#Librem5vsPinephone
Maximal and minimal #brightness of the #smartphones. #Librem5 beats #Pinephone at both. Also the Pinephone screen colors look colder in comparison. Librem 5 screen looks more pleasant to my eye.
@ozmik If you're going to post comparison pics of the two screens, please put them both in the same photo. Otherwise, there's numerous factors that can actually make the colors look more different/similar such as white balance, exposure, amount of sunlight changing etc.
@ozmik Minimal and maximal price for a smartphone: #Librem5 and #Pinephone also beat each other at both 😉
There are a couple serious reasons why #Librem5 is much more expensive than #Pinephone, apart from the product quality:
1. @purism intentionally choose #hardware manufacturers supporting #FOSS to change the #industry https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/
2. @purism pays professional developers to work on #phosh #freesoftware #mobile interface, which is installed on most Pinephones https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#310-why-did-purism-decide-to-create-the-new-phosh-interface
@ozmik @linmob @purism Yep. I'm not judging the price of the #Librem too harshly, as I understand it's for a good reason such as more expensive components. Still sucks that it's unaffordable to many and only a phone for the rich part of the middle class. But hey, that's where #Pinephone fills the gap so in the end there's something for everyone!
@ozmik @linmob @purism Due to the price and my financial situation, I'll be among those getting the Pine, once I have the money even for that. It's nice to see how they compare in the meantime: Librem is obviously better in many ways, but we hopefully aren't missing out on too much by comparison.
In this case the image quality looks a bit more meh on the PinePhone screen but not by a lot. I like that they have the same size and resolution too, not noticing a deep quality difference.
@MirceaKitsune @linmob @purism
I agree that the image quality difference is not significant. Yes, this is a pity both phones are not much cheaper so more people could afford their freedom. Hope you will join the community of GNU/Linux phone owners soon!
@ozmik @linmob @purism Complaints? Sure! It's too slow to be useable, it's glitchy, and the battery barely lasts a few hours of minimal use. That plus the fact that it's outrageously expensive and based on five plus year old hardware. Look, they got me - I paid for it - congrats. Wanna make sure others aren't duped.
There are serious reasons for #Librem5 to be expensive: https://social.librem.one/@ozmik/105988959710195259.
It it not slow at all:
https://social.librem.one/@ozmik/105939468751642844.
The battery lasts 10 hours, and this is before suspend is even implemented:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#21-how-long-will-be-the-battery-life-of-the-librem-5-evergreen.
It might be glitchy now, but it will have lifetime software updates:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#311-how-can-purism-provide-lifetime-software-updates-for-the-librem-5.
I am sure all bugs will be fixed within a year. It will get better with time unlike iPhones.
@ozmik I noticed this too. But while it's obvious in comparison, on its own the PinePhone screen is totally fine. It's different, yes, but given the large difference in price it would be terrible if the Librem 5 wasn't better.