我的一年的 PinePhone 日常使用体验
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当 Pine64 在 2019 年发布 PinePhone 时，没有人能够预见它将对移动 Linux、桌面 Linux 和隐私产生巨大的影响。


作为 [少数专为运行桌面 Linux 而设计的手机](https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/) 之一，它具有低端安卓手机的所有功能，同时又具有笔记本电脑的多功能性。不幸的是，桌面 Linux 就是这样：它是为台式机设计的，而不是为手机设计的。


幸运的是，由于 GNOME、KDE、Pine64 和众多 Linux 社区的惊人力量，全新的桌面环境、应用程序和发行版应运而生。其中一些比较知名的包括 Plasma Mobile、[Phosh](https://github.com/agx/phosh)、Megapixels 和Mobian。


有了这些所有关键的部分，Pine64 需要做的就是销售 PinePhone，他们确实也卖出了 PinePhone。每一轮社区版（每个都预装了不同的发行版）的预购都收到了数千份订单，其中之一就是我的。


自从我在 2020 年 12 月收到我的设备后，PinePhone 一直是我日常生活中的重要组成部分，我在 2021 年全年都把它作为我的日常设备。以下是我使用它的经验。


### 它的性能就像糖浆一样


PinePhone 采用了全志 a64 系统芯片，它的功率只够完成最基本的手机任务。即使是简单的事情，如打开火狐浏览器，也需要将近 20 秒的时间，这无疑要“归功于”它仅有的 4 个核心。这与现代中高端安卓手机形成鲜明对比，所有这些手机都有至少 2GHz 的 8 核处理器。


幸运的是，社区再次介入，对数以千计的小型软件实施了优化。虽然性能仍然不如安卓系统的竞争对手，但这确实意味着 PinePhone 对于大多数手机任务来说是非常适用了，甚至在通过附带的底座使用外部显示器时，也可以使用一些面向桌面的应用程序。


即使它在这里和那里可能会有一点卡顿，PinePhone 在大多数情况下都有足够的能力。但是电池呢？它真的能续航一整天吗？


### 电池续航……没问题


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虽然我很想说，由于 PinePhone 的低功耗组件，电池续航想必是超棒的。但不幸的是，情况并非如此，即使在实施了所有节电改进措施后也是如此。


经过一夜的充电，我通常在早上阅读新闻，然后在午餐时间再读一些。尽管这相当于不到一个小时的屏幕开启时间，但电池仍然持续下降约 35%，使我在下午只剩下 65%。幸运的是，这并不是一个大问题，尤其是调制解调器的深度睡眠功能工作得很好。


补充一句，几乎所有的移动电话都会将其调制解调器放入深度睡眠模式，这基本上是关闭一切除了接收电话和短信所需的功能。然后，当你接到一个电话时，调制解调器会唤醒自己和 SoC，然后开始响铃。


根据我的经验，PinePhone 上深度睡眠的实施绝对很棒，没有错过任何一个电话。因此，考虑到其糟糕的开屏续航时间，PinePhone 的关屏续航相当惊人。我在最少使用的情况下，电池寿命一直能保持在 60 小时以上，这是我的 Galaxy S20 FE 无法比拟的。


### 不要期望有什么漂亮的照片


PinePhone 仅有的 500 万像素后置摄像头和更小的 200 万像素前置摄像头，不要指望能拍出专业级别的照片。甚至许多 USB 网络摄像头也能提供更好的图像质量，以及更多的常规功能。见鬼，PinePhone 的摄像头甚至不能够拍摄视频！


它所做的少量后期处理确实有助于提升一点照片质量，尽管还不足以让它们适合发到社交媒体上。作为比较，这里是用 iPhone 4S（2011 年）和 PinePhone（2019 年）拍摄的同一张照片。




|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| iPhone 4S | PinePhone |
| iPhone 4S |  PinePhone |


在古老的 SoC、普普通通的电池续航和可怜的相机之间，很明显 PinePhone 的硬件绝对不是它的强项。但软件能拯救它吗？


### 桌面环境还是移动环境？


在这个移动 Linux 的世界里，主要有三种桌面环境领域，它们是：


* Plasma Mobile
* Phosh
* [Lomiri](https://lomiri.com/)


在我日常使用 PinePhone 的过程中，我大约花了 4 个月的时间使用每个环境。在这段时间里，我发现它们的功能、问题和成熟度各有不同，我会在这里讨论这些问题。


#### Plasma Mobile


![图片来源：KDE Plasma Mobile](/data/attachment/album/202202/02/135553llu1ritmzw1lg5ww.jpg)


