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popcar2@programming.dev 15 hours agoThe Linux phones that exist today (including Pine Phone) are more like early dev kits. They have really weak specs, are incredibly buggy, lack all sorts of features you’d expect, and I’m not totally sure if you can even make calls through them because phone carriers require a verified device and proprietary tech to work.
There are efforts to get things in order but these will take maybe 10 years at this rate.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I can absolutely make phone calls with both my One Plus 6T and my PinePhone.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It’s not that straightforward - pinephones have varying results depening on carriers, Verizon is notorious for blacklisting them while most of the other major carriers are hit or miss on if you’ll get penalized.