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Planet Astro Slide 5G review: QWERTY slider 5G smartphone.

Item: Planet Astro Slide 5G
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2022·$900

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#1 of 6

Tier

Specialty

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Planet Astro Slide 5G.

Astro Slide 5G keeps Planet's QWERTY tradition with 5G and Linux dual-boot — for keyboard purists.

01Display

74/100

74/100 puts it above the 70-point average for specialty phones of 2022.

TypeIPS LCD

Size6.39"

02Performance

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among specialty phones of 2022 — 12 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetDimensity 800

RAM8 GB

Storage128 GB

03Camera

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among specialty phones of 2022 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP

Front13 MP

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2022.

Capacity4,000 mAh

05Software

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2022.

What works

Full QWERTY slider + 5G.
Linux dual-boot capable.
RockerSlide tilting hinge.
8 GB / 128 GB.

What doesn't

300 g brick.
Crowdfunded niche.
$900 enthusiast pricing.
Dimensity 800 dated.

Cross-shop it against

F(x)tec Pro1 X

$830 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .