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"But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver"
  • Of course, everyone has different requirements on their phone, so the question if one would be comfortable running their buisness of a pine phone is quite divers.

    Phone calls, texts and E-Mails

    Text and E-Mails pretty much work as well as on every other phone. Phone calls work too, but the audio quality is below what one could expect from a modern iPhone.

    Battery

    While the battery runtime of one battery is definitely lower compared to competing devices, it is also replaceable. I usually spend my day in the office were the phone can be charged, so the battery life does not become an issue. When I am traveling I bring some extra batteries. The form factor is commonly available and batteries cost around 10 €, so I got 4 of them, which last me for ~36 hours until I have to charge them. I have so far never spend more time away from an outlet.

    GPS

    Works nowadays pretty reliable, accuracy of around 20 m is also good enough to find were I need to go

    Bluetooth

    Definitely not perfect but random disconnects happen rarely. On the other side I have an headphone jack, which always works reliably

    Camera

    Ok, this point goes to you, the camera is not usable. When taking pictures of documents I usually have to use my tablet.

    So now to the overarching question:

    Do you, in all honesty, feel comfortable enough with your device that you would confidently run a business solely through it? No, I would not feel comfortable to run a business through a phone, I need a real computer for my work. If I could only use a phone I would choose the pine phone, because at least it can run all software I require for my daily work. Connected to keyboard, mouse and a monitor it could be a slow, but acceptable work machine I can certainly imagine that there are jobs, which rely more heavily on a phone. But in these cases one should have separate work and private phones anyway

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    "But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver"
  • Daily drivin Manjaro (Plasma mobile) on my Pinephone Pro for over a year now. If you are not into the whole "taking pictures all the time" thing you can easiy use it as a daily driver. (This message was typed on it)

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    KDE Plasma Mobile 6 Porting Underway
  • I am using the PinePhonePro as my primary phone for over a year now. There are of course some challanges but it is definitly possible

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    Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia
  • These concers exist for Hydrogen too. While the Hydrogen tanks can last a longe time, the catalyst in the Fuel cell degrades, like the electrodes of batteries do. That means that the fuel cell needs to be replaced as well after some time. In addtition to that, fuel cell vehicles need batteries as well, since the fuel cell is slow to respond to load changes. These smaller batteries are stressed heavily in stop and go traffic and will need to be replaced a lot more often than Ev batteries.

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    Climate change activists disrupted the US open last night, protesting the use of fossil fuels.
  • I hate to spoil your fun, but these dates are always some what wanky. When my grandpa was in school, they told him that there ist still enough cpal for 40 years. When my dad whas in school tey told him that there is still enough coal for 50 Years. My elementry school teacher told me the same. If ypu look it up today, you will find that the coal reserves last for another 80 to 150 years. Resources dont run out. They get more expensive as the reserves dwindel leading to the developement of alternatives.

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    Was haltet ihr von einer Kennzeichpflicht für Fahrräder?
  • Wollten wir nicht Bürokratie abbauen statt aufbauen? Wir sollten eher darüber nachdenken die Kennzeichen für alles was unter 50 fährt abzuschaffen.

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    Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’
  • Why not? I dont think that dog farms would be that profitable considering the price of dog food, but I dont see a reason why it should be illegal.

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    "Einsatz der Superlative": 4.500 Polizisten sichern die IAA ab
  • Auch Fußball (jedenfalls der der Polizeischutz braucht) ist ein Produktionsgut zur Unterhaltung, ähnlich einer Serie. Dort spielt niemand aus Leidenschaft/Emotion sondern weil es Gewinnbringend ist Fußballspiele durchzuführen

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    Best chipset for Linux laptop, Intel or AMD?
  • I have to disagree with you on that. While it is true, that intel laptop chipsets offer often greater linux support than the amd chipsets, both platforms support linux and are much more dependent on the manufacturer of the motherboard than on the chipset

    With the second statement I totally disagree. I even would go as far as to suggest the opposite. Linux on laptos only makes sense for APUs, since switching between dedicated and integrated graphics is still a manual process and using only the dedicated graphics chip tanks the battery life

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    How bad is battery life on Linux laptop?
  • My Tuxedo Pulse 15 (Gen 1) had 12h of battery life doing office work, when it was new. Now with some degradation, it still gets 9h. Of course that changes heavily depending on workload and screen brightness

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    Google wants iPhone switchers to know 'It's all good' on Android [Video]
  • No, the Problem is that on both operating systems there is no export/import from file option. There should not be the need to rely on cloud services

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