Why was the Pinephone keyboard pulled from the market?

Last Updated on July 7, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

• The Pinephone keyboard was not perfect, as the Pinephone is not perfect.
• One issue is that only one connector can be used, as far as I remember.
• For instance an external usb keyboard or mouse can be plugged in.
• But it cannot be charged at the same time.
• This is not an issue which makes the device not usable.
• If you are interested in the keyboard, report about it in the Pine64 forum:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19329

• And if you are interested in a repaired Pinephone keyboard, report there as well.
• And if you are someone who is skilled enough to repair it, contact Pine64 and talk to those about that:

Why we invite an electronics engineer with a passion for collaborative public software & hardware development to repair the Pinephone keyboard

• Another reason which was mentioned was a lack of demand.
• But this is hard to believe.
• In the Pine64 forum we can see that the topic.

Play along – create a PinePhone keyboard created by former Pine64 community leader from Poland Luke had 281,576 views to this date:

https://forum.pine64.org/search.php?action=results&sid=39db1ae29ffa9772a1cbb0904697edf8&sortby=views&order=desc

• This makes the Pinephone keyboard to the 3.th most viewed topic about the Pinephone.
• That there is a lack of request of the Pinephone keyboard is hard to believe.
• The Pinephone is one of the greatest Linux phone as a privacy phone due to it’s privacy DIM switches, which are unique in the price range of 200 USD Linux phones.
• And it could one of the greatest Linux phones for Office applications.
• But this requires a robust and professional keyboard which the Pinephone keyboard was.