Thanks for the info, learned a lot in this thread about the differences - I think coming from Android where more RAM generally is desirable is throwing me off with the 2 vs 3GB options.
I would love to be able to get a hint of what the next version might be, but to be honest once the software gets better optimization (especially for those apps/websites I use) then I’ll be quite happy (though I would like to play with a Librem 5 as well to see what it’s like).
Hard to say right now what will be the SoC in a hypothetical PinePhone2.
Pine64 is working now with the Rockchip RK3566 (in their upcoming SBC Quartz64), and that one supports 8GB ram and has a significantly better MALI G-52 GPU. But overall it isn’t much faster than the A64 currently used in the PinePhone and because it is a different chip vendor it will likely require a completed redesign of the PinePhone motherboard.
I think end of 2021 we will see a PineTab based on it (with an e-ink screen option), but for the PinePhone they might be waiting a bit longer until a really much better SoC is feasible (so 2022/2023 earliest).
Thanks for the info, learned a lot in this thread about the differences - I think coming from Android where more RAM generally is desirable is throwing me off with the 2 vs 3GB options.
I would love to be able to get a hint of what the next version might be, but to be honest once the software gets better optimization (especially for those apps/websites I use) then I’ll be quite happy (though I would like to play with a Librem 5 as well to see what it’s like).
Hard to say right now what will be the SoC in a hypothetical PinePhone2.
Pine64 is working now with the Rockchip RK3566 (in their upcoming SBC Quartz64), and that one supports 8GB ram and has a significantly better MALI G-52 GPU. But overall it isn’t much faster than the A64 currently used in the PinePhone and because it is a different chip vendor it will likely require a completed redesign of the PinePhone motherboard.
I think end of 2021 we will see a PineTab based on it (with an e-ink screen option), but for the PinePhone they might be waiting a bit longer until a really much better SoC is feasible (so 2022/2023 earliest).