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      PINE64 @Guest
      last edited by 2 Apr 2019, 15:45

      @visiblink Seems to me like its the same battery yes.

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        Jackl
        last edited by Jackl 4 Feb 2019, 20:27 2 Apr 2019, 17:41

        Some points:

        • 1 The lower border is too large (if it has no buttons).
        • 2 Being a privacy oriented phone, it would be cool a physical switch to turn off the module, and maybe the cameras, microphone. I dont trust very much the module stand-by state.
        • 3 The display manager should be i3 or lxde (kde or gnome would be f00l(no offence ubports)) and the OS arch or debian. All the always-running apps should be gtk2.
        • 4 I hope that the pinephone 2 will use a mediatek or qualcomm soc. Not a surprise a battery of 3000 mAh.
        • 5 USB host mode ? USB guest mode ?
        • 6 A second USB ? mini hdmi ? But all those holes in the box could be a problem for water resistantce...
        • 7 Some feature could be battery kiIIer, like sensors are always on ? And the rgb led is fun (less bright /efficent ?) but I hope it doesnt use 3 pwm! it would kiII the battery. Also there could be minor useless module features that are on by default, must verify that.
        • 8 Is the modem chip on the main board ? Then why not to use directly the qualcomm 9x07 modem rather than the quectel based on it ?
        • 9 Why there are more discussions on the phone here than on the pine64 forum ?
        • 10 After the first launch you will need a period of testing to verify that the module doesnt spy. The threat can come from queltel qualc0m or andr0id small tools
          update:
        • 11 Multi boot
          -12 Recovery from brick(boot from sdcard?)

        Sayd that, I love it! I want one as soon as possible!

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          mariogrip Administrators @Jackl
          last edited by 2 Apr 2019, 20:36

          @Jackl said in PinePhone:

          2 Being a privacy oriented phone, it would be cool a physical switch to turn off the module, and maybe the cameras, microphone. I dont trust very much the module stand-by state.

          It will have physical switched for all those πŸ™‚

          @Jackl said in PinePhone:

          • 3 The display manager should be i3 or lxde (kde or gnome would be f00l(no offence ubports)) and the OS arch or debian. All the always-running apps should be gtk2.

          gtk on phones is a bad idea. It's not designed for low end hardware nor is it designed to work on a phone form factor. Why do you want gtk?
          Qt has superior performance on embedded, ARM based devices. Also LXDE is moving to LXQT which is qt based.

          UBports does not use kde or gnome, we use unity8 that's crafted specifically to work on phones and desktop alike, based on qt.

          i3 would be hard to use? no keyboard?

          But you can run whatever you want πŸ™‚ there is debian builds already for it, and i know other project are working on it as well, like arch, plasma mobile, etc.

          @Jackl said in PinePhone:

          4 I hope that the pinephone 2 will use a mediatek or qualcomm soc. Not a surprise a battery of 3000 mAh.

          It will use the allwinner a64

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            UniSuperBox
            last edited by 2 Apr 2019, 21:30

            @Jackl since you're not all that interested in Ubuntu Touch anyway, maybe you'd prefer to discuss at https://forum.pine64.org/. This forum has more discussions because there are a lot of people interested in Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone, you'll probably find similar discussions at any other partner project's preferred meeting place.

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              snailmail
              last edited by snailmail 4 Feb 2019, 22:59 2 Apr 2019, 22:58

              Any specifics on the MALI-400? number of cores, speed?

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                UniSuperBox @snailmail
                last edited by 2 Apr 2019, 23:02

                @snailmail
                The Mali-400 is part of the A64. Those are the specs you are looking for.

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                  A Former User @Jackl
                  last edited by 3 Apr 2019, 01:53

                  @Jackl said in PinePhone:

                  • 9 Why there are more discussions on the phone here than on the pine64 forum ?

                  I think it is partly because there is no dedicated pinephone section in the Pine64 forum yet.

