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Liberux Nexx: Linux smartphone (found on Galaxus, Swiss online reseller)
- abricq 2y agoFor context, this article comes from galaxus.ch, the most widely used online reseller in Switzerland. It basically replaces amazon, amazon does not exist in Switzerland.
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- blogabegonija 2y agoAt least not another spyphone.
- haunter 2y ago>Whether the smartphone with promising hardware will actually see the light of day, however, will depend on its crowdfunding campaign, which will start soon. So it's not an actual product yet just some renderings.
- fractallyte 2y agoApparently, still in crowdfunding, and not available yet? On the other hand, Sailfish phones (https://sailfishos.org/ https://sailfishos.org/) are Linux-based, tout "Fourth generation security", can run Android apps (the killer feature!), and - most importantly - are available now.
- graemep 2y agoCan they run obnoxious Android banking apps that refuse to run on rooted phones etc.
- raphman 2y agoFWIW, I'm using the German DKB Android app (which seems to require non-rooted phones) without issues on my Sailfish OS phone.
- igor47 2y agoAsking the real questions! I can't use NFC transit cards because Google wallet doesn't trust my phone
- fractallyte 2y agoTried it just now with two banks: one worked, the other didn't.
- persnickety 2y agoI'm not sure I'd call anything using libhybris "Linux-based". Their low-level elements come from Android with all the problems that implies, including Android being Linux only in the most irrelevant technical sense.
- fractallyte 2y agoSailfish is based on the Linux kernel, and Mer, which itself is a fork of MeeGo - a mobile Linux distro. Hybris is just one component that Mer supports: a compatibility layer which allows the use of Android libraries and drivers. But that doesn't make it the backbone of Sailfish...
- persnickety 2y agoI'd say those drivers and libraries are the backbone of an OS. Everything else is on top of them.
- thomas-st 2y agoPrevious discussion (with some calling it a scam): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803559
- tecleandor 2y agoWhat I see here is a big Opus Dei family full of business contacts but no technical background. I'm not on front of my keyboard right now, but the Pasquín Echanove family is big and have been controlling parts of Spanish (and US) banks. But I don't think they have any future on this. I wouldn't give them a single Euro.
- perihelions 2y agoThe Shutterstock comment[0] is dispositive: one of their alleged photos of alleged human employees is a verifiably fake image, with a background that matches a stock photo. (2,2 on their "Meet our Team" section, "Ricardo Mesía / Marketing & Comunications". Does not exist). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804081
- throwaway74354 2y agoCrowdfunding scam waiting to happen. RK3588s is not phone-capable by any means.
- Retr0id 2y agoWhat makes it not-phone-capable? The non-s variant powers the "open source laptop" that was on the front page a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260
- lytedev 2y agoNot sure but gonna guess power.
- throwaway74354 2y agoPower profile. The SoC will need more space for battery and cooling that's physically possible in the smartphone formfactor.
- Retr0id 2y agoAt full speed sure, but if they use the metal chassis as a heatsink and downclock it a bit it ought to be fine, right? There are rk3588 SBCs sold without any heatsink at all (and I'm sure that does result in throttling, but presumably it's manageable)
- mrbluecoat 2y agoVolla Phone Quintus with a 6-nanometer Mediatek Dimensity 7050 processor is another option: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/volla-phone-quintus#/?perk=5627512 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/volla-phone-quintus#/?per...
- tecleandor 2y agoWell, the Quintus is an option, but I wouldn't call the Nexx more than a render or a mockup right now. ;)