[Pro¹ X – state of production and delivery]

6 hours ago, Hook said:

Not to quibble that it hasn't been too long, but I believe you mean 2019, not 2018.  😉

There was a choice of either blue or black in the campaing. They e-mailed me that they didn't have enough blue devices so they switched me to black. It has XDA logo on the back and a factory label saying Pro1 X 😉

[Pro¹ X – state of production and delivery]

Hello all, I wanted to post one success story after the years of despair in this community. My Pro1 X arrived last week to Czechia with around 50% charge in black instead of blue but I am grateful to receive something. Contribution #36xx. Flashing LineageOS 21 worked like a charm. My impression after a few days:

Pros

• The keyboard is great: I was used to Blackberries but I find the wide layout quite comfortable, the thumbs must travel a bit more but it's superior for languages with accents like Czech.
• LTE works fine in Czechia with T-Mobile including VoLTE. I am lucky in this regard.
• Performance is enough even with the old chipset for browsing and messaging.
• Most apps are fine in landscape, not too cramped after I decreased the size of system UI elements.
• Battery life is fine. Even with heavier usage on vacation I got a full day out of it (maps, camera, higher screentime due to reading a lot). I expect multiple days with my usual usage.

Cons

• The camera is pretty bad, it lacks detail. It's somehow useful in good lighting. I experimented with OpenCamera, Pixel Camera but so far, the standard LineageOS camera seem to provide the best results even though it doesn't have many features.
• 5Gh wi-fi connectivity seems bad, it constantly disconnects from my wi-fi. Hotel wi-fi worked fine. I'm gonna experiment with 2,4 Gh at home.
• I haven't find a way to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to run selected apps.
• NFC doesn't seem to work at all.

I wish everyone at least as smooth operation as I have. Fingers crossed for everyone still waiting.