While I don't see this replacing my Android as a daily-driver anytime soon (and possibly never), I am very excited to have an unrestricted computer in my pocket :-)
Especially once the pandemic gets under control and I visit coffee shops or hang out with friends again, this will be great for some programming/study on the go :-) Maybe this will finally give me the kick to learn about GTK application development.
I'm looking forward to getting a new device.
Sigh, is this the only way to build apps for it? I hope not...
I had a look at their docs and I like the focus on Python, I'll probably give it a go. If I can get a decent result with PyQt I'll probably order one of these bad boys.
PureOS Amber unfortunately has a too old Qt to be able to say that it's a "first-class citizen" there :( It's going to change with a coming version that's based on Debian Bullseye though. Meanwhile, Qt apps run very well in Flatpak on Amber already.
How so? It's my understanding that QT has been the industry standard for embedded systems.
But you might prefer a library that has mobile-ready widgets. For that GTK is actually not bad, especially with LibHandy, but QT/Flutter is also be great choice. It's up to you