早在 2015 年 Plasma 5 发布之后，Plasma Mobile 已经默默地在后台开发了近 7 年。从最初的发布到 PinePhone 的发布，Plasma Mobile 背后的团队成功地创造了一个相当可用的移动桌面环境。


然而，随着 PinePhone 的发布，这一切都改变了。困扰 Plasma Mobile 的许多错误已经被解决了，而且也在改进用户界面方面付出了巨大的努力。


作为一个 KDE 项目，Plasma Mobile 广泛使用了 Kirigami，这导致了一个极其一致和移动友好的应用生态系统。此外，许多先前就有的 KDE 应用程序也能完美地扩展到该平台。


由于 Maui 项目刚刚发布了他们的 Maui Shell，这个应用生态系统得到了进一步的扩展（更多信息即将发布）。由于他们强大的实用程序套件，Plasma Mobile 是一个真正的安卓替代品。


然而，这并不是说 Plasma Mobile 是完美的。即使到了 2022 年，仍有一些残余的错误和问题。然而，这被其成熟的应用生态系统、对手势的广泛使用和对移动体验的专注所抵消。


#### Phosh


![PinePhone 上的 Phosh 截屏](/data/attachment/album/202202/02/135554daakf6xk4gknn4rg.jpg)


Phosh 主要由 Purism 开发，是相当于 Plasma Mobile 的 GTK。它最初是为 Librem 5 打造的，自 2018 年以来一直在开发。由于只有 4 年的历史，你可能会认为 Phosh 是不成熟的，但这与事实相差甚远。


事实上，在超过 3 个月的时间里，我从未遇到过 Phosh 的崩溃，相比之下，Plasma Mobile 没几天崩溃一次。当然，由于建立在 GTK 和其他 Gnome 技术之上，Phosh 有许多可用的应用程序。一些流行的应用程序可以完美地工作，包括：


* Firefox
* Geary
* Headlines（Reddit 应用程序）
* Megapixels（相机应用）
* Gnome 地图


此外，许多为 Plasma Mobile 设计的应用程序也能完美运行，尽管它们使用 Kirigami。不幸的是，虽然有许多 GTK 应用程序，但它们并不像 Kirigami 应用程序一样适合各种环境，所以开发者必须专门使他们的应用程序与 Phosh 和 PinePhone 兼容。


此外，GTK 主要是一个面向桌面的 UI 工具包，这意味着诸如手势等功能，甚至让应用程序能够适应屏幕的功能，充其量是零散的，最糟糕的是不存在。


不过幸运的是，Purism 在默认的 Gnome 应用程序中投入了大量的工作，这些应用程序都是完全可用的，而且速度很快。


总的来说，Phosh 是非常可靠的，特别是对于台式机和笔记本电脑上的 Gnome 用户。然而，它也因为缺乏核心的移动功能和优化的应用程序而受到阻碍。


#### Lomiri


![Lomiri on the PinePhone](/data/attachment/album/202202/02/135555em9z6p4nrjg4eutr.jpg)


我怀疑你是否听说过它，因为它最近才改了名字。它以前被称为 Unity 8，是 Ubuntu Touch 操作系统的默认桌面环境。它也可以在 Manjaro ARM 上使用。


由于使用 Qt Quick 构建，它可能是 PinePhone 最成熟的桌面环境。它很好地利用了手势来实现核心系统功能，并且有大量专门为它制作的应用程序。


然而，它的缺点是只能在 Ubuntu Touch 上使用，因为没有一个应用程序被移植到 Manjaro。因此，它的用户受制于 Ubuntu Touch 的“锁定”风格，类似于安卓和 iOS。


虽然这对典型的用户来说可能是件好事，但 PinePhone 的用户一般都是喜欢控制自己设备的手工爱好者，而 Ubuntu Touch 则使其变得更加困难。


### 操作系统


与任何以 Linux 为主的设备一样，它有大量的发行版和操作系统可用。在写这篇文章的时候，Pine64 维基列出了 21 个单独的操作系统，它们的完整度各有不同。


然而，在这些不同的操作系统中，有四个我在 PinePhone 上有很好的体验：


* Manjaro ARM
* Mobian
* SailfishOS
* Ubuntu Touch


虽然我不打算详细介绍它们，但它们都是很好的选择，对于大多数任务来说都是完美的功能。除了 SailfishOS 之外，它们都是开源的，而 SailfishOS 大部分是开源的。


### 关于安卓应用程序的说明


正如你现在可能已经猜到的，应用程序的支持可能有点问题。即使看到 PinePhone 上有近 400 个确认可以使用的应用程序，但与安卓和 iOS 的数百万个应用程序相比，这也是相形见绌。


