02-12-2021, 11:17 AM
(02-11-2021, 05:46 PM)amosbatto Wrote:Yes it will be a shame if you can't buy a PinePhone at the same price points. The community editions was a nice idea to give back. It also seems apparent PinePhone success is dependent on Phosh from Purism and a donation to their devs could help improve Phosh for everyone.(01-30-2021, 06:15 AM)richieeee Wrote: Will there be any more PinePhones? Or does it mean the last edition with this hardware and new hardware in the coming months?
PINE64 said that it will be offering future PinePhones that cost $100 more that come with a standard warranty and support. This could mean that there will be that no more PinePhone Community Editions that cost $149/$199, and you will have to pay $249/$299 to get the PinePhone in the future. That will make me sad that I waited too long to buy the Convergence Package.
Another possibility is that PINE64 will continue to sell something like a "developers edition" with a one month warranty and zero support for $149/$199 that won't have the logo of any distro on it, but I don't think that is likely.
I'm hanging around to see what is in the next Pine64 news update, hopefully another window to buy PinePhone again.