page_title: PinePhone
section_title: Features and comparison to other Linux-based phones
hierarchical_section_title: PinePhone / Features and comparison to other Linux-based phones
caption_attribution_description: English: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/File:PinePhone-main-board.jpg
context_page_description: The PinePhone is a smartphone, developed by computer manufacturer Pine64, intended for allowing the user to have full control over the device. Measures to ensure this are running mainline Linux based mobile operating systems, assembling the phone with screws, so that it can be easily disassembled for repairs and upgrades, and including six kill switches / security switches for its hardware, which are accessible by removing the back cover of the phone.
context_section_description: The PinePhone is often compared to other phones shipping with a non-Android Linux distributions, especially the Librem 5, which released around the same time, and the WiFi-VoIP phone Necuno, which does not employ a cellular modem. 
  Pine64 notably promises 5 years of production in contrast with most smartphone manufacturers who typically produce for 1 to 3 years, and do not guarantee their production lifespan upon release. A long production life and sharing a common A64 platform with the PineTab tablet and Pine A64 boards is meant to encourage tinkerers to create mods and DIY projects based on the PinePhone.
caption: Main board; DIP cut-off switches center right, black-and-white
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