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Some architectures like the pine phone, and the librim 5 try to isolate the proprietary blob so they have minimal collateral damage when they’re exploited.
Like other phones, this most likely won’t have open source firmware.
What are you talking about? It’s using e/OS
Firmware, as in the drivers that control the hardware, like the radio, the Bluetooth, the NFC, the SIM decryptor, etc.
Is there any open firmware for those modules?
More or less, no. No hardware driver open source firmware exists for anything you’d want to buy
But if you’re interested in reading is excellent, please see these references
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant_(operating_system)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmocomBB
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_mobile_phones
Some architectures like the pine phone, and the librim 5 try to isolate the proprietary blob so they have minimal collateral damage when they’re exploited.