Re:PinePhone Beta
by linmob on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:16PM
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Pricing is tough to guesstimate right now with the component shortage. Given that hardware has not changed in a while, I don't see what should hold you back from getting it now, and the remaining hardware bugs are acceptible.[0]
The experience has improved quite a bit since I got my first PinePhone in June. That said, this device is never going to be really fast. It's acceptible now, though, and it turns out, that you can adjust to things being a little slow every then and now. Most distributions don't use the acceleration capabilities the SoC offer as much as they could, and there are other areas where improvements for battery life and smoothness are still happening. It's been serving me fine as my only smartphone on weekends (and as a secondary device on workdays).
I've been tracking the Linux Phone landscape on my blog[1], in multiple videos[2]. I have also adopted an App List, to list all the apps that run on these nascent Linux Distributions and are optimized for smartphones.[3]
BTW: The coolest feature is that you can just put another distribution on a microSDHC/XC card and boot it. Like this you can carry multiple phone operating systems that fit certain circumstances.
Re:PinePhone Beta
by prox on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:40AM
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Absolutely fantastic resources! Thank you. I just want to get out of the major eco systems of apple and android, and gain the feeling of owning my computer. Having a Raspberry has been an enlightening experience in that regard.
The experience has improved quite a bit since I got my first PinePhone in June. That said, this device is never going to be really fast. It's acceptible now, though, and it turns out, that you can adjust to things being a little slow every then and now. Most distributions don't use the acceleration capabilities the SoC offer as much as they could, and there are other areas where improvements for battery life and smoothness are still happening. It's been serving me fine as my only smartphone on weekends (and as a secondary device on workdays).
I've been tracking the Linux Phone landscape on my blog[1], in multiple videos[2]. I have also adopted an App List, to list all the apps that run on these nascent Linux Distributions and are optimized for smartphones.[3]
BTW: The coolest feature is that you can just put another distribution on a microSDHC/XC card and boot it. Like this you can carry multiple phone operating systems that fit certain circumstances.
[0] https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_v1.2b
[1] https://linmob.net
[2] https://linmob.net/videos/
[3] http://appl.ist