pine64 opensource dumbphone

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starting to know enough of pinephone and pp pro inner workings, i think basic flip phone is a bad idea unless there is at least 5000 mAh battery inside. in that point, it is heavy flip phone.

following is a different kind of idea.
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18247

Why ? I'm talking about a real dumbphone, not a dumbized smartphone, something small, like a wiphone or the ones from Punkt

some speak software optimization, linux tend to be little bulky. but i don't think lot of can be done to save battery power. and of course when users start to use apps like listening music or browsing internet, it eats battery.

bigger issue is hardware. if pinephone or pro is the basis, pp just consumes power, suspend helps though. eg25 modem chip is designed more for iot devices, which is another culprit. pinetab-v has risc-v cpu, so it might be better for this.

don't get me wrong, basic phone which can updated is a good idea. but thinking about software status and possible hardware as of now, not worth pursuing.

wiphone has esp32 and punkt has snapdragon. both are more battery efficient (what i know).