The Palm Pepito is from 2018 or 2019 depending on the source, there’s no LineageOS for it, which /e/OS is based on, and efforts to go beyond the stock OS seem pretty complicated judging by several XDA threads, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up to see official support.
Android 10 doesn’t get security updates from the Android base anymore, and the Samsung Galaxy S7 is not maintained by LineageOS currently, which /e/OS is based on.
Looks like a dead end, unless /e/OS developers for some reason or other want to soldier on with it somehow.
Yes , But when the maintainer does not maintain anymore on the lineagesos side, this does not mean that the device will be abandonned unless there is some technical challenge that keeps from porting the device.
Android 12 S has great unofficial ports for Samsung S7 so I’m sure it will carry on with some work
The S7 is one of the smaller ones, but I wouldn’t call 5.1 inches small. Sure, it’s smaller than almost all that have been produced since, but for my taste it’s still much bigger than I would need.
Or depending on how long this while ago is, they could be in for more refunds (topic).
If the groundwork in LineageOS is still there, but it only lacks a maintainer, I guess chances are pretty good that the e foundation could pick up the pieces and upgrade the Android version to continue support.
I chose the Pixel5: 6", 14,49cm x 7cm x 0,79cm
Is approximately the same case size as the S7 (5,1", 14,24cm x 6,96cm x 0,79cm), but newer hardware and bigger Display.
The Fairphone 3/3+ is a good example.
As a successor to the Fairphone 2 (5" screen, 144.5 mm x 74.5 mm x 10.6 mm) it was (and is) considered too big by many.
But only based on the screen size this assumption falls short in practice, as in fact the width and thickness are almost the same, which is important for handling, the Fairphone 3/3+ is “just” noticeably longer (5.65" screen, 158 mm x 71.8 mm x 9.89 mm as seen above without a bumper or extra case). If it’s too big for the respective circumstances of anybody even after considering this, that’s fair of course, the remaining difference is obvious.
The point being, one really needs to have a look at the overall dimensions apart from the screen size.
Else, you can also support the request for the 4.6" screen Unihertz Titan (153.6 mm x 92.5 mm x 16.65 mm ) … Unihertz Titan (Pie) Device Request
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