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Liberux Nexx GNU/Linux smartphone starts crowdfunding! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Original Text by: @AprilShowers@lemmy.blahaj.zone

The Liberux Nexx smartphone will be (if it makes it to the production stage) the most powerful smartphone (with the RK3588S) to run GNU/Linux and the mainline kernel. More powerful than the PinePhone Pro, or the OnePlus 6. It will have a decent OLED display, alot of RAM, and much of what you would expect from a privacy-focused GNU/Linux smartphone such as hardware killswitches.

That is to say, this phone will (hopefully if it releases) be a true daily-driver candidate for many people, more so than the current offerings are now. While I am skeptical of it (as I am with any crowdfunded project) I think this will be a great thing if it does make it to production.

Site: https://liberux.net/

Crowdfunding Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/

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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This being $2039 CAD I can't find any way to justify the price. Even as the Linux enthusiast in my circles this is too much.

For 2k I'd honestly rather buy a Framework 16.

Either way best of luck to the campaign👍

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, this thing has comparable specs to my desktop computer with the price to match. When comparing to the PinePhone, this has 10x the RAM and 16x the storage.

In a time when so much stuff is unaffordable, maybe building an incredibly beefy phone as a startup doesn't seem like the best idea.

[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe they're hoping there's an untapped market for that, which would involve strong margins and therefore help fund work on more run-of-the-mill hardware...?

Lots of assumptions I just made 😅

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