Telegram channel APPSIM (Association of Professional Users of Social Networks and Messengers) has leaked information about a Russian-made phone that will be released soon next year. Russian company ROSA is preparing a phone designed to be manufactured and sold in Russia, called Р-ФОН or R-FON in English.
R-FON will be released next year with a homegrown Linux-based operating system called ROSA OS. It is "teased" and comes as a version of Android with the app store and will be compatible with applications Android and APKs.
The central element of the phone will be the MediaTek Helio G99, a processor with 8 cores at the 6nm node. The SOC features ARM Mali-G57 MP2 graphics and the CPU reaches clock speeds of up to 2,2 GHz. In Geekbench 6, it scores 717 for single-core and 1940 for multi-core. Its performance is comparable to that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G.
The device shown in the images has 8 gb LPDDR4X RAM και 128 GB ενσωματωμένη αποθήκευση. Η ρύθμιση των τριών καμερών, (συμπεριλαμβανομένης της κύριας κάμερας των 50MP), μοιάζει πολύ με το Vivo V25e, το οποίο διαθέτει επίσης τον ίδιο Helio G99 SOC. Διαθέτει αισθητήρα δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων στη δεξιά πλευρά, ο οποίος λειτουργεί και σαν κουμπί λειτουργίας, και ένα sim card tray με δύο υποδοχές στα αριστερά. Το R-FON θα τρέχει με μια battery of 5.000 mAh, has a 3.5mm headphone jack, type-C USB, and NFC (Near Field Communication).
The phone will be manufactured in Russia by Rutek JSC, which makes laptops and other electronics, while some components, such as the SOC, will be imported. It is expected to begin rolling out first to enterprise and government customers by the end of this year and is slated to hit the consumer market in 2024.
