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,
This is the “Furi” phone that runs Debian underneath. As I remember it was around $550 for a phone with no headphone jack, no SD slot, and the usual sealed battery (no idea about replacements but maybe that info is somewhere). There was another thread about it a few days ago.
I’m not that excited but maybe others here will be.
It says on the article it can take SD cards up to 1tb, and according to a reddit comment from someone who daily drives one, it has a removable back panel and battery.
I mean—it’s a good step in the direction of an actually usable Linux phone. And that would be great, being able to get a mobile OS outside of Google / Apple’s influence.
De-junked url: https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/09/23/this-linux-phone-with-android-app-support-has-three-kill-switches-for-complete-privacy/
This is the “Furi” phone that runs Debian underneath. As I remember it was around $550 for a phone with no headphone jack, no SD slot, and the usual sealed battery (no idea about replacements but maybe that info is somewhere). There was another thread about it a few days ago.
I’m not that excited but maybe others here will be.
It says on the article it can take SD cards up to 1tb, and according to a reddit comment from someone who daily drives one, it has a removable back panel and battery.
Actually they have a video on yet about a removable battery which is also waterproof, maybe the new model though.
I never heard about this phone before, but its android container seems very well engineered. I wonder how banking apps and android auto behave
I mean—it’s a good step in the direction of an actually usable Linux phone. And that would be great, being able to get a mobile OS outside of Google / Apple’s influence.
Yeah. The original before this had a jack, etc. Actually want the original but apparently theyre not selling it anymore.