The Planet Computers Cosmo Communicator is a smartphone that could easily be mistaken for a tiny laptop thanks to its clamshell-style design and physical keyboard designed for touch typing.
Launched through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in 2018, the phone is now available for purchase from Planet Computers and comes with a choice of Android or Debian Linux operating systems (or a dual-boot option), and there’s also an experimental build of Sailfish OS for the device.
| Display | 5.99 inch, 2160 x 1080 pixel (primary) 1.91 inch, 570 x 240 pixel AMOLED (cover display) |
| Processor | MediaTek Helio P70 4 x ARM Cortex-A73 CPU cores @ 2.1 GHz 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores @ 2 GHz Mali-G72 MP3 GPU @ 900 MHz |
| RAM | 6GB |
| Storage | 128GB microSD card reader |
| Keyboard | 53-key 5-rows backlit Available with multiple language/region layouts |
| Battery | 4,220 mAh |
| Sensors | Accelerator Gyroscope Magnetometer Ambient Light Fingerprint reader |
| Buttons | Power Volume |
| Wireless | 4G LTE WiFi 5 Bluetooth 5.0 NFC |
| Ports | 2 x USB Type-C 3.5mm headphone 2 x nano SIM 3.5mm audio |
| Cameras | 24MP world-facing 5MP front-facing (when open) |
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| Dimensions | 173mm x 171mm x 79.3mm |
| Weight | 326 grams |
| Price | £601 ($785) |
Latest Cosmo Communicator news
Lilbits: AMD gets serious about gaming, Microsoft is giving Windows 10 a makeover
Published on 10/28/2020
Cosmo Communicator’s Linux OS gains new cover screen features
Published on 10/27/2020
Cosmo Communicator can now dual boot Linux and Android (smartphone/handheld PC)
Published on 02/24/2020
Hands-on with the Cosmo Communicator smartphone/mini laptop
Published on 01/07/2019
Planet Computer’s Cosmo Communicator smartphone is also a tiny laptop (crowdfunding)
Published on 11/05/2018