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[return to "Linux phones are more important now than ever"]
1. Variou+Xf[view] [source] 2025-09-16 03:07:32
>>wicket+(OP)
As someone willing to put up with all manner of nonsense (overpriced/underpowered hardware, clunky UI, endless troubleshooting), battery life on mobile Linux devices alone prevents me from using them in the real world.

Is there a single Linux phone/tablet that can last an 8 hour day of actual use? Librem/Pinephone/Juno can't. My uConsole can't. Different category, but my MNT mini laptop lasts like 4 hours and can't be left in standby for too long or it drains to zero.

Meanwhile, it's been 10+ years since I've worried about daily battery life on mainstream mobile devices, even my 3-5 year old ones. I can fall asleep with Youtube playing and it's still playing when I wake up. I'm certainly not here to dunk on Linux phones. I want one! But if someone willing to put forth above average effort to use these devices can't realistically daily drive them, who can?

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2. cranbe+VC[view] [source] 2025-09-16 07:18:21
>>Variou+Xf
My HP laptop lasts 2 hours running linux. My macbook air m4 lasts 12 hours.
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3. fossma+UM3[view] [source] 2025-09-17 03:15:34
>>cranbe+VC
Well, if enough of us paid Apple level prices to Linux vendors, we would have Apple level Linux laptops and phones eventually. Not fair to pay next to nothing and then compare Linux to Apple.
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