←back to thread

PinePhone Pro [GNU/Linux smartphone] has been discontinued

(social.treehouse.systems)
172 points fsflover | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
BariumBlue ◴[28 Aug 25 16:35 UTC] No.45054182[source]▶
I really like the phone/desktop convergence concept. Mostly I think because I want the freedom / open experience of my desktop on my phone though, I think.

But I think most folks interested enough in the concept are also rich enough to afford a phone and a laptop, and if you want a keyboard for your phone you might as well just use a laptop.

I still think conceptually it's the right direction for tech that our devices should be so flexible, but it's hard enough in practice that it's not generally done.

replies(8): >>45054208 #>>45054249 #>>45054451 #>>45054514 #>>45055112 #>>45055176 #>>45064307 #>>45065101 #
1. saidinesh5 ◴[28 Aug 25 16:41 UTC] No.45054249[source]▶
I think the convergence concept still makes sense in big corporations where most of your work happens on a VM in the cloud, while you just use your device as a thin client. Especially in places they don't even let you use a thirdparty browser >.>.

Earlier this year, I was actually tried to replace my bulky 16" MBP with a Pixel 9 for work. Android's desktop mode just wasn't there.. Maybe I will try it again next year...

All I really need was a browser and a drop down terminal anyway.

replies(1): >>45062678 #
2. persolb ◴[29 Aug 25 11:28 UTC] No.45062678[source]▶
There are at least dozens of us doing this. My $5k bloated corporate laptop sits in my office 24/7. The 25% of time I’m traveling is with a $300 Chromebook with Linux Mini, a Bluetooth mouse, and logged into to a Windows VM.

Now that everything corporate is forced into the cloud, using a VM doesn’t carry all the extra downsides it used to.

and the bonus is that, when the workday is done, I have a machine I actually own and can use without breaking policy.