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PinePhone - Unboxing and First Impressions
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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this video.⬐ jasoneckertGreat summary: "It's like using a Raspberry Pi 3 inside of a smartphone"⬐ canada_dryThey're sold out.Not sure how many were produced in the initial batch, but hopefully there's enough demand to keep this initiative going. I'm hoping to pick one up when they're available again.
⬐ beatgammit⬐ evolve2kThe Braveheart edition is sold out, which is intended for developers to hack on so the production version is solid. There were 3000 in the batch, with much more coming in the production phase, which will be in March or April, depending on software progress and China factory timelines after the disease outbreak issues are resolved.Development has been coming along nicely with a recent video showcasing calls being made and received, and there's promising early results from power usage optimizations (battery life may now approach 12 hours standby, up from a handful of hours). This should show you that this device is not quite ready for a production release, but it is rapidly getting there.
I hope to buy one when it's ready for production release, but it at least needs to be capable of 12 hours of standby time, decent call quality, mass texting, and dependable system updates (everything critical should be upstreamed) in order to replace my current phone. I'll definitely buy one on launch regardless.
Official site - https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/