@Antti check #hiroh phone with @e_mydata, #punkt mc3 with #aphyOS, #Motorola with #grapheneOS, #faiphone 6 with #iodéOS

@GrapheneOS @lineageos @keepandroidopen what about #punkt. with #AphyOS ? Apparently outdated tech and weak OS but still made in europe and provided with @threemaapp @protonprivacy @european_alternatives ? Just need some marketing to reach mainstream adoption

https://www.punkt.ch/fr/products/mc03-premium-secure-smartphone

Punkt. MC03 Premium Secure Smartphone + 1 year of AphyOS Subscription (Europe Version)

So there's this phone. It looks quite similar to grapheneos, even having vanadium.
I thought it was very cool, especially since GrapheneOS announced working with some OEM some time ago, and punkt being popular within the privacy crowd for being a dumb phone with signal.

All my enthusiasm vaporised once I read about the AphyOS *subscription*.

I get it, making and maintaining a supposed secure OS is intensive. And rightfully you're to be compensated.

But what the actual FUCK do you mean by

> Opting out of subscription will result in *gradual feature deactivation*, and ultimately reverting to a device running AOSP (Android Open Source Project).

Stopping updates I can understand, but actively removing features!?

https://www.punkt.ch/products/mc03-premium-secure-smartphone

#grapheneos #punkt #aphyos #enshittification

Punkt. MC03 Premium Secure Smartphone + 1 year of AphyOS Subscription (Europe Version)

Punkt MC03 smartphone with privacy-focused OS coming this spring for $699 - Liliputing

Punkt MC03 smartphone with privacy-focused OS coming this spring for $699

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From end of January, the Swiss-made #Punkt MC03 phone will be available, assembled by Gigaset in Bocholt and powered by #AphyOS
https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/point-mc03-designed-in-switzerland-assembled-in-germany-41023

Punkt MC03 smartphone with privacy-focused OS coming this spring for $699

The Punkt MC03 is a smartphone with a 6.67 inch, 2436 x 1080 pixel, 120 Hz OLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor, 8GB of RAM, plus a few features you don’t often find on modern smartphones including a user-replaceable battery and a microSD card reader.

But what really makes this phone unusual is its software. Like the 2023 Punkt MC02, the new phone ships with an Android-based […]

#android #aphyos #apostrophe #deGoogled #privacy #punkt #punktMc03 Read more: https://liliputing.com/punkt-mc03-smartphone-with-privacy-focused-os-coming-this-spring-for-699/
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Punkt MC02 smartphone with Apostrophy OS is up for pre-order for $749 - Liliputing

Punkt MC02 smartphone with Apostrophy OS is up for pre-order for $749

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