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This is about the Librem 5 (not from Pine64), which is multiple times the price. Cool if the PinePhone didn't exist, but against it it doesn't look that good,
by solarkraft 6y ago
This is about the Librem 5 (not from Pine64), which is multiple times the price.
Cool if the PinePhone didn't exist, but against it it doesn't look that good, I would say.
A Pinephone 2 / Pro wouldn't be that much more expensive.
That said: They are funding a lot of phone software development, especially libhandy seems to come ... in handy pretty often.
- fsflover 6y agoIf all you need is more power, Librem 5 should be the perfect choice. Don't you expect powerful hardware to cost more? There is no information when Pinephone 2 arrives and how much it will cost. > Cool if the PinePhone didn't exist, but against it it doesn't look that good, I would say. Yes, it does: https://social.librem.one/@ozmik/105939468751642844 https://social.librem.one/@ozmik/105939468751642844
- hcal 6y agoI've read conflicting reports on how much more powerful it is in practice. I've seen only one direct review that said the Librem is clearly much faster, but I've also seen a few comparisons that show little to no difference in daily use tasks. The problem might be that we don't have a quality comparison yet (or I haven't found it), but I wonder if there is a performance bottle neck in the hardware. Maybe the software is still better optimized for the pine and the Librem will start to pull ahead as more developers get a chance to work on it.
- fsflover 6y agoLibrem 5 has much more powerful hardware regardless of software optimizations: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-phones/6827 https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-p.... It just depends on what your "daily use tasks" are.
- ognarb 6y agoIn term of CPU, the hardware is similarly shitty. For the GPU, the Librem 5 has a better GPU. In plasma mobile, the current bottleneck is on the GPU side, so maybe the Librem 5 can offer better performance but I'm not sure the improvements are worth $600 more.
- seba_dos1 6y agoIn practice, the biggest difference comes from RAM speed, which Librem 5 has almost three times as fast as PinePhone. Then, the CPU is clocked at 1.3x the speed and it has twice the L2 cache. eMMC is faster too. The difference in every day usage is easily noticeable even just by how fast applications start and, indeed, the GPU performance difference is drastic: https://social.librem.one/@dos/104767475144787918 https://social.librem.one/@dos/104767475144787918 Recently I've compiled GTK4 on both phones and it took my PinePhone almost twice as long as my Librem 5. Disclaimer: I work for Purism on the Librem 5, although I'm very excited with the PinePhone as well - I'd say it's good for its price.