10-17-2021, 06:41 AM
(10-16-2021, 12:55 PM)biketool Wrote: I hope that the pro along with OS upgrades will get us a better battery life, [...]
This actual hands on review at xnux.eu/log/#047 is pretty clear about what to expect:
Quote:Pinephone Pro is basically Pinebook Pro with more useful PMIC, modem, cameras, and a better supported wifi chip (cypress supported cyw43455 is more open than broadcom supported brcm43456 in PBP) in a much smaller form factor.
Performance is thus much better than the original Pinephone, but the power consumption is higher too. Baseline power consumption with normal backlight brightness and screen turned on is ~2.8–3W. Doing something in the browser or just moving the mouse around rises the power consumption to ~5W. This was tested in sway, with GPU acceleration turned on, and only one CPU core enabled.
That's not a huge problem for Pinebook Pro with its 36Wh battery (4–7h runtime on a notebook is nice) 2–3h runtime with screen on, on a phone, is a problem. It will be a nice mini-notebook with a pinephone keyboard, though.
Devices: Pinebook Pro & Pinephone (Braveheart)
