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1-5 of 9 reviews
The next big thing
The freedom to do what you want with your phone has never been more true then this device, it is extraordinary what this team has done and it works so well with constant updates! You can run almost any android app and linux package you want on this thing, its nuts! There has never been a better price for technological freedom
Mine arrived to Western Australia in 9 business days. I’ve had the phone for about 6 weeks but have only been daily driving about a week.
The phone feels like a device that’s made to be used, not made to be looked at. I’ve plugged a USB dock in and used it as an ethernet router for half a day and it didn’t miss a beat. If a native Linux app is not available, an Android one usually is.
The integration of Android into the base Linux OS is done really well.
The battery lasts 3 times longer than my iPhone.
I can use a mouse and keyboard.
I can customise almost any part of this device. I can install any a software I want. I’m writing this review on it.
The support has been great. The developers are open to what they’re working on and what challenges they have.
If you’re coming from iPhone, it’s a different experience, but it won’t be long until its close enough. iCloud contacts, calendar and mail all work on this phone.
You can even charge another phone from this one!
I’m really happy. I have finally found MY phone. I’m looking forward to this becoming the next mainstream phone platform.
Ones every few years a company tries to put a mobile phone on the market which is different then the current norm e.g. Apple or Android.
I always wanted a mobile phone which I had more control over. I started in 2009 with the Nokia N900, when apt was still apt-get in Debian, slowly this project died and again I had to go more mainline. I did choose for Android.
Then back in 2013 Ubuntu announced the “Ubuntu Edge”, I jumped on the train an pledged $600. How this story ended we all know. Again back to Android. 2017 a company called Purism, Librem5, a beautiful promise which I received somewhere back in 2021. The interface Phosh was nice but the battery life was like to cry about. Now it is lying in the closed waiting for a reasonable battery life is some future release.
From all these previous used phones the main OS was or would be Debian.
Now in 2024, while searching for a new phone I found an article on Theregister which did talk about a Linux (Debian) based phone, the FLX1. I contacted Wayne and Bardia to give me some more information and after talking to them I decided to buy the FLX1.
The FLX1 is something different completely different then all the other Linux based phones. It just works.
After a few hours when I received the FLX1 I did make some mistake and I had to reset to factory settings, this did not go very well and resulted in reflashing the FLX1. What I learned from this is that the FLX1 is very hard to brick. After flashing everything up to today is just working. Where I live I have 4G mobile connection and VoLTE. My ultimate goal is to use only Linux applications but for the applications I miss the Android runtime is perfect for now.
The FLX1 is fast and battery life is very good even with more then average use I only have to charge the FLX1 two times a week.
Then I have to mention, support is just outstanding. You don’t have to wait for an answer and you can talk to then directly, kudos!!
Overall I give all the stars I can give and I hope and I know the FLX1 will be here for a long time. Thank you very much FuriLabs!
This is a great device for the price, performance and support. It is constantly getting new improvements and updates. The phone is great to use and the battery life is amazing. The camera is good and better than all other mainline linux phones. As of right now this is the best linux phone ive used and would recommend for those looking for one.
The responsiveness on the provided (Telegram / Matrix) channels, and the speed at which issues are being resolved is very impressive. Had the phone for a bit over a month and there have been 2 releases, each making the phone better and better. The camera is working very well (great image quality!) and all normal functions are just working! I’ve got a Pine Phone and a Pro, a Librem 5, and multiple on PostmarketOS, but this really feels like a real phone (and is improving faster). Go get yours now if you’ve been waiting on a real Linux phone, it’s here!