Liberux Nexx: Linux smartphone (found on Galaxus, Swiss online reseller) (opens in new tab)

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22 pointsabricq1y ago21 comments

21 comments

Previous discussion (with some calling it a scam): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803559

The Shutterstock comment[0] is dispositive: one of their alleged photos of alleged human employees is a verifiably fake image, with a background that matches a stock photo. (2,2 on their "Meet our Team" section, "Ricardo Mesía / Marketing & Comunications". Does not exist).

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804081

tecleandor1y ago

What I see here is a big Opus Dei family full of business contacts but no technical background. I'm not on front of my keyboard right now, but the Pasquín Echanove family is big and have been controlling parts of Spanish (and US) banks. But I don't think they have any future on this. I wouldn't give them a single Euro.

abricqOP1y ago

For context, this article comes from galaxus.ch, the most widely used online reseller in Switzerland. It basically replaces amazon, amazon does not exist in Switzerland.

haunter1y ago

>Whether the smartphone with promising hardware will actually see the light of day, however, will depend on its crowdfunding campaign, which will start soon.

So it's not an actual product yet just some renderings.

fractallyte1y ago

Apparently, still in crowdfunding, and not available yet?

On the other hand, Sailfish phones (https://sailfishos.org/) are Linux-based, tout "Fourth generation security", can run Android apps (the killer feature!), and - most importantly - are available now.

graemep1y ago

Can they run obnoxious Android banking apps that refuse to run on rooted phones etc.

fractallyte1y ago

Tried it just now with two banks: one worked, the other didn't.

raphman1y ago

FWIW, I'm using the German DKB Android app (which seems to require non-rooted phones) without issues on my Sailfish OS phone.

igor471y ago

Asking the real questions! I can't use NFC transit cards because Google wallet doesn't trust my phone

persnickety1y ago

I'm not sure I'd call anything using libhybris "Linux-based". Their low-level elements come from Android with all the problems that implies, including Android being Linux only in the most irrelevant technical sense.

fractallyte1y ago

Sailfish is based on the Linux kernel, and Mer, which itself is a fork of MeeGo - a mobile Linux distro.

Hybris is just one component that Mer supports: a compatibility layer which allows the use of Android libraries and drivers. But that doesn't make it the backbone of Sailfish...

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throwaway743541y ago

Crowdfunding scam waiting to happen. RK3588s is not phone-capable by any means.

Retr0id1y ago

What makes it not-phone-capable? The non-s variant powers the "open source laptop" that was on the front page a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260

throwaway743541y ago

Power profile. The SoC will need more space for battery and cooling that's physically possible in the smartphone formfactor.

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lytedev1y ago

Not sure but gonna guess power.

mrbluecoat1y ago

Volla Phone Quintus with a 6-nanometer Mediatek Dimensity 7050 processor is another option: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/volla-phone-quintus#/?per...

tecleandor1y ago

Well, the Quintus is an option, but I wouldn't call the Nexx more than a render or a mockup right now. ;)

blogabegonija1y ago

At least not another spyphone.

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thomas-st1y ago

Previous discussion (with some calling it a scam): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803559

perihelions1y ago

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804081

tecleandor1y ago

abricqOP1y ago

For context, this article comes from galaxus.ch, the most widely used online reseller in Switzerland. It basically replaces amazon, amazon does not exist in Switzerland.

haunter1y ago

>Whether the smartphone with promising hardware will actually see the light of day, however, will depend on its crowdfunding campaign, which will start soon.

So it's not an actual product yet just some renderings.

fractallyte1y ago

Apparently, still in crowdfunding, and not available yet?

graemep1y ago

Can they run obnoxious Android banking apps that refuse to run on rooted phones etc.

fractallyte1y ago

Tried it just now with two banks: one worked, the other didn't.

raphman1y ago

FWIW, I'm using the German DKB Android app (which seems to require non-rooted phones) without issues on my Sailfish OS phone.

igor471y ago

Asking the real questions! I can't use NFC transit cards because Google wallet doesn't trust my phone

persnickety1y ago

fractallyte1y ago

Sailfish is based on the Linux kernel, and Mer, which itself is a fork of MeeGo - a mobile Linux distro.

Hybris is just one component that Mer supports: a compatibility layer which allows the use of Android libraries and drivers. But that doesn't make it the backbone of Sailfish...

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throwaway743541y ago

Crowdfunding scam waiting to happen. RK3588s is not phone-capable by any means.

Retr0id1y ago

What makes it not-phone-capable? The non-s variant powers the "open source laptop" that was on the front page a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260

throwaway743541y ago

Power profile. The SoC will need more space for battery and cooling that's physically possible in the smartphone formfactor.

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lytedev1y ago

Not sure but gonna guess power.

mrbluecoat1y ago

Volla Phone Quintus with a 6-nanometer Mediatek Dimensity 7050 processor is another option: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/volla-phone-quintus#/?per...

tecleandor1y ago

Well, the Quintus is an option, but I wouldn't call the Nexx more than a render or a mockup right now. ;)

blogabegonija1y ago

At least not another spyphone.

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