幸运的是，有一些方法可以解决这个问题，最简单的是使用兼容层来模拟安卓应用。在这方面，Anbox 已经成为几年来的首选。


#### Anbox


如果说 WINE 是 Windows 的兼容层，那么 Anbox 对 Android 也是如此。安装后，或打开它，因为它预装在许多发行版中，就像运行一个命令来安装一个 APK 文件一样简单。


从这里开始，该应用程序的行为就像任何 Linux 应用程序一样，尽管在性能上有很大的影响。


最近，有一群人决定解决这个问题，创建了一个名为 Waydroid 的新项目。


#### Waydroid


Waydroid 是为 PinePhone 开发的安卓模拟器的最新尝试，即使在这个早期阶段，它看起来也非常有发展前景。由于安卓应用可以直接在硬件上运行，它的性能相当惊人，特别是与 Anbox 相比。


因此，许多极为流行的应用程序都能完美运行，如 F-Droid 和 Aurora 商店。


此外，通过 Waydroid 安装的应用程序被很好地整合到 Linux 中，它们能够像其他应用程序一样被打开和关闭。


### 我对 PinePhone 的总体看法


在我使用它的过程中，我花时间使用了几乎所有可用于它的不同操作系统，以及每个桌面环境。正如我之前所说，它的性能一般都很差，尽管 Lomiri 和 Plasma Mobile 足够流畅。


我不经常拍照，所以相机的使用频率很低。然而，当我拍摄照片时，它们通常够用了，即使相片质量并不特别高。


总的来说，我认为 PinePhone 的最大弱点实际上是它的电池续航。这是因为即使只是打开它查看一下时间，也会唤醒调制解调器，导致电池迅速耗尽，除非我尽量不打开它。


幸运的是，我总是确保随身携带一块备用电池，我可以通过取下后盖换入。此外，我还可以插入一张 SD 卡，用作额外的存储空间或测试新的操作系统。


正如预期的，PinePhone 并不防水，但我发现在雨中使用它似乎没有任何损害，尽管你的经历可能有所不同。当我在室内时，我经常发现自己会借助它附带的底座来使用它的外部显示器。


在这种设置下，我对 PinePhone 作为一台笔记本电脑的能力感到惊讶。我经常发现自己可以在 LibreOffice 中编辑文件，甚至有一次还能用 Kdenlive 编辑了一段视频！


总的来说，即使有一些不足，我与 PinePhone 相处的这一年也很顺利，我从来没有发现自己对安卓的渴望。


### 获得 PinePhone


如果你想获得一台 PinePhone，下面有一个按钮，可以带你到 Pine64 的网站。在写这篇文章的时候，有两种型号可供选择，一种是 16GB 的存储空间和 2GB 的内存。另一个型号有 32GB 的存储空间和 3GB 的内存。（LCTT 译注：应该是不向中国发货的。）


本评论中使用的型号是 3GB 版本，价格为 199 美元。2GB 型号的价格为 149 美元。


* [获取 PinePhone](https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/)


我们只希望即将推出的 PinePhone Pro 能以其更强大的硬件保持这种积极的趋势！




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When Pine64 announced the PinePhone in 2019, no one could have foreseen the tremendous impact it would have on mobile Linux, desktop Linux, and privacy as a whole.

As one of the [few phones designed specifically to run desktop Linux](https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/?ref=news.itsfoss.com), it had all the features of a low-end Android phone, combined with the versatility of a laptop. Unfortunately, desktop Linux is just that; it is made for *desktops*, not phones.

Fortunately, thanks to the incredible power of the GNOME, KDE, Pine64, and general Linux communities, whole new desktop environments, applications, and distributions were born. Some of the more recognizable of these include Plasma Mobile, [Phosh](https://github.com/agx/phosh?ref=news.itsfoss.com), Megapixels, and Mobian.

With all the key pieces in place, all Pine64 needed to was to sell PinePhones, and sell PinePhones they did. Every community edition (each preloaded with a different distro) pre-ordering round received thousands of orders, one of which was mine.

Since I received my unit in December 2020, the PinePhone has been a key part in my daily life, with me using it as my daily driver for the whole of 2021. Here are my experiences with it.

## It’s Performance Is Like Molasses

Sporting an Allwinner a64 SoC, the PinePhone has just enough power to do the most basic phone tasks. Even simple things, like opening Firefox, can take almost 20 seconds, no doubt thanks to its measly 4 cores. This is in stark comparison to modern mid-range and high-end Android phones, all of which have 8 core processors running at least at 2 GHz.

