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

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        haveaniceday
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        There is a new phone upcoming: the F(x)tec Pro 1
        https://www.fxtec.com/pro1/
        Shipping is said to start in october.

        f2dbf3a6-52b8-4632-a61e-024c86bd9171-image.png

        It has a physical Keyboard, unlocked bootloader, modern hardware and ships with Android 9, Lineage OS as well as Sailfish.
        The physical keyboard would be extremely convenient when working with the terminal app and for libertine X11 apps.

        Question: Does Sailfish ease the porting process for devices? E.g. with regards to drivers, HAL etc?

        The Specs:

        DESIGN
        Dimensions: 154 x 73.6 x 13.98 mm

        DISPLAY
        5.99-inch 2160 x 1080 (FHD+) AMOLED with curved edges
        Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3

        KEYBOARD
        Physical Keyboard layout: 5-row, 64-key, staggered, backlit, landscape QWERTY keyboard
        Keyboard mechanism: sliding (angled)

        MEMORY
        RAM: 6GB LPDDR4
        Storage: 128GB, expandable via microSD card up to 2TB

        CAMERA
        Front Camera: 8MP, fixed focus, f/2.0
        Rear Cameras: 12MP (Sony IMX363), f/1.8, 1.4µm pixels + 5MP, fixed focus, f/2.0

        VIDEO
        Video: capture up to 4K @ 30fps, playback up to [email protected] (supports H264 (AVC), H265 (HEVC),VP9)

        PROCESSOR
        Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998

        NETWORK
        Global LTE (FDD+TDD), WCDMA/UMTS, CDMA/EVDO, GSM/EDGE
        Cellular Bands;
        GSM: 2, 3, 5, 8
        WCDMA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
        CDMA/EVDO: BC0, BC1
        TD-SCDMA: 34/39
        TDD-LTE: 38/39/40/41(100mhz)
        FDD-LTE: 1, 2/25, 3, 4, 5/26, 7, 8, 12/17, 13, 20, 28

        CONNECTIVITY
        WiFi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (WiFi 5)
        Bluetooth: 5.0 + LE
        NFC (supports Google Pay)
        USB Type-C with HDMI support

        BATTERY
        3200 mAh
        Talk time 10hrs
        Standby time 480hrs
        Quick Charge™ 3.0

        SIM
        Dual Nano SIM with microSD support (shared with SIM #2),
        no SIM tool needed

        CUSTOM APPLICATIONS
        Landscape-optimized apps: launcher, calendar, email

        SOUND
        Speakers: dual, stereo
        Audio connectivity: 3.5mm TRRS headphone Jack
        FM Radio

        NOTIFICATION
        Flash: dual colour, dual LED
        Notification light: Yes (RGB LED)

        SENSORS
        Fingerprint reader: Yes (side mounted)
        GPS/A-GPS, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Ambient Light, Hall effect

        BUTTONS
        Power/lock key, Volume rocker, 2-stage camera shutter key

        OS
        Android 9.0 Pie
        Bootloader unlockable, supports other popular OS’s (Lineage, Sailfish etc)

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          dieharddan
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          looks like a decent phone, looking through the forums they mention after sailfish is working, they will be porting ubuntu touch as well

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            poVoq
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            Looks like it will ship to customers next week:
            https://liliputing.com/2019/10/fxtec-pro1-smartphone-with-keyboard-slider-set-to-ship-within-a-week.html

            SoC wise it is fairly similar to a OnePlus3, so I guess a UT port is quite feasible.

            Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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

              SoC wise it is fairly similar to a OnePlus3, so I guess a UT port is quite feasible.

              "A quick demo about how #UbuntuTouch #UBPorts working on #Pro1. Many thanks to the community developers. The OS looks beautiful and elegant in both orientations and the port is already running very smoothly with most functions working. https://twitter.com/chenliangchen/status/1272903474393604100?s=20 "

              Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
              https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1262/donate-anonymously-1-by-year-to-ubports-all-ubuntu-touch-users-can-do-it-demonstration/

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                trainailleur
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                Since I have a Pro1 sitting here gathering dust waiting on the LineageOS port, this is of great interest to me. 🙂 Does anyone know where to get that image?

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                  libremax @trainailleur
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                  @trainailleur https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1qQtVgbmRezbGWovfxulUvhiOkhtehfTP&export=download

                  Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
                  https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1262/donate-anonymously-1-by-year-to-ubports-all-ubuntu-touch-users-can-do-it-demonstration/

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                    trainailleur @libremax
                    last edited by trainailleur

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

                    @trainailleur https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1qQtVgbmRezbGWovfxulUvhiOkhtehfTP&export=download

                    Thanks. Downloading now. 🙂 Any details about it? Who created it? How to flash?

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                      libremax @trainailleur
                      last edited by

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

                      Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
                      https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1262/donate-anonymously-1-by-year-to-ubports-all-ubuntu-touch-users-can-do-it-demonstration/

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                        poVoq
                        last edited by

                        From the specs:

                        USB Type-C with HDMI support
                        

                        I hope that works as well 🙂

                        Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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                          trainailleur @libremax
                          last edited by

                          @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. 😄

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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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                                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 😉
                                🇲🇫🇬🇧

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                                  A Former User
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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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                                      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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                                        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 Online
                                          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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