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Samtime tries out a Fairphone 4 running Ubuntu Touch and it seemed pretty fine. Noted issues were the second camera not working, GPS/Map app being a bit weird, and imo, the screen showing all the apps you have open is terrible. But with the reg app store and waydroid, I think it could be almost managable to use.

My mom is a battery life fiend though, so that part she won't let go of. What's your thoughts?

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[โ€“] vikingtons@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

they're using a fairphone 4, not a 6, but honestly I'm impressed things like calling and the camera seemed to work so seamlessly? I'm tempted to pick up one of these older android phones to poke around at. I think one of the mobile linux projects publishes a compatibility matrix somewhere.

I'd love to try a pinephone pro if they still produced them ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I have both pinephones and I don't love either...

but I do love their e-ink notepad and SBCs and pinetime etc. basically everything, just not the phone.

[โ€“] vikingtons@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Haha yeah I've heard that they aren't great, though most of the input I've seen is focused on the original rather than the pro. suppose I may be better served with some older compatible android phone after all.

also happily using the pine time, along with the pinecil v2. I've thought about the e-ink display and I'm glad that's serving you well.

[โ€“] Solrac@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The pro is the ever slightest bump up in specs....

+1 for Pine Note!

[โ€“] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time ... I remember being all about the pinewatch one fore smart watches were a thing