Fortunately, the community has again stepped in, implementing thousands of small software optimizations. While still not as performant as it’s Android competitors, this does mean the PinePhone is pretty usable for most phone tasks, and even some desktop-oriented apps when using an external monitor through the included dock.

Despite all of this, the PinePhone is capable enough for most situations, even if it might stutter a bit here and there. But what about the battery? Can it really last all day?

## The Battery Is… Okay

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/PinePhone-Battery-1024x576.jpg)

While I would love to be able to say that thanks to the PinePhone’s low-power components, the battery life is incredible. Unfortunately, this is not the case, even after all the battery saving improvements that have been implemented.

After charging it overnight, I usually read the news in the morning, followed by some more at lunchtime. Even though this amounts to less than an hour of screen-on time, the battery still drops about 35% pretty consistently, leaving me with just 65% for the afternoon. Fortunately, this is not a major issue, especially as the modem’s deep sleep function works perfectly.

For those of you that don’t know, almost all mobile phones put their modem into a deep sleep mode, which basically powers off everything except for what is required to receive calls and texts. Then, when you receive a call, the modem wakes up itself and the SoC, which then starts ringing.

From my experience, the implementation of deep sleep on the PinePhone has been absolutely incredible, with not a single call being missed. As a result of this, the PinePhones screen-off battery life has been pretty impressive considering its terrible screen-on time. I’ve consistently managed more than 60 hours of battery life with minimal usage, something I can’t say about my Galaxy S20 FE.

## Don’t Expect Fancy Photos

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/iphone-4s-vs-pinephone-camera.jpg)

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/pinephone-vs-iphone-4s-camera-scaled.jpg)

With a measly 5 MP rear shooter and an even smaller 2 MP front camera, don’t expect to be taking professional-grade photos. Even many USB webcams offer better image quality, as well as more general features. Heck, the PinePhone’s camera isn’t even capable of taking videos!

The small amount of post-processing done does help clean up the photos a bit, although not enough to make them social media-ready. For comparison, here is the same photo taken on an iPhone 4S (from 2011) and the PinePhone (from 2019).

Between the ancient SoC, average battery life, and lackluster cameras, it is clear the PinePhone’s hardware is definitely not it’s forte. But can the software save it?

## Desktop Environment Or Mobile Environment?

Within the world of mobile Linux, there are three major players in the desktop environment space. These are:

- Plasma Mobile
- Phosh
[Lomiri](https://lomiri.com/?ref=news.itsfoss.com)

Over the course of my time daily driving the PinePhone, I spent roughly 4 months with each environment. During this time, I found a number of different features, problems, and levels of matureness between them, which I will be discussing here.

### Plasma Mobile

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/pinephone_plasma-mobile-1024x698.jpg)

Released back in 2015 just after Plasma 5, Plasma Mobile has been silently being developed in the background for almost 7 years. Between the time of its initial release and the release of the PinePhone, the team behind Plasma Mobile managed to create a fairly usable mobile desktop environment.

However, with the release of the PinePhone, this has all changed. Many of the numerous bugs that plagued Plasma Mobile have been ironed out, and immense work was put into improving the UI.

As a KDE project, Plasma Mobile makes extensive use of Kirigami, which results in an extremely consistent and mobile-friendly app ecosystem. Additionally, many of the pre-existing KDE apps also scale perfectly to it.

This app ecosystem is extended even further thanks to the Maui project, which just released their Maui Shell (more on that soon). Thanks to their powerful suite of utility apps, Plasma Mobile is a true Android replacement.

However, that’s not to say that Plasma Mobile is perfect. Even in 2022, there are still a number of remaining bugs and issues. However, this is offset by its mature app ecosystem, extensive use of gestures, and purely mobile focus.

### Phosh

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/pinephone-phosh-1024x676.jpg)

Phosh, developed primarily by Purism, is the GTK equivalent of Plasma Mobile. Originally built for the Librem 5, it has been in the works since 2018. At just 4 years old, you may be led to believe that Phosh is immature, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

In fact, I never encountered a single crash with Phosh for more than 3 months, compared to days between crashes in Plasma Mobile. Of course, being built on GTK and other Gnome technologies, Phosh has a number of apps available. Some popular apps that work perfectly include:

- Firefox
- Geary
- Headlines (Reddit app)
- Megapixels (Camera app)
- Gnome Maps

Additionally, many apps designed for Plasma Mobile also work perfectly, even though they use Kirigami. Unfortunately, while many GTK apps are available, they don’t scale anywhere near as well as Kirigami apps do, so developers have to specifically make their apps compatible with Phosh and the PinePhone.

