PinePhone Pro Announced

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Post by abawany » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:21 PM UTC

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#2

Post by mcdonje » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

I appreciate the blurbs about who it is and isn't for. I'm currently in the latter group, but I commend the project. Now that there's a good hardware target, hopefully the software will catch up.

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Post by buildbot » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

I can’t wait for pinephone to succeed- hopefully this more powerful hardware + faster ram will help to address latency issues in the UI. Right now it feels like your brain is literally slowing down when interacting with a normal pinephone compared to an iPhone. Not a fair comparison at all I know.

Re: PinePhone Pro Announced

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Post by CubsFan1060 » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

"If you depend on proprietary mainstream mobile messenger applications, banking applications, use loyalty or travel apps, consume DRM media, or play mobile video games on your fruit or Android smartphone, then the PinePhone Pro is likely not for you."

Yikes. I appreciate they are up front about it, but that eliminates literally everyone I know.

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Post by tromp » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

A display resolution of 1440x720 feels a bit limited, especially for something labeled "Pro". Wonder why they didn't go for 2160x1080...

Re: PinePhone Pro Announced

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Post by ryukafalz » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:55 PM UTC

CubsFan1060 wrote: post #4

"If you depend on proprietary mainstream mobile messenger applications, banking applications, use loyalty or travel apps, consume DRM media, or play mobile video games on your fruit or Android smartphone, then the PinePhone Pro is likely not for you." Yikes. I appreciate they are up front about it, but that eliminates literally everyone I know.

Then literally everyone you know is dependent on either Apple or Google.

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Post by belval » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:55 PM UTC

I curious about the opinion of HN on the absence of 1080p (it's still 720p). Specially this part of the blog post:

> The decision to maintain the original PinePhone’s screen resolution of 1440×720 was made early on; higher resolution panels consume more power and increase SoC’s load, resulting in shorter battery life and higher average thermals. A few extra pixels aren’t worth it.[1]

While I understand the point they are making, the PinePhone's screen is almost 6" and pixel density is probably the first thing that I notice on a new smartphone. It just seems very low?

For context I am fully aware of the project, its goals and that it's not trying to take over the global smartphone market, but for some reason 1080p feels like the baseline in 2021.

[1] https://pine64.org/2021/10/15/october-update-introducing-the...

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Post by smallerfish » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:55 PM UTC

CubsFan1060 wrote: post #4

"If you depend on proprietary mainstream mobile messenger applications, banking applications, use loyalty or travel apps, consume DRM media, or play mobile video games on your fruit or Android smartphone, then the PinePhone Pro is likely not for you." Yikes. I appreciate they are up front about it, but that eliminates literally everyone I know.

Theoretically you can run those apps via anbox. I've tested whatsapp via anbox on my desktop ubuntu install at least, and it works fine. Remains to be seen how well it'll work on this upgraded hardware, and I'm sure they're being conservative because of that.

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Post by noasaservice » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

Damn, and I just put in an order for the PinePhone 1.5 days ago.

Just emailed them to see if they can make this work, and upgrade appropriate for the difference.

Re: PinePhone Pro Announced

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Post by noasaservice » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

belval wrote: post #7

I curious about the opinion of HN on the absence of 1080p (it's still 720p). Specially this part of the blog post: > The decision to maintain the original PinePhone’s screen resolution of 1440×720 was made early on; higher resolution panels consume more power and increase SoC’s load, resulting in shorter battery life and higher average thermals. A few extra pixels aren’t worth it.[1] While I understand the point they…

> While I understand the point they are making, the PinePhone's screen is almost 6" and pixel density is probably the first thing that I notice on a new smartphone. It just seems very low?

With convergence, its HDMI out.