manufacturer’s website says it has fingerprint sensor
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WTF is going on here?!
I take back what I said about the fingerprint sensor.
I just checked the manufacturer’s website again and it DOES have a fingerprint sensor.
I don’t understand what happened. I must have missed it when I initially looked at the website.
I must be blind or something.
I’m very sorry about that.
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I just checked it again myself and it does.
I don’t understand what happened and how I missed it.
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AURORA PLATFORM AT FINOPOLIS 
The Open Mobile Platform products are widely represented at Finopolis, with the country’s largest banks showcasing solutions for on-site biometric collection using Aurora OS-based devices at their booths.
Finopolis is the central hub of Russian fintech. A platform where banks, technology companies, and regulators are building a unified intelligent system and changing the logic of finance.
At Rostelecom’s booth, you can get a closer look at Aurora-based devices:
smartphones and tablets
hybrid workstations
hardware and software systems
new SoftPOS terminals, which offer water for 1 ruble at the booth.
We’ll be back with big news soon. Stay connected #TOGETHER with us!
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nice, I also want video out
Aurora on the Federation Council’s “Vmeste-RF” TV channel
Parliamentary television showed Russia’s first fully import-substituting domestic terminal, which runs on the Aurora OS.
“The Russian Aurora platform ensures the independence of the payment infrastructure for domestic businesses. This is especially important when launching new payment instruments in the country. Especially since business demands for domestic digital developments are constantly growing.”
I’m not into POS terminals, but is there a way to get Aurora OS on other phones than the ones being sold in Russia?
I would really like to try it on my Xperia 10 V.
Is there a program for testers or something like that?
I know that one. That form looks like an online FSB interrogation.
I was hoping for a more civilian-oriented program for testers…
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There are too many details asked in that form for my liking. I wouldn’t fill that form with real data regardless who asked for it, but especially if it is asked by the FSB, like in this case 
But, if I use fake data, I’m afraid of being locked out of the updates because maybe they actually need the phone number for the update system or something like that.
But, even if somehow I just buy a phone from Russia, and try to use it as a regular user, I am afraid the phone might be geolocked anyway, like you said.
I don’t want to waste time and a lot of money (why are most Aurora OS phones so damn expensive anyway?!) importing a phone that might never get updates or might even miss some features because it is geolocked in some way that I might not be able to bypass.
If I could somehow just install Aurora OS on my toy phone that currently runs Sailfish OS, there would be no risk because I can just reuse the phone for Sailfish OS or something else if Aurora OS is geolocked.
Thanks for the info! 
I guess that means one would essentially have to recreate analog modem signals that can still survive GSM compression. The data rate probably wouldn’t be very impressive, but it could be enough for bare-bones messaging.
for first 24h in roaming. Not a big deal
also another charge controller that breaks the charging
aos updates only from MDM server which restrict access from outside of Russia. Same for packages repo. Kill switch exists only for MDM connected devices. Dont know about access to Rustore or https://aurorarepos.ru website
t2 able to do, others cant? Something not quite right
It looks like precaution against a sim cards that “flies” into Russian space as a part of hostile “flying device” ;).
foreign sim-card handled by many operators. its not only t2 work or mts doesnt. official statement 24h after your sim-card first seen
yes
with whitelist of Russian resources
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its out of mobile os thread btw
Well, that sucks…
Thanks for the info.
i dont see any reasonable critics there
this is what you actually doing all the time