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What linux phone is closest to ready for daily use (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Volfase@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml
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I want to switch from android phone to linux and i want to know which phone is closest to daily driver. I only need call sms and bluetooth to work and battery should last 1 day. also working map camera and web browser app would be great. for os i have thinked to use ubuntu touch or postmarket os. Phones what i have most interested Volla phone Pixel 3a Fairphone 4 Pinephone or pinephone pro Any thoughts or ideas

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[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I daily drive PinePhone Pro with the Pine keyboard to extend battery life. The experience is far from Android, but it's usable.

[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What distro do you use? Is there anything that doesn't work/works awfully? I understand the camera used to be a problem but dunno if that's still the case

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I use Arch Linux ARM (with Danct repos).

Camera works and sometimes broken after suspend, but I don't use it. Audio on calls sometimes buggy. But megi resolved call issues, I updated today. Battery life is poor unless you use a keyboard. Battery indicator displays combined percentage which isn't ideal.

[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sounds good. I use my phone camera a lot so that's a slight dealbreaker for me but could probably live with the rest. Super interesting to see how it's improving all the time!

[–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

You can read about the latest progress from the developer of the camera app: https://blog.brixit.nl/fixing-the-megapixels-sensor-linearization

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, if you need a camera, then I would highly recommend to stick with Android for now :)