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I think the one thing that is great about the Pinephone is how cheap it is. It's not Luke the raspberry Pi cheap, but it significantly lowers the barrier for en

by kop316 7y ago

I think the one thing that is great about the Pinephone is how cheap it is. It's not Luke the raspberry Pi cheap, but it significantly lowers the barrier for entry for folks to work on it. I do also think that the last post on the Pine blog showed that the pinephone can make phone calls (Ubuntu Touch?). I'm hoping that the Pinephone and Librem5 will be able to cross pollinate on things like calling, texting, etc. Edit: I also wish that the Pine foundation could allow you to make a donation when you buy it, and that could fund development to make it more mature.

usr1106 7y ago
cheap is certainly an argument for hacking on it. But not a good argument if you want to carry it along as your one and only phone (at least I strongly prefer to carry only a single one, after having carried 2 for 8 years or so). Just this weak I had the case that I wanted to take some important photos in challenging lightening conditions. But my Sony/SailfishOS managed to capture only quite weak photos. If I understand it correctly, there are closed source image enhancement algorithms, which I don't have after flashing an alternative (mostly) open source operating system. With even cheaper HW things won't get any better, I don't believe in miracles.