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How's the battery life? To be honest, for a daily driver, this is my wish list: - At least 20 hours charge - Browser - Email client - MP3 over

How's the battery life? To be honest, for a daily driver, this is my wish list: - At least 20 hours charge - Browser - Email client - MP3 over bluetooth - Phone audio - Camera (video and audio) - SMS - Some form of IM that others can use (Matrix client would be nice) - Tethering (via 4G) - Native (gui) apps (Firefox OS was ok, but native would have been good) Any issues with the above? Because that's really 99% of my daily usage.

tpxl 6y ago
Here's my experience: > At least 20 hours charge I think I get about 3 days on complete standby (with no sim card) > Browser Has had a usable browser for at least half a year. > Phone audio Works > Camera Its supposed to work on Manjaro at least. > IM Someone posted Matrix and Telegram work in a sibling thread > Native apps Pretty much everything is native afaik, excluding PWA/electron/emulation Can't say about the rest, since I didn't really test it much with a SIM card :/ One thing I'll say though, it has(had?) problems with wakeup, ie. if it goes to sleep an alarm or timer wont wake it up.
- lukeschlather 6y ago
  > I think I get about 3 days on complete standby (with no sim card) I'm more interested in "realistic usage." Like you I haven't really tested it with a SIM card. Though just from a minute or two with the keyboard I found it impractical for carrying on a conversation over SMS so I don't think I could do a real test of the battery life anyway. The on-screen keyboard is not actually the main problem, the main problem is just that the thing is very laggy compared to my flagship. I hit the wrong button and then the entire UI locks up and it can take a minute just to get back to the screen I wanted to be on. vs. on my flagship I can jump to the browser, do a search, jump back to messenger, send a message, jump to maps, look at something, and everything happens with typical subsecond responsiveness.
  - tpxl 6y ago
    This is my biggest gripe with it at the moment as well, it's horribly unresponsive. I think a UI specifically for mobile will have to be made before it's really useful :/
    - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
      Ok, thanks to the both of you. I think I'll have to wait it out a bit longer, but I'm excited that it's showing so much progress. Feels at least better than the OpenMoko days.
- fsflover 6y ago
  Some people say it’s already good enough: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-dogwood-vs-pinephone-pmos-ce/10255/67 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-dogwood-vs-pinephone-pmos-....

tpxl 6y ago

Here's my experience: > At least 20 hours charge I think I get about 3 days on complete standby (with no sim card) > Browser Has had a usable browser for at least half a year. > Phone audio Works > Camera Its supposed to work on Manjaro at least. > IM Someone posted Matrix and Telegram work in a sibling thread > Native apps Pretty much everything is native afaik, excluding PWA/electron/emulation Can't say about the rest, since I didn't really test it much with a SIM card :/ One thing I'll say though, it has(had?) problems with wakeup, ie. if it goes to sleep an alarm or timer wont wake it up.

lukeschlather 6y ago
> I think I get about 3 days on complete standby (with no sim card) I'm more interested in "realistic usage." Like you I haven't really tested it with a SIM card. Though just from a minute or two with the keyboard I found it impractical for carrying on a conversation over SMS so I don't think I could do a real test of the battery life anyway. The on-screen keyboard is not actually the main problem, the main problem is just that the thing is very laggy compared to my flagship. I hit the wrong button and then the entire UI locks up and it can take a minute just to get back to the screen I wanted to be on. vs. on my flagship I can jump to the browser, do a search, jump back to messenger, send a message, jump to maps, look at something, and everything happens with typical subsecond responsiveness.
- tpxl 6y ago
  This is my biggest gripe with it at the moment as well, it's horribly unresponsive. I think a UI specifically for mobile will have to be made before it's really useful :/
  - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
    Ok, thanks to the both of you. I think I'll have to wait it out a bit longer, but I'm excited that it's showing so much progress. Feels at least better than the OpenMoko days.
fsflover 6y ago
Some people say it’s already good enough: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-dogwood-vs-pinephone-pmos-ce/10255/67 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-dogwood-vs-pinephone-pmos-....