second screen and Linux support
Planet Computers, which previously released the Gemini PDA, raised funds via crowdfunding to create a new model. The Cosmo Communicator is a 6 “smartphone with a 2” screen on the outside and a physical keyboard.

The Cosmo Communicator gets a clamshell design, with a 5.99 “LCD on the inside with a resolution of 2160×1080 pixels, the other half of the phone will consist of the physical keyboard, with keys that have backlighting.

Planet Computers places a second screen on the outside of the housing. This is a 2 “-oled screen with a resolution of 570×240 pixels.The device will run on a MediaTek Helio P70-soc , which consists of four Cortex A73 cores and four Cortex A53 cores.MediaTek announced this soc for midrangemartphones at the end of October .

Planet Computers combines the soc with 6GB ram and 128GB flash storage. The device gets a 4220mAh battery and weighs 320 grams. The Cosmo Communicator will run on Android 9 Pie, but will also support Linux operating systems. The Gemini PDA that Planet released earlier, has support for Ubuntu, Debian and Sailfish.

At the time of writing 1180 backers together have pledged an amount of more than 633,000 euros to the project on Indiegogo . The minimum amount for the project to go through was 177,000 euros. If everything goes according to plan, the first copies must be delivered in May 2019. The device costs 486 euros for the early birds during the crowdfunding campaign, or 530 euros. The device then gets a suggested retail price of 799 dollars, or about 709 euros.

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