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It used to be fun (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Pinephone exists now, you can buy it today. It runs Linux.

Calls/SMS do work although are not 100% so if you absolutely need these to be reliable you could get a brick phone for like £15 to cover that and then use the Pinephone as a pocket computer. I used it as my only phone for a couple of years and it was mostly fine, now it doesn't have a SIM in it and its perfect as a pocket PC.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Follow pine64 news, they stopped producing new pinephones since they arent in demand enough

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I thought that was just the pro?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    the pro was discontinued but the base model is only going to be produced for another 2 years. Hopefully they release a next generation model but if they are toning down upper end models then I'm not convinced.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Mine has postmarketOS on it, probably should update sometime.

    One thing I would like is decent offline maps with good performance, don't even care of it supports GPS or not. Pinephone has no SIM in it these days and that sits in a CatB40.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If calls/SMS are not 100% then it’s not a phone

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That is where the dumb phone comes in which only deals with calls/SMS.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Pinephone battery usage (with postmarketOS) is atrocious. I bought one and it's been collecting dust in a drawer ever since the first 3-4 times the battery drained from 100 to 0 within 24 hours on stand-by. :( My fastest wasted 700ish EUR ever.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How so much? Mine was about £200 after delivery and import taxes. Still my most expensive phone but the best computer I have ever put in my pocket.

    Shame that calls/SMS are not perfect, but I have since for a dumb phone for that so the SIM sits in that instead.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    it's been 3 years or so but I may have bought a pinephone pro because the simple one was out of stock? Plus convergence package, plus shipping, plus outrageous money transfer fees - German banks are basically thieves when it comes to international transfers outside the EU.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Permanently connect it to a power bank?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
    1. great use case for a mobile device /s
    2. lithium ion batteries are really nothing to feel comfortable around
    3. wasting energy is wasting energy

    So - no, it's now expensive electronic scrap, sadly. While my shiftphone easily lasts 24 hours with regular use and 3+ days on standby.

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