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Plasma Mobile is an OS user interface for smartphones developed as an open source by the KDE development community. According to PINE64, a 64-bit single-board computer manufacturer, it has started pre-orders for the PinePhone KDE Community Edition, a smartphone equipped with plasma mobile, on December 1.
Fine Phone is a smartphone developed by Fine 64. It is an ARM-based 5.95-inch LCD display that supports a resolution of 1440×720, a USB Type-C terminal that supports charging and data input/output, a 5-megapixel and 2-megapixel camera, and a capacity of 3,000mAh. It was accompanied by an old battery. In addition, the method of assembling Fine 64 and the number of parts used were published on the official wiki, and Linux environments for mobile terminals such as Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, and RuneOS can be installed and used.
Plasma Mobile is a mobile operating system UI built with Linux distribution. The Pine Phone KDE Community Edition released this time is equipped with Manjaro ARM (Manjaro ARM) version, a Linux distribution program optimized for ARM terminals, instead of the pre-installed postmarketOS.
Plasma Mobile includes a KDE app developed as an open source called weather app KWeather, calculator app Kalk, browser app Angelfish Webbrowser, and music player app VVAVE.
In addition to these applications, Finephone KDE CE can install mobile terminal apps developed for Manjaro ARM. Plasma Mobile also has versions based on KDE Neon and Postmarket OS in addition to Manjaro ARM. However, according to KDE, it is said that the Manjaro ARM-based plasma mobile has been adopted by prioritizing the stability of Fine Phone. In the future, it will support the use of Plasma Mobile based on Linux distribution in addition to Manjaro ARM.
Finephone KDE CE is scheduled to ship in mid-January 2021, and the version with 16GB of storage space and 2GB of main RAM is $149.99, and the version with 32GB of storage and 3GB of RAM is $199.99. Related information can be found here .
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