The XDA Developer forum, the world’s largest and most popular forum in the world with more than 6 million members, announced their first smartphone, the XDA Labphone. The XDA Labphone is a highly customizable phone with high-end specs and developer friendly features. The phone has a tagline “Root, Flash, Experiment” so this means XDA Labphone will come with fully open source software which allows you to customize your device as you want and you can do any experiment you want on your device. The phone will come with TWRP recovery installed, so you can easily Root, flash custom ROM and Install Kernal in your device. XDA team announced it on 1st April, Is this an April fool joke?
The XDA Labphone will feature a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass protection. The powered by latest Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB of DDR4 RAM and coupled with Adreno 530 GPU. The phone will come with 32GB of internal storage which can be expandable via MicroSD card. The camera will same of the Nexus 6P, but with OIS 2.0 and come with a 4,500mAh removable battery with QuickCharge 3.0 technology.
The XDA Labphone will be running on the latest stock Android operating system with no filler and no bloatware apps. The phone has a glass back and come with wireless charging. Also, the team will provide leather, bamboo and sandstone back covers which you can purchase separately.
The forum posts a screenshot of the XDA Lab phone AnTuTu score and the phone receive an excellent result with an AnTuTu Score of 125 223. So it’s clear that the XDA Labphone will focus on power, performance, and customization. You can easily root your device install custom recovery and you will flash the custom ROM via WiFi directly from the XDA site.
The XDA Labphone is quite interesting with powerful specifications and developer-friendly features, but sadly this is an April fool joke. A perfect prank from XDA developers. Share your opinion what you think about the XDA’s labphone.
Source – XDA
