Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by curtis3389 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:41PM
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Pine64 updated the PinePhone with the PinePhone Pro.
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Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by mixmastamyk on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:46PM
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Guess I thought of that one as more like a "fix," since the first one was not fit for purpose. Still not good enough, needs spec bump and driver support.
Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by beeflet on Thursday April 10, 2025 @11:27PM
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I was looking at potential linux phones the other day, postmarketOS has ports for phones as new as fairphone 4 and OnePlus 6. They don't have any phones with decent camera support though.
Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by mixmastamyk on Friday April 11, 2025 @11:46AM
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Hmm, I saw the fairphone 5 on another page and the hardware support is not substantially worse.
Install page says you need fairphone.com to give you permission to unlock. :-/
Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by beeflet on Saturday April 12, 2025 @08:44PM
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yeah most android phones do, it has to do with the modem I think
Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by throwaway74354 on Friday April 11, 2025 @05:16AM
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>driver support
It's Pine64, their whole business model is «Here's the hardware, you're on your own now».
Re:How a $2k 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
by mixmastamyk on Friday April 11, 2025 @11:25AM
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Not a good business model if they can’t afford to rev the hardware.