Pinephone Keyboard Update
I was considering getting one of these keyboards when they are available. I was actually looking forward to it. It would make typing texts way easier and the big battery compensating the weak one in the Pinephone would be great. It would probably be the main selling point for me. It would also make a nice protection for the phone.<p>However, I read someone today rightly pointing out that:<p>- the screen (and the notification led) would be hidden when the keyboard is closed, which won&#x27;t help noticing new notifications.<p>- it might not be always convenient to use the phone on the go, holding the phone with one hand<p>- it would render making calls quite awkward<p>So now, I&#x27;m not sure anymore. It&#x27;s probably fine to use as a PDA, not quite as a phone, and that&#x27;s what I use the Pinephone for.<p>I think what I really need is a better battery and a case. A physical keyboard would be really good too, but not if it makes using the Pinephone as a phone harder than it is already. I gess I should buy a spare battery (since the Pinephone has a removable battery!) or a power tank, and a case.<p>Do you know if phones in general, and the Pinephone in particular, recognize that they are on battery and enable their energy-saving features while connected to a power tank? I would not expect them too, and this is a main reason I avoid them. That, and the fact that it seems incredibly inefficient that they charge their own batteries from the power tank, when we know that a battery gives back at best 50% of the power used to charge them.<p>At least I guess I could ask the Pinephone not to charge itself and to enable its power saving features by running a script, which would probably be good enough. I&#x27;d expect that to be hard to do on Android by the way.