Additionally, GTK is a primarily desktop-oriented UI toolkit, meaning features such as gestures, and even apps being able to fit on the screen are patchy at best, and non-existent at worst.

Fortunately, though, Purism has put a lot of work into the default Gnome apps, which are all perfectly usable and fast.

Overall, Phosh is extremely solid, especially for users of Gnome on desktop and laptop computers. However, it is also held back by its lack of core mobile features, and optimized apps.

### Lomiri

![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/01/pinephone-lomiri-edited.jpg)

I doubt you will have heard of this, as it only recently had its name changed. Formerly known as Unity 8, it is the default desktop environment of the Ubuntu Touch operating system. It is also available on Manjaro ARM.

Built using Qt Quick, it is probably the most mature desktop environment for the PinePhone. It makes great use of gestures for core system functions, and has a huge range of apps made specifically for it.

However, it also suffers from being only usable on Ubuntu Touch, as none of the apps have been ported to Manjaro. As a result, users of it are subject to Ubuntu Touch’s “locked-down” style, similar to Android and iOS.

While this might be a good thing for typical users, PinePhone owners are generally tinkerers who like control over their device, which is made much harder with Ubuntu Touch.

## Operating Systems

As with any Linux-focused device, there are a huge number of distros and operating systems available. At the time of writing, the Pine64 wiki lists 21 individual operating systems, all in various levels of completeness.

However, amongst these various operating systems, there are 4 that I have had a great experience with on the PinePhone:

- Manjaro ARM
- Mobian
- SailfishOS
- Ubuntu Touch

While I’m not going to go into detail about each of them, they’re all great choices and perfectly functional for most tasks. With the exception of SailfishOS, they are all also open-source, while SailfishOS is mostly open-source.

## A Note On Android Apps

As you may have guessed by now, app support can be a bit of a problem. Even looking at the almost 400 confirmed working apps on the PinePhone, this pales in comparison to the millions available for Android and iOS.

Fortunately, there are ways around this, the easiest being to emulate Android apps using a compatibility layer. For this, Anbox has been the go-to for a few years now.

### Anbox

If WINE is a compatibility layer for Windows, then Anbox is the same for Android. After installing it, or opening it as it comes preinstalled with many distributions, it is as simple as running a single command to install an APK file.

From here, the app behave just as any Linux app, albeit with a significant hit to performance.

Recently, a group of people decided they were going to address this, creating a new project called Waydroid.

### Waydroid

Waydroid is the latest attempt at an Android emulator for the PinePhone, and even at this early stage it looks extremely promising. It manages pretty incredible performance, especially compared to Anbox, thanks to the android apps running directly on the hardware.

As a result, many extremely popular apps work perfectly, such as F-Droid and the Aurora Store.

Additionally, apps installed through Waydroid are integrated really well into Linux, with them being able to be opened and closed just like any other app.

## My Concluding Thoughts On The PinePhone

Over the course of my time with it, I spent time with almost all the different operating systems available for it, as well as every desktop environment. As I said before, its performance was generally quite poor, although Lomiri and Plasma Mobile were smooth enough.

I don’t take photos that often, so the camera got very little use. However, when I did take photos, they were generally good enough, even if they weren’t particularly high quality.

In general, I think the biggest weakness of the PinePhone was actually it’s battery life. This is because even just turning it on to check the time wakes up the modem, causing the battery to drain quickly unless I made an effort not to turn it on.

Fortunately, I always made sure to carry a spare battery with me that I could pop in by removing the back cover. Here, I could also insert an SD card to be used as additional storage or to test a new OS.

As to be expected, the PinePhone is not waterproof, but I did find that using it in the rain appeared to do no damage, although your mileage may vary. When I was inside, I often found myself using it with an external monitor using it’s included dock.

With this setup, I was surprised at how capable the PinePhone was as a laptop. I often found myself editing documents in LibreOffice, and at one point even managed to edit a video using Kdenlive!

Overall, even with its quirks, my year with the PinePhone went quite well, and I never really found my self longing for my Android.

## Getting A PinePhone

If you want to get a PinePhone for yourself, there is a button below that will take you to Pine64’s website. At the time of writing, there are two models available, one with 16 GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM. The other model has 32 GB of storage and 3 GB of RAM.

The model used in this review was the 3 GB version, which costs $199 USD. The 2 GB model costs $149 USD.

Let’s just hope that the upcoming PinePhone Pro can keep this positive trend up with its more powerful hardware!

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