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I would love to use PostmarketOS as my daily driver but my Pinephone CE isn't really giving me the battery life I need to make it happen. I am looking at what phones I can get my hands on in Canada that would be better suited. So far the OnePlus 6T seems to be my best option. I can't get the Shift6mq or the Poco F1 shipped here. Any suggestions if battery life is my main need ? I take my phone off the charger at 11am and don't get home until close to midnight with no way to charge while at work.

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[โ€“] linmob@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you like a headphone jack, and the 6 (no T) is also available in your region, I would go with it instead. Battery life should be fine, unless you leave battery hogging apps running all the time. My 6 definitely lasts from 7 a.m. (when I disconnect it) until the next morning when I forget to plug it back in - and that's with a Matrix account running in the background in Chats/chatty.

[โ€“] gzrrt@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a heads up, here in the states I haven't been able to use a OP6 as an actual phone- without VoLTE working on t-mobile yet, all incoming calls go straight to voicemail:
https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/1878

Might want to look into what the situation is with your carrier, or if there's a workaround for you. Think as soon as this is fixed, it could actually work as a daily phone for me (aside from the missing camera)

[โ€“] PublicLewdness@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm with Koodo who will still work without VOLTE but it will be required later this year.