A last update :
I considered all the options and I was convinced by the dev speed of the various distros for the Pinephone.
Yesterday I ordered the latest version of the Pinephone with the extra 1GB RAM (peace of mind) and the dock (yay convergence!)
I will probably test the Postmarket OS for a few days and then flash Ubuntu Touch on it as I need it to be my daily driver.
Thank you everyone.
Ok nice! I'm planning on using a OnePlus One or Pinephone with Orange or Free (France).
Another question : does the mobile network operators available differ from one phone to another or are they all supported equally on all Ubuntu Touch phones?
Thank you for your answers, once again!
So I'm trying to buy a used OnePlus One to discover Ubuntu Touch and I guess if I fall in love with it I might be ordering a PinePhone soon after because it's appealing.
Also if someone has anwsers about my questions on 3D acceleration and video capturing on OPO.
@Keneda okay thanks! I can get a 64GB, I think it will be enough. My current smartphone has 8GB+16GB SD (Alcatel Idol 3). I love this phone hardware so much, I wish I could have Linux on it.
@Capsia Okay! Does that mean that it will become obsolete soon? Or will the updated apps continue to work on that older kernel?
Also, I found this page on Gitlab about what works and what doesnt on the Pinephone with UT: https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone#what-works-what-doesnt
But I cannot find one for what works and what doesn't on the OPO.
For example I'm concerned about hardware accelaration, OpenGL stuff; I don't play games on my smartphone usually but as I'm a game developer if I can create an open source game for Ubuntu Touch it would be so cool, and it would kind of be my contribution to this community.
Also I can't find if someone reported the UHD 30fps or 4K 24fps video capture to work on the OPO (this is what it's capable of under Android).
Thank you a lot for you precise answers!
@Capsia What limitations are you talking about? I thought the OPO was the best phone for UBport right now.
Also it's more powerful than the Pinephone, cheaper, and doesn't suffer from dead pixels.
(But yes indeed the Pinephone is still very interesting and the developers are going at the speed of light to support it)
Well, thank you everyone!
@Keneda yes I was thinking about Anbox as I saw it was used on UBports but if there is an other way to have Android apps tell me!
So for example if I use Anbox for Shazam will it reset everything or will it keep me signed in? Will it be able to access the microphone?
Or if I use Anbox for Strava will it be able to access the GPS?
Is Anbox an emulator or just libraries like Wine?
@NoelFlantier thank you, I was looking for a program to create webapps!
And also : no one answered my first question (maybe none of you knew the answer).
Hello everyone,
That's my first post here and I'm not sure wether I'm in the right section or not, feel free to move my post or to tell me wich section I should post into.
I feel like it might be the moment for me to move on to a Linux phone. I'm considering several options and my two favorites are UBports on OnePlus One and UBports on PinePhone.
After taking in consideration the pros and cons I think I want to start with a OnePlus One in order to have a phone that is like 99% functional from what I understand (am I wrong?).
SO, TWO QUESTIONS :
First, is there a specific version of the OnePlus One that works better with UBports or are they all the same? (I'm thinking about batches, serial numbers...)
I listed the Android apps I would really like to keep on my phone an wanted to know if I can get them to work on UBports :
A big thank you for reading and replying.
And another thank you for the developers.