Last Updated on July 10, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
https://pine64eu.com/product/pinephone-beta-edition-with-convergence-package
- If Pine64 EU would by a reliable shop which offers something which cannot be found at other places, then eventually yes.
- It has the advantage to buy in the Pine64 EU shop to have 24 month warranty
- But a new issue is that we have to send the Pinephone to PineEU in case of warranty issues.
- The PineEU shop is located in Poland.
- Other Linux Phones such as the Volla Phone are available at Digitec Switzerland:
- But not the Pinephone:
https://www.digitec.ch/de/producttype/showdiscussion/pinephone-10746
- If the Pinephone would be a device which is developed over several years and offers all the features which are necessary for our projects it would eventually be worth the money.
- We are also developers, altough we usually don’t code.
- We would be happy with a device which is not perfect and has issues.
- But we are not happy with a Pinephone without the Pinephone Keyboard.
- We eventually can repace the Pinephone Keyboard by a Rii mini 4 keyboard:
- But are we then not at the level of an XDA developers device, which is not worth 350 USD?
- The Google Pixel 3 with Ubuntu Touch which offers all the features we need for a privacy phone can be bought on ebay currently for around 130 USD, factory unlocked.
- With a factury unlocked device it is relatively easy to flash Ubuntu Touch on it.
- And then we have a great Privacy Phone for 130 USD:
- Components which are important for us personally such as the Pinephone keyboard are not available in the Pine6e EU store.
- The Pinephone is not woth 350 USD as sold in the PineEU shop for us personally.
- And the reason for it is that years after our evaluation Pine64 pulls the Pinephone keyboard from the market.
- This is a key component which would make the device worth buying.
- The Pinephone keyboard was pulled from the market for reason we cannot follow:
- And we can add this here this as a new negative experience with the Pinephone:
- It is not worth 350 USD from the PineEU shop plus shipping plus import taxes to Switzerland for us personally. We estimate that it costs then 500 USD in Switzerland.
There are alternatives on the market which cost much less. You can find these alternatives under www.petergamma.org
- The Pinephone has a swich at the back to switch of the modem.
- But this does not make it worth 500 USD which it costs estimated in Switzerland incl. shipping and import.
- The Pixel 3 with Ubuntu Touch costs 130 USD
- This are the costs if we are looking fo the most affordable Google Pixel 3 wich carrier unlocked device on eBay
- The Google Pixel 3 does not have a modem switch.
- But the Google Pixel 3 is a an affordable alternative to the Pinephone as a privacy phone..
- The Pinephone furthermoreallows to write to the external SD card.
- But this does not make it worth 500 USD.
- Also other devices with postmarkedOS allow this.
- For insgtance a Raspberry Pi zero 2 w
- The zero 2 w currently costs 30 USD at Digitec Switzerland:
- https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-entwicklungsboard-kit-17346864?supplier=406802&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PROD_CH_PMAX_CSS_Cluster_8&campaignid=20496494580&adgroupid=&adid=&dgCidg=EAIaIQobChMI886834OYhwMV5K2DBx1TsQbwEAQYASABEgIrfvD_BwE&gad_source=5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI886834OYhwMV5K2DBx1TsQbwEAQYASABEgIrfvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
- Te ability to write to the external SD card is great feature for you privacy.
- Google basically has killed this feature after Android 4.4.
- And it takes a lot of effort to find device which can replace it.
- But it is possible.
- And there are alternatives to the Pinephone which cost much less.
Information for product sellers who do stock market speculation and scalping with products mentioned by Peter Gamma on www.petergamma.org
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According to the little experience of Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org, many of the products listed here are still full of issues which need to be resolved. If you do stock market speculation and scalping with those, you will loose Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org as a buyer of these products and as a reviewer. Is this not risky? Will you not loose a majority of your costumers as well?
And is it not so, that society in general does not accept stock market speculation and scalping with products as those which are listed here? And will you not be politically incapable of finding a majority of the voters if you do stock market speculation and scalping with these products?
And as a consequence will you not be condemned and punished by a political referendum soon? Especially if you do this to a Swiss, since are not majority of Swiss against stock market speculations and scalping with people on a budget? And people in Switzerland are known for a lot of political referendums, since we have direct democracy in this country.
And Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org will fight up to the European Court of Human Rights against people who do stock market speculation and scalping with the products which are mentioned on www.petergamma.org. And if they do not have yet the legal basis there to do so, he will fight for it.
What is a scalping?
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What is a scalper?
A scalper is someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost. For instance some says: “He got theater tickets through a scalper”: Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit. And is it not also scalping if you take reviews from this site to make out of it a new product offer, and sell it for a higher price? We doubt that you will be successful with it. Since Peter Gamma will review your product and will user not come back to www.petergamma.org after that?