"Before we dive into the standard features of the FLX1s, let's first discuss privacy-first hardware design. The phone has three dedicated kill switches. These physical buttons provide the user with precise and complete control of their smartphone's sensitive elements. For instance, the first button can switch off the microphone completely, the second can kill all the cameras and the GPS modem. The third is really interesting; it cuts all cellular connectivity at the hardware level."
"Furi Labs FLX1s is a $550, Linux-based smartphone, which is almost a usual mid-feature phone until you find physical metal buttons in the mid frame that shut off power directly to the microphone, cameras, and baseband chip at a click. The Hong Kong-based OEM is giving us reasons to have a more secure mobile experience that is customizable to our needs."
The Furi Labs FLX1s is a $550 Linux-based smartphone focused on user privacy through hardware controls. Three dedicated physical kill switches cut power to the microphone, cameras and GPS modem, and the cellular baseband chip respectively, giving complete hardware-level disablement of sensitive functions. The phone features a 6.7-inch 1600×720 display with a 90 Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Dimensity 900 processor, Mali-G68 graphics, 8 GB LPDDR4X RAM, and 128 GB UFS storage with microSD support up to 1 TB. The device weighs 201 grams with a polycarbonate frame and glass back. FLX1s runs FuriOS, a Debian-based operating system.
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