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RE: curious iPhone user here - Kevin Kofler - 01-14-2026
FYI, all the UBports ports except the ones for PINE64 devices are libhybris based.
RE: curious iPhone user here - Zebulon Walton - 02-02-2026
So where does that leave us as far as choices in pure Linux-based phones, not based on libhybris, should the Pinephone become non-functional due to 4G service being phased out or other reasons? I did some online searching and found the Volla phone and Fairphone, but those appear to be made for the European market and it's not clear whether or not they use libhybris. (I'm in the U.S.)
RE: curious iPhone user here - Kevin Kofler - 02-02-2026
Volla phones use libhybris.
Fairphones do not officially support GNU/Linux at all, only Android and /e/. The Fairphone 4 and 5 have postmarketOS (so mainline Linux, not libhybris) almost fully working, but call audio is still broken, which is a showstopper.
The Purism Librem 5 allows the modem to be replaced, and at least one 5G modem has been successfully tested with it.
Liberux plans to offer a 5G option for their upcoming Liberux Nexx.