Back in April, Pine64 announced the PineBuds Pro TWS earbuds which the company claims is ‘the most advance active noise-canceling wireless earphones’ yet. The earbuds have now been officially launched. So, let’s explore all of its features.

Starting off, the PineBuds Pro utilizes 6mm, dynamic drivers, in each earphone, which the company claims can outperform the typical 10mm driver, in audio quality and bass reproduction while delivering a 20Hz-20KHz frequency response. The earbuds use Bluetooth 5.2 for connectivity and offer support for AAC and SBC Bluetooth codecs.

Each earbud, according to PINE64, has three microphones that can give up to 45 dB of Hybrid Adaptive ANC between 50 and 200 Hz or -55 dB of maximum attenuation at 150 Hz. The company describes the PineBuds Pro as “the most advanced active noise-canceling wireless earphones” and has even included a graph to show how they outperform the AirPods Pro 2.

The 40 mAh batteries in the PineBuds Pro should last up to 5 hours between charges. These batteries may be replenished using the 800 mAh battery built within the charging case that comes with the device. According to claims, the charging case can hold up to 4 full charges for a total of 25 hours of usage, and the earbuds themselves are IPX4-rated for resistance to dust and water ingress. Support for custom open-source firmware is arguably one of the PineBuds Pro’s most exciting features.

Ordering the PineBuds Pro from PINE64 currently costs US$69.99 plus shipping and taxes.

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Pine64 is known for its Linux-based ARM-powered smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, laptops, server clusters, and other products. The company’s first production-ready PinePhones began to ship earlier this year. The firm partners with different OS vendors every few months for its phones. It has now joined hands with KDE to launch PinePhone KDE Community Edition.

The PinePhone by Pine64 uses a different Linux-based operating system with each batch. The name of the model is determined by the OS that comes pre-installed, in addition to the logo of the system software on the device’s rear panel.

Since the new batch of PinePhone will run KDE Plasma Mobile, the handset is called PinePhone KDE Community Edition. It will be available in two storage configurations – 2GB + 16GB and 3GB + 32GB (with USB Type-C dock), priced at $149 and $199 respectively.

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As far as specs are concerned, the smartphone is powered by Allwinner A64 chipset with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and ARM Mali 400 MP2 GPU paired with 2GB/3GB LPDDR3 RAM and 16GB/32GB eMMC storage. It flaunts a 5.95-inch HD+ (1440 x 720 pixels) display (LCD) with 18:9 aspect ratio.

It includes all the necessary sensors like accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, ambient, and compass. Whereas, for connectivity, it features 4G, single-band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GNSS (GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS). It also has a 5MP rear camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Type-C port.

Last but not least, the device measures 160.5 x 76.6 x 9.2mm in dimensions, weigh 180-200g, and is backed by a 3,000mAh battery, which can be replaced with any Samsung Galaxy J7 battery.

The PinePhone KDE Community Edition will be available for pre-order starting December 1 on Pine64’s official website. The company is also working on a replacement back for this phone, which will add support for Qi wireless charging. This additional accessory will be available early next year.

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