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Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard about the PinePhone at all. Very interesting price point ($149 for the 2GB version)! I just hope they can get the UI sm
by Tepix 7y ago
Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard about the PinePhone at all. Very interesting price point ($149 for the 2GB version)!
I just hope they can get the UI smooth and responsive. All UIs of Linux phones I've used in the past (Ubuntu Touch, OpenMoko) had a laggy UI which made them unpleasant to use even if you disregard all the other usability issues. And it wasn't the hardware's fault. The same phone wasn't slow when using Android instead of Ubuntu Touch.
I'd rather have a more bland yet snappy UI than a lot of eye candy.
- jonquark 7y agoThe Wayland based Jolla phones are very responsive in my opinion (uses Android and Jolla regularly)
- Tepix 7y agoGood point, SailfishOS is snappy and smooth from what I remember.
- maxxxxx 7y agoI think the problem is that if you want to have a smooth UI development costs go up exponentially. There are just a lot of details necessary to be addressed. Hard to do on low budget.
- gurkendoktor 7y agoI wonder if it would be easier for these devices to build most of their UI on top of Flutter. That way, these companies could focus on the lower levels of the stack, while developers can build (or port) apps using existing tooling.