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c/linuxphones · by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social · 134d

Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy_a_foss_fondleslab/

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oce@jlai.lu · 46 pts · 134d (11 replies)

From the article:

  • Murena (France) with /e/OS (France) on:
    • Fairphone (Netherlands)
    • Hiroh (USA)
    • SHIFTphone (Germany)
    • Teracube (USA)
  • Punkt MC03 (Switzerland)
  • Volla (Germany) with Volla OS or Ubuntu Touch (Germany)
  • Jolla (Finland) with Sailfish OS (Finland)
  • Furilabs (China) with FuriOS (pronounced "furious") based on Debian with Phosh UI.
  • Purism Librem (USA, manufactured in the USA)
  • Pine64 (China) Pinephone with Manjaro (Germany), postmarketOS (?) or Mobian (USA)

I checked the privacy policies / statutes on the websites to estimate the legal location of the projects.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 134d (5 replies)

Thanks for doing this.

Also, I'm not surprised to see Canada absent from the list (as is tradition...)

UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 134d (1 reply)

I believe GrapheneOS is Canadian, but nobody sells phones with it out of the box (yet, Motorola is supposed to start at some point)

NoAlias@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 133d

Reportedly early 2027

protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 134d (1 reply)

all of LATAM being absent as always too, and oceania and africa

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 133d

even if it was there, banking apps?

dudesss@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 134d

Still waiting for someone to break the market for us. Doesn't need to be Canadian owned. Although I'm not sure who would be a distributor. Maybe https://openbox.ca/

ryokimball@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 134d (1 reply)

Hiroh appears to be a vaporware; looking for it now, I think it was meant to release in March and then April, websites still shows April release date but that month has come and gone with no release.

Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social · 3 pts · 133d

I can't speak for Hirod specifically, but delays in the release of niche hardware devices are extremely common.

KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 133d (2 replies)

I thought Mobian was an international project?

oce@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 127d (1 reply)

I marked it USA because it comes from Debian which trademark is owned by

Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is a non-profit corporation registered in the state of New York

Do you have a better source for their legal location?

KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 127d

Ah that makes sense