It's off-topic but I agree about the Pinebook Pro -- the wish list for improvements and design fixes goes back 18 months and prior to that the community shared a lot of feedback. And yet, the circuitry for the PBP still remains unchanged and the wish list is unacknowledged except for being stuck to the top of the hardware forum. I think the production downtime this year was an ideal opportunity for Pine64 to address the wish list especially the flaws and re-enter production with an update later this year. That does not seem to have happened and it was an opportunity missed.
I am not 100% certain yet the same is happening with the PinePhone. The LCD screen failures could be "normal" or due to poor quality. The evidence may be difficult to obtain as facts because LCD screens are finicky things. Heat or mechanical pressure or both could have caused these failures. However, proving the quality is an issue in a fact based evidence way needs a methodical approach -- so has that happened yet? At least Pine64 are entering in to copyware i.e. the power box and PineNote that use reference designs. Less problems? I would not like to be the first user of PineNote that suffers issues with the e-ink display similar to those on the PinePhone! Nobody will enjoy the price of a replacement e-ink screen.
I am not 100% certain yet the same is happening with the PinePhone. The LCD screen failures could be "normal" or due to poor quality. The evidence may be difficult to obtain as facts because LCD screens are finicky things. Heat or mechanical pressure or both could have caused these failures. However, proving the quality is an issue in a fact based evidence way needs a methodical approach -- so has that happened yet? At least Pine64 are entering in to copyware i.e. the power box and PineNote that use reference designs. Less problems? I would not like to be the first user of PineNote that suffers issues with the e-ink display similar to those on the PinePhone! Nobody will enjoy the price of a replacement e-ink screen.
