{"id":1768,"date":"2018-10-27T03:45:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2018-10-27T04:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T04:02:36","slug":"pinephone-pine64-is-making-an-affordable-linux-smartphone-running-kde-plasma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/pinephone-pine64-is-making-an-affordable-linux-smartphone-running-kde-plasma\/","title":{"rendered":"PinePhone: Pine64 Is Making An Affordable Linux Smartphone Running KDE Plasma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the demise of Ubuntu Phone, Purism\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/fossbytes.com\/tag\/librem-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Librem 5<\/a> seems like the next big thing in the budding world of Linux smartphones. Purism has already partnered with big names like GNOME and KDE, and we can expect the device to start shipping in <a href=\"https:\/\/fossbytes.com\/librem-5-linux-smartphones-release-pushed-april-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like another hardware vendor is looking to develop its own Linux smartphone.<a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/pinebook-kde-smartphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> As reported by It\u2019s FOSS<\/a>, Pine64 is working to create inexpensive Linux-based smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>KDE Neon creator Jonathan Riddell revealed this at Open Source Summit, Europe Edition. Upon contacting Pine64 founder TL Lim, It\u2019s FOSS found that the devices are called PinePhone and PineTab \u2014 so, no surprises there.<\/p>\n<p>Starting November 1, Pine64 will start shipping the first PinePhone developer kits to the selected devs for free. The kit will include baseboard, SOPine module, 7\u2033 Touch Screen Display, Camera, Wifi\/BT, Playbox enclosure, Lithium-Ion battery case, and LTE cat 4 USB dongle.<\/p>\n<p>As per the current schedule, Plasma Mobile-running PinePhone\u2019s actual design won\u2019t be finalized until 2019 Q2.<\/p>\n<p>As Pine64 is known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/fossbytes.com\/pine64-pinebook-review-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-cost laptops<\/a>, PinePhone won\u2019t break your backbone when it comes to pricing. You can expect this open source Linux smartphone to cost $100+ for 2GB RAM and 16GB storage variant.<\/p>\n<p>What are your views on this upcoming Linux smartphone? Share your thoughts on PinePhone in the comments section and keep reading Fossbytes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/fossbytes.com\/linus-torvalds-return-to-linux-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linus Torvalds Discusses His Return To Linux Development<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fossbytes.com\/pinephone-pine64-affordable-linux-smartphone-kde-plasma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the demise of Ubuntu Phone, Purism\u2019s Librem 5 seems like the next big thing in the budding world of Linux smartphones. Purism has already partnered with big names like GNOME and KDE, and we can expect the device to start shipping in April 2019. It seems like another hardware vendor is looking to develop &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/pinephone-pine64-is-making-an-affordable-linux-smartphone-running-kde-plasma\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PinePhone: Pine64 Is Making An Affordable Linux Smartphone Running KDE Plasma&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}