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by ac29 1407 days ago
In the store right above the add to cart button it says:

"The PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition is aimed at Linux developers with an extensive knowledge of embedded systems and/or experience with mobile Linux"

To me thats pretty a pretty clear implication that many things may work poorly or not at all.

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That indicates that hackers can do shit to get it to work.

And, they call it a Pine *PHONE* Pro.

It can't even do the "Phone" thing.

And read up about the hardware critical failures that can destroy stuff when you plug in the wrong usb-c connection.

Yes, I expect a minimum functionality. You know, like NOT FRYING SHIT. They couldn't even manage to do that.

What's up with those "can't even do the phone thing"? It's not 2007 anymore, GNU/Linux phones can do phone calls, and PinePhones aren't different.
Not sure what you'd have to plug to Pinephone Pro to destroy anything. Maybe a badly broken charger or a dirty plug.

There's nothing wrong about Pinehnone Pro's Type-C port supporting circuitry. It's pretty much a reference design this time.