07-10-2026, 02:21 PM
It's pretty much official that there is not going to be a next-generation Pinephone. From the Pine64 blog about FOSDEM 2026:
https://pine64.org/2026/03/24/march_2026...inephone-2
I've had my Pinephone for over 5 years and it's still working fine for my purposes. Assuming no hardware failures that I don't have or can't get spare parts for, what will knock it down for me is if 4G service is discontinued. (I bought the Pinephone because 3G service was halted and I didn't care for the Google-laden flip phone my service provider sent me to replace my old dumb phone.)
At that point it's probably going to have to be a de-Googled Android phone running something like GrapheneOS or iodé.
https://pine64.org/2026/03/24/march_2026...inephone-2
I've had my Pinephone for over 5 years and it's still working fine for my purposes. Assuming no hardware failures that I don't have or can't get spare parts for, what will knock it down for me is if 4G service is discontinued. (I bought the Pinephone because 3G service was halted and I didn't care for the Google-laden flip phone my service provider sent me to replace my old dumb phone.)
At that point it's probably going to have to be a de-Googled Android phone running something like GrapheneOS or iodé.
