Is UT in PinePhone same thing than in another phone?

[natasha]

Hardware kill switches and compartmentalization pretty much make the pinephone the most private and secure device you can find. Anyone can hack a linux OS but the pinephone renders hacking nearly useless. The fact that even if a hacker, govt or bad actor got in through a firmware back door, theyd effectively be trapped in that one chip and be unable to get to other parts of the phone, also with the kill switches they could not get your camera, mic, location info or otherwise track, spy on, or identify you. All of that is still possible with another phone converted to linux. Physical hardware separation cannot be bypassed by software. Only pinephone and Librem 5 achieve this. But Librem isn't open source, so you have to take Purism's word for it & pay more.

I don't know...

For me, the kill switches are useless as how they are assembled. First, you have to open the cover, which is ok. Second, you need a microscope to see which switch you need to turn off and a micro-mini-tiny-stick to actually turn it on/off.

It would be very useful if you could turn it on/off at anytime. They are off, you want to take a picture, turn it on. You want to connect the internet, turn wifi on. You are done? off. You cannot do this.

Is anyone using them? in what context?

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I discovered Linux phones by finding pinephone. However, I see that UT has been before than PinePhone. So, if UT is installed on another phone (e.g. Oneplus one)  is that already a Linux phone? Or does it still need some android software?

If so, what makes PP so special? or it isn't?

Is anyone kind enough to share some thoughts?

thanks!

Rob Braxman on YouTube goes into great detail describing both pure Linux phones and phones converted to Linux.
It would take many pages to describe them.

I like how this guy explain things! He is nformative with a touch of mystery... 'the three-letter agency' ...

I love that man too!