> Honestly there are so many "pinephone is great" reviews out there The only one I recall is "I love my PinePhone" (published last year I think). Most of revie

> Honestly there are so many "pinephone is great" reviews out there The only one I recall is "I love my PinePhone" (published last year I think). Most of reviews I've seen is variations on "interesting, but not there yet", usually with high expectations, if not outright complaints. > The bluetooth disconnects alone make me throw this thing into the trashbox Haven't used bluetooth on PinePhone much, but for comparison, my previous iPhone 12 Pro (a "flagship" at the time) had tons of bluetooth issues and disconnects and worked terribly with in-car speaker. YMMV. > If I cannot make a phone call and cannot use WhatsApp on a phone in 2024, it's utterly useless and can only be described as an expensive brick. While I agree about phone calls, WhatsApps's availability has nothing to do with PinePhone or Linux. I heard it runs through Waydroid fairly well. I bridge WhatsApp to my Matrix server and chat through Fractal. > Linux on the phone will fail as long as this cultural problem of "not invented here so I can do it better" isn't fixed. From what you wrote above it, that is also exactly why Android succeeded, going their own way instead of using what existed before.