12-27-2020, 11:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2020, 11:03 AM by Zebulon Walton.)
Actually I'm amazed at how well the Pinephone works, all things considered. I decided on Mobian mainly because the factory-installed Manjaro was very unstable and I run Debian or Debian derivatives on just about everything else.
I bought a Pinephone because in about a year 3G service will be discontinued here in the U.S. and my old LG flip phone will become a paperweight. Virtually all of the 4G alternatives, including "simple" phones, run Android which I do not want. So I bought the Pinephone with the understanding that it's not a finished product, gambling that maybe if I was lucky in a year's time it might work well enough for me to use when 3G goes off the air.
To my surprise, in a relatively short time with some fiddling around the Pinephone works well enough that I could start using it as my primary phone at any time, with the bonus of having a pocket-sized Linux system. I can take the SIM card out of my flip phone and it works just fine in the Pinephone. (Of course as a longtime simple phone user my needs are very basic and I don't need or want many of the features that others do.)
I bought a Pinephone because in about a year 3G service will be discontinued here in the U.S. and my old LG flip phone will become a paperweight. Virtually all of the 4G alternatives, including "simple" phones, run Android which I do not want. So I bought the Pinephone with the understanding that it's not a finished product, gambling that maybe if I was lucky in a year's time it might work well enough for me to use when 3G goes off the air.
To my surprise, in a relatively short time with some fiddling around the Pinephone works well enough that I could start using it as my primary phone at any time, with the bonus of having a pocket-sized Linux system. I can take the SIM card out of my flip phone and it works just fine in the Pinephone. (Of course as a longtime simple phone user my needs are very basic and I don't need or want many of the features that others do.)
