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Here are listed mobile phones which have (substantially) open source code and/or open hardware available.

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Android-based devices do not appear on this list because of the heavy use of proprietary components, particularly drivers and applications ^[1] ^[2] ^[3].

WebOS was initially available only under a proprietary license but the source code was later released under a free license by HP.

All mobile phones have proprietary baseband (GSM module) firmware.

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Organization	Model	Mobile operating system	Open hardware	QWERTY (hardware) keyboard	Release date	Current state
Nokia	N900	Maemo 5 (Fremantle)	No	Yes	2009	Discontinued
Nokia	N950 (available to developers only)	MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan	No	Yes	2011	Discontinued
Nokia	N9	MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan	No	No	2011	Discontinued
OpenMoko	Neo 1973 (development code name GTA01)	Openmoko Linux, Qtopia (both Linux-based)	Yes	No	July 9, 2007	Discontinued
OpenMoko	Neo FreeRunner (development code name GTA02)	Openmoko Linux, Qt Extended, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Android, Gentoo (all Linux-based), Inferno	Yes	No	June 24, 2008	Discontinued
Golden Delicious, GmbH	GTA04	QtMoko, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Android	No	No	2012 Q2	Waiting for expressions of interest
Aava mobile	Developer phone (available to developers only)	MeeGo	No	No	2011	Discontinued
Tizen Association	Developer phone (available to developers only)	Tizen	No	No	2013	Discontinued
Replicant team	Nexus S, Samsung: Galaxy SIII, SII, S, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Tab 2, Goldelico: GTA04, HTC: Dream. See the supported devices full list	Replicant (Android distribution)	No	No	2010-Present	Active
HP	Palm Pre, Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi, Palm Pixi Plus, Pre 2, Pre 3, Veer, HP TouchPad supported devices full list	webOS	No	No	2009-2012	Discontinued
Jolla	Jolla mobile phone, logical successor of Nokia N9	Sailfish OS	No	No	2013 Q4 (Expected)	Proposed

References

^ Android (operating system)#Licensing "drivers and firmware vital for the proper functioning of Android devices are usually proprietary"
^ Stallman, Richard (2011-09-19). "Is Android really free software? – Google's smartphone code is often described as 'open' or 'free' – but when examined by the Free Software Foundation, it starts to look like something different". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-09-09. the software of Android versions 1 and 2 was mostly developed by Google; Google released it under the Apache 2.0 license, which is a lax free software license without copyleft. ... The version of Linux included in Android is not entirely free software, since it contains non-free "binary blobs"... Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU.
^ Stallman, Richard (2012-08-05). "Android and Users' Freedom – Support the Free Your Android campaign". gnu.org. Retrieved 2012-09-09. Even though the Android phones of today are considerably less bad than Apple or Windows smartphones, they cannot be said to respect your freedom.

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