e Foundation has been offering an alternative / e / OS platform for five years. In the last few years, smartphones with pre-installed / e / operating system became available in Europe and America. But these were third-party smartphones where the original software was replaced by /e/OS. Now e Foundation has introduced its own smartphone called Murena One.

/e/OS is a fork of LineageOS, one of the most popular unofficial firmware for Android-based smartphones. / e / The motto of the OS is “Disable Google” Android. The / e / OS platform is based on Android, but Google apps and services are not installed. According to the developers, this is done for security reasons – no tracking by Google, data tracking and constant customization of ads to the user’s liking. The developers claim:

We’ve removed many pieces of code that send your personal information to remote servers without your consent. We don’t scan your data on your phone or in the cloud, we don’t track your location a hundred times a day, and we don’t collect information about what you do with your programs.

Murena One will be available in June in regions such as the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Its price is 379 dollars or 346 euros, depending on the region. Like all phones sold by the e Foundation, Murena One comes without the Google Play Store, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Search, and any other proprietary software that comes with most Android phones sold worldwide except China.

In terms of specifications, the smartphone is equipped with a 6.53-inch IPS display with a resolution of 2242 × 1080 pixels, a 25 MP built-in front camera, a triple main camera (48 MP, 8 and 5 MP). SoC MediaTek Helio P60, 4 GB RAM and 128 GB flash memory, 4500 mAh battery. 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and NFC are supported. The dimensions are 161.8×76.9×8.9 mm and the smartphone weighs 186 grams. Source