Battery life really sucks.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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I tried to use it as a daily driver at the beginning of this year. The biggest showstopper for me was the modem randomly stopping and sometimes requiring a device restart.
I used it for some time. Software wasn't ready. Now software improved a lot (still far from Android of course), but the phone is slow for me, so I ordered PinePhone Pro and now I use it as a daily driver.
This was multiple years ago so things might have changed but it is quite slow compared to a lot of modern phones and I realized there's a few android apps I need for daily usage. Anbox and other programs either weren't available or were usable enough
@CorrodedCranium I think speed is something I'm less concerned about overall. My daily driver since 2016 has been a galaxy s5, I think the pinephone is a slight improvement. Modern flagships will run circles around both of them. How were the basic phone features in your experience?
Texting and phone calls worked fine but even using a web browser took just enough time to be frustrating and at the time there weren't a lot of great media players. I don't think I was able to get background playback working for music
I used mine for a while a long time ago but battery life was really short and software, both drivers and userspace, were still too early to be used. I should give it another go at daily driving. I update my device periodically and there's been some major strides forward.
I was unable to use it as a daily driver. GPS and other radios would often die and require a restart, very slow UI regardless of distro, and poor battery life