03-16-2021, 09:03 PM
IMO Pine64 has no retail layer, not yet anyway. When "customer support" is readily available to pine "customers" it will be through the retailer and the price will be 3 to 4 hundred u.s. for a pinephone. Maybe I'm wrong but that's how it looks to me.
Also I remember reading that the Pine Store and Pine Dev are not exactly the same company but are (unfortunately imo) conjoined in the branding and reputation.
Blasting these devices out prematurely is critical to generating a network effect of development that get us all to a working linux phone. Hardware may fail, hardware will fail and asses will chap in the process (ask me how I know
). That is why they sell a usb powered soldering iron (it works like a champ btw).
When my pinephone arrived it had an obvious gouge in the speaker. After about a week it stopped working. I ordered the closest replacement I could find and hacked it in there and am very happy with the result (my solder joints are a joke but it doesn't really matter) and you don't need a working mic to watch tutorials on youtube. .
Cheers.
Also I remember reading that the Pine Store and Pine Dev are not exactly the same company but are (unfortunately imo) conjoined in the branding and reputation.
Blasting these devices out prematurely is critical to generating a network effect of development that get us all to a working linux phone. Hardware may fail, hardware will fail and asses will chap in the process (ask me how I know
). That is why they sell a usb powered soldering iron (it works like a champ btw). When my pinephone arrived it had an obvious gouge in the speaker. After about a week it stopped working. I ordered the closest replacement I could find and hacked it in there and am very happy with the result (my solder joints are a joke but it doesn't really matter) and you don't need a working mic to watch tutorials on youtube.
. Cheers.