this is my preliminary view and mostly likely will change.
i pre-ordered pinephone. this is some kind of testing purchase and i hope open platforms will become serious possibility in the future. i have some ...uhum... opinions about two dominant platform at the moment.
pine probably should introduce improved pinephone, which is similar to pinebook pro https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/ . particularly i'm concerced of following issues: small battery, lack of wifi ac (5GHz), small mmc, lack of fullhd and small ram. of course price would go higher but pinebook pro is selling at ~200$, so i don't think it would be much higher. most likely physical size will increase as well. with current pinephone specs i don't think pinephone is usable for long time.
edit: 2020-09-30
after using pinephone for little while, little bit manjaro and postmarket. maybe the specs of pinephone should be left at where there are now. slight exception of wifi n, wifi ac should be considered. o.s.'s are too immature for more expensive model.
plus model could be considered in around next year, when o.s. (o.s.'s) matures.
i pre-ordered pinephone. this is some kind of testing purchase and i hope open platforms will become serious possibility in the future. i have some ...uhum... opinions about two dominant platform at the moment.
pine probably should introduce improved pinephone, which is similar to pinebook pro https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/ . particularly i'm concerced of following issues: small battery, lack of wifi ac (5GHz), small mmc, lack of fullhd and small ram. of course price would go higher but pinebook pro is selling at ~200$, so i don't think it would be much higher. most likely physical size will increase as well. with current pinephone specs i don't think pinephone is usable for long time.
edit: 2020-09-30
after using pinephone for little while, little bit manjaro and postmarket. maybe the specs of pinephone should be left at where there are now. slight exception of wifi n, wifi ac should be considered. o.s.'s are too immature for more expensive model.
plus model could be considered in around next year, when o.s. (o.s.'s) matures.