SunStarphoto on Nostr: With google getting ready to cripple android, and appple already being locked down, ...

With google getting ready to cripple android, and appple already being locked down, we need an alternative.

The pinephone was a decent attempt at a Linux phone, and it does (sort of) work, though its very fiddly. There is a decent amount of apps and it does make and receive calls and texts.
They released a pinephone pro as well (which I bought) but it was barely better than the original (which is underpowered to be honest) and not great build quality.

However, it made enough progress to show that a Linux phone, with enough development, is feasible.
With more modern hardware and a few more developers thrown at it (pine64 didn't do any development at all, they just released the phone and left the rest to the community. I think it has potential.
https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/