My contract is up next month... how are you finding the pinephone? I just need web, gps, voice calls, email, camera, music, and a battery lasting over 24 hours mostly on standby. Is it a daily driver yet?
I would say that for battery life alone, that probably wouldn't be for you yet. Regarding other apps, while they do work, it's quite a severe downgrade from android/iOS - mostly, I think, because the pinephone is so low end hardware. I do use it as my main phone, but that's only because I find hacking it worth those sacrifices. In your case, you'll probably want to wait for the Librem 5 to see how it compares, or for pine64 to release a buffed up pinephone (if they ever do that).
>I just need web, gps, voice calls, email, camera, music, and a battery lasting over 24 hours.
Isn't this what most people use their phone for? What exactly are you compromising on in this list? You might as well say you just need a fully-functional smartphone, not a hacking project.
Video playback (Netflix), potentially choice of audio playback (I choose Spotify, not local mp3s or something), banking apps, authenticator, an app store, games, ridesharing, home security camera viewer. Probably the number 1 smartphone app wasn't included, Facebook.
I'm guessing 75% of most people's phone use is compromised, at least by changing to a web app. What the GP listed would be about 20% of my use, personally.
Not having Google/Apple ecosystem is a feature, not a compromise for those going to the PinePhone. Those making that choice need to have realistic expectations on what they're getting, and be able to accept compromises on the availability/polish on services like web, gps, email, camera, music, and also battery life. If you have to ask, it's probably not for you.