>Is there a single Linux phone/tablet that can last an 8 hour day of actual use?

What's "actual use"? Furi FLX1 has the best battery life I've seen on a Linux phone. Idling, it last 3+ days. I'm sure it could survive 1 whole day of "actual use". I also think almost any (official) SailfishOS device would last a day of actual use.

▲ ttkari 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have a Sony Xperia 10 III with SailfishOS and it easily does 48 hours on a charge when I'm not doing a lot of screen time. Also on days when I use it for tracking / navigation on 6-8 hour bicycle rides it easily lasts for the entire day and then some. I think this is not bad for a device that has been in daily use for almost three years and still has the original battery.

I'm running a couple of messenger clients and a web browser (Fennec under Android App Support as the native one is sadly a bit behind the times currently) all the time. The only thing I've noticed to eat a ton of battery is having wifi enabled when outside the range of my own networks, it seems the scanning the phone does in the background to look for known wifi networks is not energy efficient at all.

	▲	poetaster 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I also have this setup and SFos on Gigaset GS5. Similar battery performance. I did a roadtrip last week with navigation (starting with about 90% battery) and after 5&1/2 hours navigation was down to 65% or therabouts. Works for me. And, yes, I often turn off wifi. I never go over my Data limits and 4G/5G is much more efficient for some reason.

▲ nextos 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

SailfishOS is quite efficient. On Sony devices, I experienced maybe 15% extra battery life compared to stock Android, which is quite good given that Sony ROMs are excellent. Sony is known for their Sony Open Devices Program.

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ux266478 12 hours ago | parent [-]

I genuinely think if Sony offered a Linux phone and didn't lock it down too bad, they could serve as the catalyst for the whole market. I don't think I would trust any other company at this point to execute the platonic "Linux phone" we need. The uncompromising vision on building a fantastic product for the technically minded make them an obvious choice.

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pabs3 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I get the impression they shut it down, but Sony had/have the Xperia Open Devices program. They were close to having their devices running purely on the mainline Linux kernel:

https://developer.sony.com/open-source

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j45 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sony tries out so many different types of products too across their entire lineup. They have made some memorable handhelds over the years, even their eink readers were special.

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nextos 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

True. Sony is a conglomerate, which explains their business strategy. Lots of divisions and groups operate independently and have little coordination.

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gloxkiqcza 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They also pulled a bait-and-switch with Linux on PS3...

	▲	j45 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No doubt. I was referring more to their variety of electronics in so many areas.

▲ bobthecowboy 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've been considering this as my Android exit plan (as part of a slow rolling de-googling effort, even before the recent "sideloading" news). Are you using it as a daily driver? I'm sort of surprised it doesn't get brought up more.

▲ maheart 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I used SailfishOS as a daily driver since ~2014 until last year when I moved to the Furi FLX1. The FLX1 has been my daily driver since. SailfishOS is much more polished, but it's not fully FOSS, and it follows upstream much less closely. FLX1 is basically in-sync with Debian testing, with the exception of kernel.

▲ poetaster 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Interesting. I had a poke at postmarket, which wasn't ready in comparison with SFOS. Would you say the FLX1 is at better stage in development than postmarket?

	▲	maheart an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not familiar with postmarket, but I imagine it shares a lot of the same phosh+GNOME app ecosystem, in which case, the apps aren't in a better state. In terms of polish and app/dev ecosystem, I feel SailfishOS still rules, but it's getting harder to justify using/development, with it's increasing divergence from upstream.

▲ cenamus 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you able to run android apps aswell? Without whatsapp you're pretty much locked out from most communication around here...

	▲	kuuchuu 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		According to their FAQ (https://furilabs.com/faq/), yes `> FuriOS allows for running apps inside a container running Android codenamed Andromeda. This container has complete integration with the host and makes all Android applications work like native applications`
	▲	maheart an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes, both (official) SailfishOS and FLX1 offer decent/good Android app support. Not every app will work, but when I have needed Android (rarely, for basic stuff), the applications have worked.

▲ Klonoar 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The only detractions on the software side that I ever see are about it being a “hack” via Hallium, but to be frank, the device actually ships and is usable today. Linux purists probably need to stop complaining.

It does seem like there’s been a backlog with the latest orders though - maybe due to tariff hell? I keep wanting to order but their forum has a few people being thrown for a loop on the order side, so…