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

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    • H Offline
      haveaniceday
      last edited by 11 Sept 2019, 10:55

      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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      • D Offline
        dieharddan
        last edited by 16 Sept 2019, 14:39

        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
          last edited by 4 Nov 2019, 21:16

          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
            last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 22:15

            @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
              last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 22:19

              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
                last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 22:21

                @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 17 Jun 2020, 22:22

                  @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 17 Jun 2020, 22:27

                    @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 17 Jun 2020, 22:29

                      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 17 Jun 2020, 22:34

                        @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
                          last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 23:29

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

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                            trainailleur @Nathan123
                            last edited by 18 Jun 2020, 00:05

                            @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 11 May 2020, 15:18 18 Jun 2020, 10:11

                              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
                                last edited by 28 Oct 2020, 07:01

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                                  Scofus
                                  last edited by Scofus 11 May 2020, 04:47 5 Nov 2020, 04:42

                                  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
                                    last edited by 5 Nov 2020, 14:14

                                    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
                                      last edited by 5 Nov 2020, 15:25

                                      @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
                                        last edited by 5 Nov 2020, 23:33

                                        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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                                        Google Pixel 3a (20.04 DEV)
                                        JingPad (24.04 preview)
                                        Meizu Pro 5 (16.04 DEV)

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