Comment by Imustaskforhelp
8 days ago
> Mobile Linux is a super interesting but difficult area so always good to see another effort in the space, hopefully Pocketblue and postmarketOS can benefit from each other.
Yea. I hope the same thing. I just wish that a defacto affordable device can finally emerge and the whole process can just be made easier and people might even base their hardware decisions on top of it.
A lot of the times I find Mobile Linux un-approachable because a lot of essential features only work in phones which are extremely expensive with less specs compared to its peers and in normal phones, half the features might not work (which is understandable given they are community efforts but still)
I just hope that the community/such-projects can decide on one single affordable phone and then make it feature complete and maybe even recommend people to use it as well imo.
> because a lot of essential features only work in phones which are extremely expensive with less specs compared to its peers and in normal phones
I assume you are refering to the Librem 5? These days the Google Pixel 3a is coming close, as multiple people report reliable phone calls. Camera is still lacking, but once libcamera add auto-focus and the device gets a driver for the focus actuator (already in the works), it's going to be just as competent with better battery-life for less than USD/EUR 100. On the more pricey side, the Fairphone 5 has a good mind share and contributor count, making it quite likely that remaining issues are being solved soon.