# FuriLabs FuriPhone

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/furiphone/

5 people recommended FuriLabs FuriPhone in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for being a Linux phone that works on US networks and ships today, mainly for early adopters willing to help build it. The most common caveat is that the software is slow.

Summary written by Claude from 19 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 18 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Ships a usable Linux phone (3 comments in the sample): "this is the closest we come to "open-source phone that actually works as a phone" today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944034)) "you are effectively still able to daily drive a mobile Linux shell" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175719)) "They're shipping a device when others are not." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46178474))
- Reliable and well performing (2 comments in the sample): "the most reliable I've seen is the furi phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340889)) "the level of performance I've seen from them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191425))
- Works on US carrier networks (1 comment in the sample): "The Furi guys put an insane amount of work into getting their phone working on every network in America." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50057255))

## What people warn about

- Software is very slow (4 comments in the sample): "Despite the hardware being plenty decent, the software is unbearably slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769573)) "They are unbearably slow, which I attribute to poor storage I/O optimization and Phosh being an obese sloth." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191183)) "It's far too slow to be useful, and it's not the hardware's fault." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49592738))
- Falls short as mobile Linux phone (2 comments in the sample): "That's a huge downgrade for privacy, security, usability, battery life and compatibility with apps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594106)) "They don't really work as actual "mobile Linux" phones at all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191364))

## Other Linux phones people recommend

- [Purism Librem 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/librem-5/): 19 recommend, 10 mixed, 40 criticize
- [PinePhone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinephone/): 16 recommend, 16 mixed, 53 criticize
- [FuriLabs FLX1s](https://hackerapproved.com/p/furilabs-flx1s/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://furilabs.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FuriLabs FuriPhone", https://hackerapproved.com/p/furiphone/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.