Inches (screen), storage and battery

@Torrone I certainly agree. 3GB RAM and 32GB storage + an SD card slot for extensive photo collections (I have a 128GB card in my S3) are really good for a Linux based system.

Unless maybe you have a need to run Java-based applications. I heard, the RAM limitation of a RasPi makes it a pain to use for things like openHAB. So, the first thing I would like to see an upgrade would be RAM. That will definitely be the one users will benefit most.

Maybe they could make a “plus” version with 4/6/8GB RAM and 64GB storage, for those willing to pay more for that. But I’d also like to see (at least) 4GB RAM to be the default.

@LibremOnly5
Screen size has been discussed extensively in other threads. Please have a look there.

No, it is not.
Because if you knew, you would probably make wild assumptions what that means. Not even the devs so far made predictions about the expected power consumption, which was wise in hindsight, because the CPU almost changed, RAM is not yet fixed and seemingly the display also.
So, we simply don’t know how long a certain battery would last. And even if we knew, it could be misleading because software optimizations could change it a lot.
It will hopefully be big enough to survive at least one full day, preferably several days, while not adding too much weight and thickness to the device. I don’t need a week of battery life if it is too heavy to take it with me…

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