10-08-2021, 07:50 PM
better pinephone, let's think options.
option a: keep current design, maybe doing very small upgrades if those do not break software and compatibility.
option b: doing two models, one and two. where pinephone two has better specs.
option c: ditching old design and going with pinephone two only.
we should take software development into the consideration as well.
i think option c is just plain suicide, leaving old users in abandonware status and developers need to quickly adjust for just few users.
option b is problematic as well. pine org need to harware support and desing two models, users will be split which one they choose, it might be a mess. this day will come, so when this transition is worth it. also if the pinephone two has seriously better specs, then i don't think it has lot of buyers.
option a is best at the moment (in my view). even though i'm little dissatisfied with some specs, changing to two models might seriously mess up development. pinephone development benefits from predictability.
so threshold is when benefits of pp two outweighs disadvantages of change and supporting two models.
option a: keep current design, maybe doing very small upgrades if those do not break software and compatibility.
option b: doing two models, one and two. where pinephone two has better specs.
option c: ditching old design and going with pinephone two only.
we should take software development into the consideration as well.
i think option c is just plain suicide, leaving old users in abandonware status and developers need to quickly adjust for just few users.
option b is problematic as well. pine org need to harware support and desing two models, users will be split which one they choose, it might be a mess. this day will come, so when this transition is worth it. also if the pinephone two has seriously better specs, then i don't think it has lot of buyers.
option a is best at the moment (in my view). even though i'm little dissatisfied with some specs, changing to two models might seriously mess up development. pinephone development benefits from predictability.
so threshold is when benefits of pp two outweighs disadvantages of change and supporting two models.