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

dieharddan

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

poVoq

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.

libremax

@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 "

trainailleur

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?

libremax

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

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?

libremax

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

poVoq

From the specs:

USB Type-C with HDMI support

I hope that works as well

trainailleur

@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.

Nathan123

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

trainailleur

@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.

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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Scofus

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?

arubislander

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.

Scofus

@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.

arubislander

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.