Community Pine64, engaged in creating open devices, announced about the beginning of the reception pre-orders on the smartphone PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition . Supplies to those sent until January 18 are expected at the end of January or in early February. For orders after January 18, the delivery will be detained until the end of New Year holidays in China. The cost of the device is $ 399, which is more than twice as expensive than the first Pinephone model, but the price increase is justified by a substantial upgrade of the hardware filling.
The Pinephone Pro model continues to be positioned as a device for enthusiasts that are tired of Android and iOS, and want to obtain a fully controlled and secure environment based on alternative open Linux platforms. Smartphone is built on the basis of Soc Rockchip RK3399S with two ARM Cortex-A72 cores and four cores
ARM Cortex-A53, operating at a frequency of 1.5GHz, as well as with four-core GPU Arm Mali T860 (500MHz). The RK3399S chip is implemented specifically for Pinephone Pro in conjunction with Rockchip engineers
and includes additional energy saving mechanisms and a special sleep mode that allows you to receive calls and SMS.
The device is equipped with 4 GB RAM, 128GB EMMC (internal) and two cameras (5 MPX OMNIVISION OV5640 and 13MPX SONY IMX258). For comparison, the first Pinephone model was supplied with 2 GB RAM, 16GB EMMC and 2 and 5MPX cameras. As in the last model, a 6-inch IPS screen with a resolution of 1440×720 is used, but it is better protected by using Gorilla Glass 4 glass 4. Pinephone Pro is fully compatible with add-ons connected instead of the rear cap, previously released.
For the first model (according to the Pinephone Pro and Pinephone and Pinephone enclosure).
The Pinephone Pro fillings can also be noted Micro SD (with support for download from an SD card), USB-C port with USB 3.0 and a combined video output for connecting the monitor, Wi-Fi 802.11 AC, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, GPS-A , GLONASS, UART (through the headphone connector), battery 3000mAh (fast charge for 15W). As in the first model, a new device allows you to disconnect LTE / GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, camera and microphone on the hardware level. Size 160.8 x 76.6 x 11.1mm (2 mm thinner than the first Pinephone). Weight 215 gr.
Pinephone Pro performance is comparable to modern android-smartphones of the medium price range and about 20% slower Pinebook Pro laptop. When connecting the keyboard, mouse and monitor Pinephone Pro can be used as a portable workstation suitable for viewing video with 1080p quality and perform such tasks as photo editing and executing an office package.
