The fastest mainline Linux Phone: Pocophone F1
After a long work day, let's have a really brief, poorly prepared and rambly look at the Xiaomi Pocophone F1, a Snapdragon 845 powered phone, that now also does phone calls with postmarketOS Edge (and thus can definitely be called a Linux Phone, running Linux 5.17.0-sdm845). Recorded on March 24th, 2022. Links: * Tweet announcing that calls work now: https://twitter.com/joelselvaraj95/status/1506265673122848772#m * postmarketOS Wiki Device page for the Pocophone F1: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Poco_F1_(xiaomi-beryllium) * WikiChip: Snapdragon 845: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/qualcomm/snapdragon_800/845 Please note: This does not make the PinePhone Pro a bad choice β no notch alone makes it somewhat nicer. Also, it's supported by more mainline Linux distributions, and it can do Display Out over USB-C DisplayPort Alt mdoe, which the Pocophone F1 will never support, because Xiaomi wanted to save a few bucks. (BTW: Same thing with the OnePlus 6/6T, OnePlus tried to save
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