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Yes. I have two PinePhones, a 2GB/16GB, and a 3GB/32GB. I do not regret my purchase at all. I have a handful of SD cards with various operating systems on, and

Yes. I have two PinePhones, a 2GB/16GB, and a 3GB/32GB. I do not regret my purchase at all. I have a handful of SD cards with various operating systems on, and Full Disk Encrypted eMMC installs. The blog on http://pine64.org http://pine64.org has lots of information about it. There are issues. Modem drops out sometimes, there aren't enough programs (not apps, these are full desktop Linux programs compiled for aarch64) that work flawlessly on a small screen, updates break the system sometimes. Most "reviews" expect a polished OS that "just works" when this device isn't ready for daily use unless you're a tinkerer who can spend time bug reporting, searching for answers, reflashing when (not if) things go wrong. This device should be the future of mobile phones, but it isn't yet. Get in now. Buy one, help code, help the Wiki, help with ideas.

Const-me 5y ago
> Get in now. I have tried to. All I got was a polite e-mail telling me they're unable to ship to my country (Montenegro).
- fsflover 5y ago
  So you probably should support Librem 5, which ships worldwide.
  - Const-me 5y ago
    I'm not willing to pay $1000 for a cell phone no matter how good one is. Phones are portable devices too easy to loose or break. After I searched a bit, found Volla which I liked a lot, unfortunately they only ship within EU.
    - em-bee 5y ago
      there are re-shipping services. they will order for you, receive the package and forward it. they don't work for everything, but they may work for you.
      - Const-me 5y ago
        Thanks, but since my last comment I’ve found, an ordered, another model which is hopefully good enough too: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/hammerhead/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/hammerhead/ Hardware video is the only missing feature I might be interested in. I wonder do they have support for that in the Linux OS kernel, through V4L2? https://github.com/Const-me/Vrmac/tree/master/VrmacVideo https://github.com/Const-me/Vrmac/tree/master/VrmacVideo
        istingray 5y ago
        Congrats, were you switching from an iPhone?
    - cookiengineer 5y ago
      I can recommend checking the postmarketOS wiki for compatibility [1] If postmarketOS says it's supported, that usually means upstream support - so other distros theoretically can run on the device, too. [1] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
  - fileoffset 5y ago
    Dont bother ordering one, I did 3 years ago and it still hasn't shipped
    - istingray 5y ago
      Whatever open source hardware brands survive will have worked out these basic problems. The travails of early adopters.

Const-me 5y ago

> Get in now. I have tried to. All I got was a polite e-mail telling me they're unable to ship to my country (Montenegro).

fsflover 5y ago
So you probably should support Librem 5, which ships worldwide.
- Const-me 5y ago
  I'm not willing to pay $1000 for a cell phone no matter how good one is. Phones are portable devices too easy to loose or break. After I searched a bit, found Volla which I liked a lot, unfortunately they only ship within EU.
  - em-bee 5y ago
    there are re-shipping services. they will order for you, receive the package and forward it. they don't work for everything, but they may work for you.
    - Const-me 5y ago
      Thanks, but since my last comment I’ve found, an ordered, another model which is hopefully good enough too: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/hammerhead/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/hammerhead/ Hardware video is the only missing feature I might be interested in. I wonder do they have support for that in the Linux OS kernel, through V4L2? https://github.com/Const-me/Vrmac/tree/master/VrmacVideo https://github.com/Const-me/Vrmac/tree/master/VrmacVideo
      - istingray 5y ago
        Congrats, were you switching from an iPhone?
  - cookiengineer 5y ago
    I can recommend checking the postmarketOS wiki for compatibility [1] If postmarketOS says it's supported, that usually means upstream support - so other distros theoretically can run on the device, too. [1] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
- fileoffset 5y ago
  Dont bother ordering one, I did 3 years ago and it still hasn't shipped
  - istingray 5y ago
    Whatever open source hardware brands survive will have worked out these basic problems. The travails of early adopters.