Very sad news
i think that paperweight news is little bit exaggerated. it is a serious long term point. but for short term, there is going to be security updates for 6.1 kernel, it is part lts release. so for the near term, mobian is fine.
if mobian and other developers manage to get coordination plan, we probably wouldn't have long term problem either. so, maybe this is start of a discussion how to support pp regular development.
but this raises qustions about future of a64 (sunxi) devices, my guess is that after three years they are out.
finding technical basic phone with volte is difficult. it seems that in the u.s. side, it is almost impossible, even so called basic phones have android or kaios as a basis, those usually means pre-installed stuff as a way it cannot be removed (without root).
in a european side, i manage to find some options, but frequency bands vary and is usually not compatible in north america.
if mobian and other developers manage to get coordination plan, we probably wouldn't have long term problem either. so, maybe this is start of a discussion how to support pp regular development.
but this raises qustions about future of a64 (sunxi) devices, my guess is that after three years they are out.
(10-26-2023, 12:20 PM)Zebulon Walton Wrote:(10-19-2023, 10:47 AM)LibrePhoneUser Wrote: I must say that the two answers here that don’t care about security patches because they aren’t using the PinePhone as an actual smartphone, are using the PinePhone in rather odd ways for which better alternatives exist.
How is using a phone to make and receive phone calls a "rather odd way" to utilize it?
I've been using cell phones since 1992 and have never changed carriers. Whenever cellular technology changed requiring a new phone my carrier would send me a free replacement to keep pace. Of course for many years what are now called "simple phones" were all that were available and I stuck with them when smartphones emerged, seeing no need for the latter. However with the latest technology change, turning off 3G service in the U.S., my carrier sent me a replacement flip phone that is full of Google and I didn't want that. That appeared to be the case with other "simple" phones I looked at as well, they all ran stripped-down Android or other Googleized system. So the Pinephone looked like a good alternative and despite some rough edges it's worked out fine for my purposes which as mentioned do not include internet access.
finding technical basic phone with volte is difficult. it seems that in the u.s. side, it is almost impossible, even so called basic phones have android or kaios as a basis, those usually means pre-installed stuff as a way it cannot be removed (without root).
in a european side, i manage to find some options, but frequency bands vary and is usually not compatible in north america.