08-24-2020, 02:11 PM
I'm pretty sure PinePhone *will* run Android. But that's not "finished" yet either.
It sounds to me like you're trying to replace the phone that you use for work. Why not have a separate phone for personal use? That seems to me like the only way you're going to achieve your goal anyway. It least it seems to me that software that your employer has on your phone is causing all your problems.
In that case, maybe you do want a PinePhone, (or maybe a PineTab). After all, you won't *need* 100% functionality yet, and you'll be able to play along as things progress. So preorder one when you can, there's no hurry.
If you want something to play with that's a little further along, there's always the Pinebook Pro. You can run Android on that, too. And a plethora of other operating systems. You can have an Android device, a Chromebook, a NetBSD server, a portable Commodore 64 or Amiga, and your favourite desktop Linux, at the swap of an SD card.
It sounds to me like you're trying to replace the phone that you use for work. Why not have a separate phone for personal use? That seems to me like the only way you're going to achieve your goal anyway. It least it seems to me that software that your employer has on your phone is causing all your problems.
In that case, maybe you do want a PinePhone, (or maybe a PineTab). After all, you won't *need* 100% functionality yet, and you'll be able to play along as things progress. So preorder one when you can, there's no hurry.
If you want something to play with that's a little further along, there's always the Pinebook Pro. You can run Android on that, too. And a plethora of other operating systems. You can have an Android device, a Chromebook, a NetBSD server, a portable Commodore 64 or Amiga, and your favourite desktop Linux, at the swap of an SD card.