Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by squarefoot on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:08AM
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This is still 4 times more expensive than the biggest Pinephone, which of course is a lot more limited in computing power, memory, storage and other areas, but sometimes people just want the bare minimum to enter the world of open phones. I wonder what's the reason behind Purism ignoring the low end market completely.
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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by blendergeek on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:07AM
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Purism is paying a team of full-time developers to build software for their devices.
Pine64 sells their devices at rock bottom prices and lets the community develop software.
I personally would buy the Librem5 if they solved the battery life issues.
Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by seba_dos1 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:46AM
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In my experience, battery life of the Librem 5 is currently in about 10-16h range depending on usage. Could be better, but it's not as bad as it used to be (and actually easily beats the PinePhone when it comes to active usage time).
Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by westpfelia on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:39AM
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Whats the average battery life with moderate useage?
Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by fsflover on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:22AM
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The reason is Purism are trying to make as free (as in "free software") smartphone as possible: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....