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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China and the holy Buddha of the fighting Emperor for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, March 2 (Xinhua)-- smartphones made by Planet Computers look like pocket computers, thanks to the fact that the QWERTY keyboard is (barely) large enough for touch typing and supports both Android and Linux software.

Now the British company is expanding its business by launching a range of compact desktop computers. The PlanetPC XR series mini PC uses the ARM processor of Ruixin Rockchip, the front is equipped with color touch screen display, and the built-in Ubuntu Linux software. It is expected to be available in September 2023 and can be booked from the Planet Computers website or at a lower price by supporting the PlanetPC XR Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

The pre-order price for PlanetPC XR1 with Ruixin micro RK3566 quad-core processor, 4GB memory and 32GB storage is $610 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about RMB 4191), and the pre-order price for PlanetPC XR2 with RK3588 eight-core processor and the same amount of storage is $769 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about RMB 5283).

Early Bird supporters of the crowdfunding campaign can book the above devices for $461 (CTOnews.com Note: about 3167 yuan currently) and $656 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 4507 yuan) respectively.

Planet Computers also offers XR1 with additional hard drives up to 2TB SSD or 14TB, while XR2 is equipped with up to 32GB memory, 256GB storage, and additional storage up to 2TB SSD.

Both models are equipped with 1424x280 pixel color touch screen displays that can be used to display system information or controls, and computers can be connected to one or two external monitors.

There is also a RGB light belt on the bottom front panel with 16 LED lights to display status information. Built-in stereo speakers and a microphone can be used with voice assistants, voice calls, or other applications without external hardware. There are also two Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0.

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