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PinePhone Pro [GNU/Linux smartphone] has been discontinued

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172 points fsflover | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.285s | source
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ethagnawl ◴[28 Aug 25 16:25 UTC] No.45054074[source]▶
This is a bummer. If there was ever a time this sort of device was needed, it's now / in the near future when Google (probably) starts requiring all Android apps to be signed by approved developers and further locks down the Android platform.

I kind of regret not buying one of these instead of a Pixel 7 but, unfortunately, I'm pretty tethered to the Android ecosystem at the moment.

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nrdgrrrl ◴[28 Aug 25 19:07 UTC] No.45055813[source]▶
You say that, but they're discontinuing it because they didn't sell enough of them. It may be the device we need, but it's not the device we're buying.
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reorder9695 ◴[28 Aug 25 19:22 UTC] No.45055985[source]▶
I'll buy them once I can access all of my banks on it, that is literally the only thing holding me to IOS or Anroid at the minute
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1. tmtvl ◴[28 Aug 25 20:28 UTC] No.45056683[source]▶
Then tell your banks they have to support the PinePhone or they'll lose you as a customer. The PinePhone folks don't have access to the source code of whatever interface your banks provide on Android/iOS, so they can't do anything about it.