I just want something to have decent Linux support. I want to run postmarketOS, mobian, or something of that ilk on my phone, and I want all the basic phone features to work properly:
battery - phone should sleep and wake properly so I can get a full day’s use out between charging
modem - calls, SMS, MMS, data, etc should all work consistently
wifi/bluetooth - should be reliable and something I don’t notice
audio - speaker and mic should be sufficiently good and reliable
And so on. I don’t need any special app support, I just need the phone to be able to reliably do phone things.
Here are issues I’ve heard about from the PinePhone (Pro):
battery - well short of a full day, though OG PinePhone is much closer than PinePhone Pro
calls - I think this is okay now?
SMS/MMS - the best solution I’ve seen is to hook up an MMS bridge to Matrix, upload everything there, then download; that’s ridiculous
wifi/bluetooth - I think it’s okay? Honestly, it’s not something I’ve bothered to check up on
audio - I’ve heard audio quality sucks, both on the mic and the speaker
That doesn’t get into actual usability issues. I’m honestly pretty tolerant of a laggy interface, but I need those basic phone functions to work properly.
Battery charging is ofc an issue for main driver , but if you can live with it I’d say it’s ok , no thermal control shouldn’t be an issue at 1 amp . Basically at that you can’t use the phone while charging and expect not to run out of juice.
Volume control yea needs testing I guess. Feels it can be an issue or not
As an owner of an old pine phone, I can confidently say avoid for now. Not remotely ready or reliable enough.
I just want something to have decent Linux support. I want to run postmarketOS, mobian, or something of that ilk on my phone, and I want all the basic phone features to work properly:
And so on. I don’t need any special app support, I just need the phone to be able to reliably do phone things.
Here are issues I’ve heard about from the PinePhone (Pro):
That doesn’t get into actual usability issues. I’m honestly pretty tolerant of a laggy interface, but I need those basic phone functions to work properly.
I know that pmos have a pixel 3a port , have been looking into that a while back but not installed yet. Worth checking out
Looks like a lot of “Partial” support. Some concerns:
Maybe it’s fine? Idk.
Battery charging is ofc an issue for main driver , but if you can live with it I’d say it’s ok , no thermal control shouldn’t be an issue at 1 amp . Basically at that you can’t use the phone while charging and expect not to run out of juice.
Volume control yea needs testing I guess. Feels it can be an issue or not
Yeah, I could live with the charging, provided it can charge overnight. The volume is the real concern.