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FLX1S is a new Linux phone that’s... mostly a downgrade from the FLX1
The Furi Labs FLX1S is a new smartphone with a a 6.7 inch FHD+ display featuring a 90 Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a MediaTek Dimensity 900 processor (which was released in 2021). The phone is up for pre-order for $550 and it’s expected to ship in October.
While that price might seem a little steep for a phone with those specs, there are a few things that make the FLX1S unusual.
From Linuxiac:
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Linuxiac ☛ FuriLabs Opens Pre-Orders for FLX1s Linux Phone
FuriLabs has opened pre-orders for its FLX1s Linux smartphone, priced at $550. As you would expect, the leading selling point here is the operating system. The device ships with FuriOS, a Debian-based operating system that supports multi-boot, Android app compatibility, and even virtualization through KVM.
It's FOSS:
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This $550 GNU/Linux Phone Has Kill Switches That Protect Your Privacy
This smartphone has hardware switches for the microphone, cameras, and modem/GPS.
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This Linux phone with Android app support has three kill switches for complete privacy
We live in a smartphone-dominated world clouded with privacy concerns unlike ever before. With every new smartphone, our privacy is compromised for the sake of safety, and we easily accept it and move on as usual. But do we really have to live with the microphones on the phone listening to us at all times, or apps running in the background, snooping onto the internet, and privacy at the same time? Furi Labs – like a few other mobile phones with a physical kill switch – believes not really, and so the FLX1s is born.
Furi Labs FLX1s is a $550, Linux-based smartphone, which is almost a usual mid-feature phone until you find physical metal buttons in the mid frame that shut off power directly to the microphone, cameras, and baseband chip at a click. The Hong Kong-based OEM is giving us reasons to have a more secure mobile experience that is customizable to our needs.