginning of this road but i think that it should take less time to fix all issues due to growing number of Pinephone users with UBports onboard.
I think that was a good choice

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/34583https://forums.ubports.com/post/34583Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:52:38 GMT