I don't think the hardware will change much in the future anymore.

Not for this first Pinephone. But there is now a more advanced chip available that Pine64 may start offering within a couple of years.

And it will have a reasonable sw support in another couple of years since then. :)

If you need more power, why not choose Librem 5?

Price, for one. And also the company's reputation for transparency.

So you expect a performant niche phone for a low price?

Concerning the transparency, I agree, they have some issues. But it does not concern me as long as they actually deliver (and they do).

The chip that Pine64 is expected to move to in the next generation of the Pinephone, will cost the same low price as the current chip but be considerably more powerful. So, indeed, members of the Linux phone community can expect a more performant niche phone for a low price.

Because you could buy 4 PinePhones for the cost of a Librem 5?

What about the backlight bug?

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_v1.2#Backlight

I wrote that text, hehe. I'm not aware of any effort to fix that. It's already reasonably non-flickery thanks to other fixes, since that paragraph was written.

Why downvotes? I genuenly would like to know about it. The bug is present in all Pinephone versions, including the one on sale now.