My smartphone is dying. It gave a honorable battle. I'll probably save and buy myself a dumb phone for Christmas! My company mostly offers Iphones and Samsungs. I have a lot of points, as i didn't got a new phone in years. But i rather use a break phone than an iphone or a samsung even if it only cost me like 150 euros.
I used them both in the past and they felt like toys instead of pieces of hardware to run daily.
I need an smartphone, not a toy.
I don't want 4 useless cameras.
I don't want huge screen that contradict the point of a smartphone.
i don't want extremely new and expensive hardware that i will never use.
Interestingly, the last phone i had that felt like it had a serious team behind was the Nokia Lumia running windows mobile. By far the best mobile OS ever made.
Smartphones should be robust as a rock and always prioritize longevity over anything else. It is the tool i need if i need to call an ambulance. It can not be make with shiny fragile materials, it can not ask me to log in to use it, it can not install things i didn't told it to install.
And the new Linux phones have this problems too. They try so hard to look modern that they are not bringing any advantage over what is already available.
The "Libre phones" are not so libre if they cost what i earn in a year.
I also have a problem with people saying that Linux phones are secure. I don't know if is ignorance or what, but this people seem to forget that most of the things that escape your control are made in your SIM card, not in your phone system.
You can literally remove your phones software, it can still track you just by having the SIM connected.
Maybe we should be reverse engineering that. But that does look as cool.
@YoSoyFreeman Consider the more practical inverse: instead of removing all the phone’s software (rendering it useless), consider removing the #GSM SIM chip and keeping the phone permanently in airplane mode. It makes sense to have control over the platform, which entails running FOSS. IIUC you apparently favor a Microsoft-based platform, which disempowers you to the full extent possible.
Don’t let the #tyrannyOfConvenience stop you from carrying both a neutered FOSS smartphone & a feature phone
Oh, no, i hate Microsoft to the core. Not only ideologically, i do think they do create awful software. What i liked about Windows phone was the simplicity and UX, nothing more.
I agree with you! Linux phones are important! My point is more than we need to explain better how this stuff works, because mobile is made on purpose to be difficult.
The problem is Whatsapp. I hate whatsapp. But is THE way to talk to people in here. Nobody calls, nobody sms, nobody signal or telegram
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