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# A Linux-Powered Smartphone That Has Features You Won't Find on Most Phones
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/divine-d-project/
- Published: 2025-12-10T14:09:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-10T14:09:28.000Z
- Description: The Divine D. is set to come with LoRa networking, hardware privacy switches, and local AI processing.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: News

Founded by engineers in Tunisia, [dawndrums](https://dawndrums.tn/?ref=itsfoss.com) is a young company working on open mobile systems. Their **Divine D.** smartphone project recently got a significant hardware update with the [Rev 1.1](https://docs.dawndrums.tn/blog/dd-rev1.1-arch/?ref=itsfoss.com) board design.

The outfit is headed by [Dr.-Ing. Sadok Bdiri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ing-sadok-bdiri-763b57140/?ref=itsfoss.com), with the ambitious goal of building an open source project that empowers people and communities to take back control of technology.

They also recently [shared a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH1s1frNXbo&ref=itsfoss.com) showing DawnOS booting successfully on a working Divine D. prototype.

## Divine D. is On The Horizon

Being built as part of the [Divine](https://dawndrums.tn/projects/divine/?ref=itsfoss.com) project, the Divine D. is a [Linux smartphone](https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/) running [DawnOS](https://github.com/dawndrums/dawnos/?ref=itsfoss.com). The operating system is built on [Mobian](https://mobian-project.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) and [Debian](https://www.debian.org/?ref=itsfoss.com), with [Phosh](https://phosh.mobi/?ref=itsfoss.com) serving as the desktop user interface.

The hardware has a **Rockchip RK3588S** processor at its heart, with 4x Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.4 GHz and 4x Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.8 GHz. Graphics duties are handled by an [Arm Mali-G610](https://developer.arm.com/Processors/Mali-G610?ref=itsfoss.com) GPU.

The device features **a three-core NPU** that delivers 6 TFLOPS of processing power. This allows running language models locally without sending data to external servers. RAM goes **up to 32 GB of LPDDR4x memory** with storage options of 64 GB, 128 GB, or 256 GB via eMMC.

The Divine D. also includes **physical kill switches** for the cameras, microphones, and cellular modem. These are hardware-level switches that physically cut power to those components.

![an illustration that shows the board design for the upcoming divine d. linux phone, there are many hardware elements marked in this](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/12/divine-d-board-design.png)

**Source: dawndrums*

In terms of **ports and expansion**, the Divine D. offers a lot:

- **LoRa module** for long-range, low-power communication (*think: mesh networks and off-grid messaging).*
- **Micro HDMI 2.1 port** with support for 8K video output at 60Hz.
- **MicroSD Express slot** with PCIe 2.0 interface offering speeds of up to 500 MB/s (*backward compatible with regular microSD*).
- **M.2 B-key connector** for 4G/GSM modules to enable mobile network connectivity.
- **18-pin pogo interface** that exposes GPIO, SPI, UART, I2C, and JTAG for additional peripheral support.
- **Haptic engine** with motor and driver for vibrations, alerts, and reacting dynamically to the user interface.
- **Multiple LED indicators** for system status, charging state, battery monitoring, and LoRa connectivity.

### Want Your Own Divine D.?

There is **no information on pricing or shipping timelines yet**. The project is still in active development, with the team sharing updates on their [documentation page](https://docs.dawndrums.tn/?ref=itsfoss.com), [forum](https://forum.dawndrums.tn/?ref=itsfoss.com), and [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/HVb5jNBTRH?ref=itsfoss.com) server.

Their [GitHub](https://github.com/dawndrums?ref=itsfoss.com) page hosts the software repositories under GPL-3.0 licensing, but the availability of hardware design files remains a mystery at this point.

Via: [Liliputing](https://liliputing.com/divine-d-open-source-smartphone-inches-closer-to-launch-gains-microsd-express-micro-hdmi-and-lora-support/?ref=itsfoss.com)

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