PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
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Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#2>"Full specifications
[...]
Bootable Micro SD
[...]"
Also, from further above on the page:
"the PinePhone runs mainline Linux as well as anything else you’ll get it to run."
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#3The pinephone is great, in fact I'm typing this comment from mine.
That said, fair warning to anyone thinking about getting one: it's slow, buggy, and flat out unreliable if you need to be able to receive / answer calls and texts for anything important (e.g. work).
Once they get the software worked out over the next few years though, it'll be the best thing out there. No ads, no bullshit, just a phone with a mainline linux distribution.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#4Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash
The official specs here https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_component_list#P.10_C... also say '6540, but no such model actually exists and the linked datasheet shows that it is actually an OV5640. Nonetheless, 5MP seems a bit low unless they got a really good deal on them, as I have an old Android from almost a decade ago(!) with an 8MP OV8825.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#5Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash The official specs here https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_component_list#P.10_C... also say '6540, but no such model actually exists and the linked datasheet shows that it is actually an OV5640. Nonetheless, 5MP seems a bit low unless they got a really good deal on them, as I have an old Android from almost a decade ago(!) with an 8MP OV8825.
It barely matters. The camera hardware and software lag like crazy and lack the postprocessing people are used to now -- the photos are terrible with a decent 5MP sensor and would probably be worse with the same weak CPU but more bits to shuffle...
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#6>"Full specifications [...] Bootable Micro SD [...]" Also, from further above on the page: "the PinePhone runs mainline Linux as well as anything else you’ll get it to run."
as well as anything else you’ll get it to run
...how about Windows 10 ARM? Wouldn't be very practical, but would definitely be an interesting challenge.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#7The pinephone is great, in fact I'm typing this comment from mine. That said, fair warning to anyone thinking about getting one: it's slow, buggy, and flat out unreliable if you need to be able to receive / answer calls and texts for anything important (e.g. work). Once they get the software worked out over the next few years though, it'll be the best thing out there. No ads, no bullshit, just a phone with a mainline…
"... jut a phone and a mainline linux distribution."
From the OP:
"... the PinePhone runs mainline Linux as well as anything else you'll get it to run."
Linux is great but being able to run several different OS is, IMO, on a whole `nother level. For example, I am interested in running NetBSD. About 12 years ago, there was a phone called the T-Mobile Sidekick. What OS did it run. That phone was allegedly the first to sync the user data to the "cloud" and provide an "app marketplace". The founder of the company that created it later went on to co-found Android.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#8Main Camera: Single OV6540, 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash The official specs here https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_component_list#P.10_C... also say '6540, but no such model actually exists and the linked datasheet shows that it is actually an OV5640. Nonetheless, 5MP seems a bit low unless they got a really good deal on them, as I have an old Android from almost a decade ago(!) with an 8MP OV8825.
It barely matters. The camera hardware and software lag like crazy and lack the postprocessing people are used to now -- the photos are terrible with a decent 5MP sensor and would probably be worse with the same weak CPU but more bits to shuffle...
In my experience that's likely because of software --- there's tons of ultra-cheap cameras with Omnivision sensors in them, and they just use the default settings and reference code which suffice to give not much more than a recognisable image. But they can be run in RAW mode to produce far better quality.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#9Yeah, it runs many distros, but almost none of them is polished. Let's hope it changes soon.
Re: PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects
#10Add OpenGL ES 3 GPU and I'm sold.