MynameisAllenMar 19

Did we win?

https://lemmy.zip/post/61042628

Did we win? - Lemmy.zip

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Show threadaesthelete

Can someone please come out with a phone that’s an actual computer and help stop this nonsense?

Phones cost a lot of money at this point and I’m completely sick of them being some locked down, surveillance ridden pile of crap. A reasonably built one would be able to replace a laptop at this point if it weren’t for these artificial constraints imposed by these stupid fucking suits running things.

Mar 20 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadTrippinMallardMar 20
Battery life is limited by cell modem drivers being closed source and having to be reverse engineered.
Show threadmuusemuuseMar 21
I like the idea of a continuum capable module desktop like canonical and Microsoft promised years ago.
Show threadproleMar 20
Valve should make a Linux phone. Smaller Steam Deck with a modem
Show threadMarty (he/him)Mar 21
I would LOVE a linux phone
Show threadj0esterMar 22
There was an Ubuntu phone. It failed.
Show thread‹Hexa«Back›Mar 20
furilabs flx1s. I’m using one
Show threadFontasiaMar 20

www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/astro-slide-5g

This sounds up your ally

ASTRO SLIDE 5G | Mysite

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Show threadcommunismMar 21
Pretty sure they meant a smartphone with a desktop OS installed on it (eg Linux phones), not just “phone that looks kinda like a laptop but still uses Android”
Show threadFontasiaMar 21

www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/devices-specification

That’s why I recommended this, their devices dual boot Android or Linux. One of their older devices quad boots by default

This isn’t a fly by night operation, it’s got a loyal fanbase, and good hardware and software support. They’ve been manufacturing for a decade, before that this guys were doing PDAs.

Devices Specification | Planet Computers

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Show threadkepixMar 20
dude. you can just install a custom rom.
Show threadranzispaMar 21

As long as your phone model is supported by any custom mod. I have checked compatibility for almost all smartphones I owned, some 7 or 8 through the years.

Not a single one of them was ever supported by a custom mod.

Show threadkepixMar 22
but you did not check custom rom aupport before you bought tgem, cause did not want freedom and moddability. its on you.
Show threadranzispaMar 22

I consider price and technical specifications. I don’t have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards.

With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately.

Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me.

Show threadmuusemuuseMar 21
Intentionally non-standard hardware does not get a real custom rom. It’s just a mod of Android which Google can render intentionally incompatible any time they want
Show threadkepixMar 22
not like linux phones are super compatible
Show threadKailnMar 21

There, exacly what you want.
Here’s a more budget one.

GPD has been making “mini laptops” for a long while, now they try to make similar gaming handheld.
I’m not sponoered nor I’ve bought this for myself. (yet)

GPD Pocket 4 Compact Notebook 💻 | High-Performance Mobility

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GPD | PC Gaming Handhelds & Mini Laptops - GPD Pocket 4, GPD Duo and more PC Gaming Handhelds from GPD