                  The other parts of the equation are that UB Touch looks like the most likely distribution to be device-ready by the release date (although that's just my perception based on superficial observation from a great distance) and the community here seems friendly and engaged.

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                    PINE64
                    last edited by 3 Apr 2019, 09:14

                    @trainailleur we have tentatively decided on the Samsung J7 3000mha form-factor battery. The key word here is 'tentatively' - apparently one or more factories are happy to accommodate this request, but obviously we'll know more when the inside of the body starts getting worked on.

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                      PINE64 @mymike
                      last edited by 3 Apr 2019, 10:32

                      @mymike IR is a no.

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                        geekvine
                        last edited by 3 Apr 2019, 15:04

                        I think this looks fantastic and for the price, I see no reason not to get one. In fact, I already convinced my wife I'll be grabbing one when it drops as well as one for our youngest as her first phone. Very excited to see how UT development goes on this.

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                          Jackl @mariogrip
                          last edited by Jackl 4 Mar 2019, 20:16 3 Apr 2019, 20:15

                          @mariogrip said in PinePhone:

                          It will have physical switched for all those

                          Cool!

                          Qt has superior performance on embedded, ARM based devices.

                          This is new, didn't know that.

                          i3 would be hard to use? no keyboard?

                          With toolbars and gestures like android and UT does...
                          Notice that I sayd pinephone 2, i mean the next gen one

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                            trainailleur @PINE64
                            last edited by 3 Apr 2019, 20:41

                            @PINE64 said in PinePhone:

                            @trainailleur we have tentatively decided on the Samsung J7 3000mha form-factor battery. The key word here is 'tentatively' - apparently one or more factories are happy to accommodate this request, but obviously we'll know more when the inside of the body starts getting worked on.

                            OP updated with this and the LED info. Thanks for keeping us up with the latest info!

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                              PINE64
                              last edited by 8 Apr 2019, 20:07

                              Just wanted to confirm that we will be going with the Samsung J7 battery - they are reliable, relatively inexpensive and easily attainable in most places we checked ... they will also be around for quite some time.
                              We trust everyone is happy with this decision.

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                                A Former User @PINE64
                                last edited by 9 Apr 2019, 02:30

                                @PINE64 I seriously cannot wait for this phone. It's so cool to see such a down-to-earth project coming together.

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                                  flohack
                                  last edited by 11 Apr 2019, 06:55

                                  Posted in the German UBports group:
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                                  #PlasmaMobile on postmarketOS running on Pine64's Pinephone development kit.

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                                    PINE64
                                    last edited by 16 Apr 2019, 21:41

                                    Hey all,
                                    Will be getting a Pinephone mockup as well as other stuff announced at FOSDEM soon, and figured I could do a livestream showcasing it all and answering whatever I can live. I am thinking about the 28th at 22:00 GMT - this is a Sunday and will likely work best for most people.
                                    Once the parcel clears customs, and I know for certain that the stuff will be delivered to me on time, I'll let you all know and provide the streaming link. Lets hope customs are kind and it all goes smoothly πŸ˜‰

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                                      A Former User
                                      last edited by 17 Apr 2019, 01:42

                                      That sounds great. I'm interested to see the mockup and the time is perfect for us on the Pacific coast. πŸ™‚

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                                        mymike
                                        last edited by 17 Apr 2019, 09:18

                                        what about covers and glass screen protections? will they be available?

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                                          PINE64 @mymike
                                          last edited by PINE64 17 Apr 2019, 16:33

                                          @mymike Once we have a fully working phone prototype we'll start asking about what peripherals you guys would like to see. I think that its safe to assume that a case or two and a screen protector will be available for the phone.

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                                            PINE64
                                            last edited by 19 Apr 2019, 19:16

                                            Martjin has now posted a movie showing weston running on kernel 5.0.X πŸ™‚
                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3anEKz5ik

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