People today expect more from their phones than just basic PDA functionality. They want to consume lots of media on the phone, and sometimes even produce it. Th

People today expect more from their phones than just basic PDA functionality. They want to consume lots of media on the phone, and sometimes even produce it. The Allwinner A64 CPU in the PinePhone is antiquated and underpowered compared to any midrange Android phone today, making it barely possible to even browse the modern web. Today many smartphones are popular precisely due to their camera, but the PinePhone’s is low-quality and even with some software tweaks will remain that way forever. So, the PinePhone attracts its niche audience of technies like us, but forget about mass adoption. Reports on the PinePhone forum suggest it'll be 4–5 years before the next PinePhone with a better chip comes along (and by then, even that chip may seem old), so don’t expect this situation to change anytime soon. Vanilla Linux on the PinePhone is also missing numerous battery optimizations found on Android that would give people the battery life they expect today.