R-FON the first Russian smartphone
In the month of August last year, we shared here on the blog news about Rosa Mobile the Russian mobile operating system which has gained quite a bit of popularity since its announcement and now STC IT PINK (the company behind the development of Rosa Fresh) officially presented the first Russian smartphone «R-FON», which comes powered by the “Rosa Mobile” operating system.
The ROSA Mobile system, It is based on Linux and includes its own versions of basic applications, In addition, it is built on the basis of the open Plasma Mobile platform which uses the kwin_wayland composite server to generate graphics and PulseAudio is used to process audio.
The ROSA Mobile set It is distinguished by the redesign of the Plasma Mobile interface, its own set of icons and the offer of additional applications. It is possible to run Android applications using the Waydroid project.
Platform uses the mobile edition of the KDE Plasma 5.27.8 desktop, the KDE Frameworks 5.110 libraries, the ModemManager 1.18 telephony stack, and the Telepathy communication framework. The mobile applications are based on the Plasma Mobile Gear suite and use the Qt library, a set of Mauikit components and the Kirigami framework, which allows creating universal interfaces suitable for smartphones, tablets and PCs.
“In just a few years, together with a team of talented developers, engineers and designers, we have created a convenient, beautiful, secure and functional Russian mobile operating system,” comments Oleg Karpitsky, CEO of STC IT ROSA.
The system environment was compiled from the ROSA 2021.1 repositoryIn addition to the fact that the sets do not use closed drivers or proprietary Android firmware components, it is stated that the drivers for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other components of the R-FON smartphone were developed independently.
The developers also reported that The operating system includes its own ROSA Market application store, in which system applications and programs from external developers will be located.
On the hardware side of the R-FON it is mentioned that this device It is equipped with a 6.7-inch screen (AMOLED, FullHD, Gorilla Glass 5) with a resolution of 2412 × 1080 pixels and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, on the part of the Processor mentioned to be included is the MediaTek Helio G99 (2 Cortex-A76 cores at 2200 MHz and 6 Cortex-A55 cores at 2000 MHz), produced since May 2022.
We are proud of R-FON and do not hide the fact that it was designed from foreign industrial components. At the same time, its printed circuit boards, final assembly, testing, radio frequency tuning and software installation are carried out in Russia. The smartphone is recognized as Russian at the state level: it fully meets the criteria of a Russian-made device and is deservedly included in the corresponding register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade,” explains Dmitry Ivannikov, General Director of JSC Rutek.
The amount of RAM is 8 GB, while the internal memory is 128 GB and also has a slot for compatible MicroSD up to 2 TB, Wi-Fi 2,4/5 GHz, NFC, Bluetooth 5.2. The resolution of the main camera is 50 MP, There is also an additional 2MP macro module and a 16MP selfie camera. The 5.000 mAh battery Supports 18W fast charging (a suitable adapter is included). The weight of the device is 189g and its dimensions are 163,8×76,3×7,96 mm.
The R-FON was developed by Rutek and is assembled in its own facilities production in Saransk (Technopark-Mordovia) and it is worth mentioning that its particularity is its own controllers, which provide additional protection to the hardware components.
For those interested in the device, you should know that At the moment the equipment is only distributed in Russia and it is possible that sale to the general public could be available at the end of this year 2024. The appearance, size, The weight and specifications (except for the weaker rear camera and RAM size) are the same as the Symphony Helio 80 smartphone.
Finally, it should be mentioned that on the OS side (ROSA Mobile) should have full support for Android apps in the first half of 2024, and it will be possible to use native programs of the ROSA Mobile operating system and Android applications on the same screen.
If you are interested in knowing more about it, you can check the details in the following link.