A review by fenibook examines the North Korean “People’s Pixel,” a Google Pixel 8 Pro clone with weaker performance but generous memory, capable cameras, and a cooler-running MediaTek chip. Despite a spoofed 120Hz display claim, its eye-friendly dimming, strong telephoto macro performance, and unlocked bootloader make it an unusually competitive imitation.
Source available still allows them to vett the code, but just not know how Google got there, so not closed source, but not truly open. Did I understand correctly?
Yeah thats pretty much the gist of it