04-07-2019, 05:14 PM
Hi and thank you for your questions,
2) there will be more OS available for PinePhone, I heard about KDE and PostmarketOS, but probably more
3) I doubt, since Mediatek and Qualcomm SoCs (processors) are way more expensive, and the software support is small
4) PinePhone will have (almost) fully working USB-C connector, which means USB OTG support (so host mode) (afaik, not fully confirmed yet)
5) Second USB will be pogo pins on the back (if there will be space and good case). About HDMI, you will be able to get DisplayPort from USB-C (afaik, not fully confirmed yet)
6) It will be classical rgb led like in any other phone, no reason for battery consuming
7) Same reason as in 3. , Quectel is cheaper etc.
8) That's why PinePhone will have A64, since almost everything is open source, you can run whatever you want, and check everything, so you can be sure that nothing spying you. And if it's not enough for you, (afaik) on back plate will be kill switches for disabling modem, microphones etc.
9) No problem, already supported
10) It's already done, A64 supports FEL mode, so if something will happen, you still can recover it via FEL
2) there will be more OS available for PinePhone, I heard about KDE and PostmarketOS, but probably more
3) I doubt, since Mediatek and Qualcomm SoCs (processors) are way more expensive, and the software support is small
4) PinePhone will have (almost) fully working USB-C connector, which means USB OTG support (so host mode) (afaik, not fully confirmed yet)
5) Second USB will be pogo pins on the back (if there will be space and good case). About HDMI, you will be able to get DisplayPort from USB-C (afaik, not fully confirmed yet)
6) It will be classical rgb led like in any other phone, no reason for battery consuming
7) Same reason as in 3. , Quectel is cheaper etc.
8) That's why PinePhone will have A64, since almost everything is open source, you can run whatever you want, and check everything, so you can be sure that nothing spying you. And if it's not enough for you, (afaik) on back plate will be kill switches for disabling modem, microphones etc.
9) No problem, already supported
10) It's already done, A64 supports FEL mode, so if something will happen, you still can recover it via FEL