This afternoon, Manjaro posted a tweet in which something was advancing us, but we did not know what. A short time later, it was PINE64 who cleared up the doubts: in its october monthly note they have presented the PinePhone Pro, a phone with more powerful hardware in which the main camera stands out and that the RAM memory has risen to 4GB. What it does share with the "normal" PinePhone is the operating system that will move it.
After a while flirting with different projects, PINE64 decided that the best fit for their phones is Manjaro, specifically its version with Plasma Mobile. That is why the official account of the operating system was keen for the PinePhone Pro to be officially presented. Thanks to this, Manjaro is releasing images every week, including those of the PineTab (although I have not managed to start any).
PinePhone Pro Specifications
- Operating system: Manjaro with Plasma Mobile. It is compatible with others, such as Mobian, postmarketOS, Arch Linux or Ubuntu Touch.
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM.
- 13Mpx main camera, with 5Mpx selfie camera. It has Flash.
- SoC: Rockchip RK3399S 64bit.
- GPU: ARM Mali T860 quad-core 500MHz.
- 128GB of eMMC flash storage. Support for SD cards up to 2TB.
- 6 ″ screen with 1440 x 720 IPS resolution, Gorilla Glass 4.
- GPS, GPS-A and Glonass.
- Pogo-pins for accessories.
- USB-C for power, USB 3.0 for data, and DP alt-mode video output.
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Gyroscope.
- Proximity.
- Compass.
- Ambient light.
- Point to keep in mind added by the editor: it can be connected to a monitor, mouse and external keyboards to have a kind of pocket computer, something that is also possible in the PinePhone, but the PinePhone Pro is more powerful.
- Price of $ 399, which does not include shipping or taxes such as VAT.
From today you can place orders and will start to arrive in December of this year. For more information on the PinePhone Pro launch, PINE64 recommends that we subscribe to its blog or let's follow their channels Telegram, Discord o Twitter.