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we def. screwed up communication as we've been focused lately on finishing hardware. its based on Android 8.1 and the apps are downloaded via play-store normall

we def. screwed up communication as we've been focused lately on finishing hardware. its based on Android 8.1 and the apps are downloaded via play-store normally. We don't white or black list, but rather are going through the most used apps and building easier integrations for them

otp124 8y ago
What's the expected battery life? I was hoping to see an average and maximum battery life described on the page, but couldn't find it.
- adhambadr 8y ago
  this reallly depends on usage, we wanted to send it to the real benchmarking websites when we release. I charge mine every 2 days which was a personal goal (to not get punished if I forgot to charge last night)
  - aidenn0 8y ago
    I don't think I've ever had a phone I needed to charge daily.
    - webkike 8y ago
      You got into the smart phone game fairly late, or you don't use them heavily.
      - aidenn0 8y ago
        both apply to me.
    - coldtea 8y ago
      Yeah, but they're not talking about bakelite models.
hhsnopek 8y ago
Will the OS be open sourced? - I'd love to get this on any android phone!
ocdtrekkie 8y ago
Awww. I was excited when I thought it might not run El Goog's cruft. :(
na85 8y ago
What's the differentiating feature between the Blloc and all the other black rectangles that run Android?
- patentatt 8y ago
  looks like a custom app launcher and some matching apps for some popular APIs. Still cool, but the reality is a bit of a letdown after the initial good impression. Ultimately, having to rely on your phone maker to keep up with every relevant service's APIs and features seems like a losing game. Seems impossible to meet everyone's expectations here long term. Also, I thought/assumed it was an e-ink display at first -- that would be cool. But the app thing, it's hard. Can't really launch an appstore for a new OS, too much momentum in the established players. Ask Microsoft. Perhaps an Android phone with an E-ink display and a custom display driver/some other cool tech to make every app in the play store work with it would be cool.
  - acct1771 8y ago
    ...does it do RSS? I'll show myself out.
ummonk 8y ago
How long will you support the phone with software updates?
craftyguy 8y ago
Consider using LineageOS instead. There's nothing 'minimalist' about the crap that Google 'requires'.
- seabrookmx 8y ago
  How does using Lineage solve this problem? It's the same OS, and 99% of people that install Lineage install the GApps otherwise the device is barely usable.
  - y4mi 8y ago
    well, if you're a die-hard idealist, you could always use microG [0] if you're not, you can still use Gapps nano or pico. thats basically just the play store and the service api. [0] https://microg.org https://microg.org [1] http://opengapps.org http://opengapps.org

otp124 8y ago

What's the expected battery life? I was hoping to see an average and maximum battery life described on the page, but couldn't find it.

adhambadr 8y ago
this reallly depends on usage, we wanted to send it to the real benchmarking websites when we release. I charge mine every 2 days which was a personal goal (to not get punished if I forgot to charge last night)
- aidenn0 8y ago
  I don't think I've ever had a phone I needed to charge daily.
  - webkike 8y ago
    You got into the smart phone game fairly late, or you don't use them heavily.
    - aidenn0 8y ago
      both apply to me.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    Yeah, but they're not talking about bakelite models.

hhsnopek 8y ago

Will the OS be open sourced? - I'd love to get this on any android phone!

ocdtrekkie 8y ago

Awww. I was excited when I thought it might not run El Goog's cruft. :(

na85 8y ago

What's the differentiating feature between the Blloc and all the other black rectangles that run Android?

patentatt 8y ago
looks like a custom app launcher and some matching apps for some popular APIs. Still cool, but the reality is a bit of a letdown after the initial good impression. Ultimately, having to rely on your phone maker to keep up with every relevant service's APIs and features seems like a losing game. Seems impossible to meet everyone's expectations here long term. Also, I thought/assumed it was an e-ink display at first -- that would be cool. But the app thing, it's hard. Can't really launch an appstore for a new OS, too much momentum in the established players. Ask Microsoft. Perhaps an Android phone with an E-ink display and a custom display driver/some other cool tech to make every app in the play store work with it would be cool.
- acct1771 8y ago
  ...does it do RSS? I'll show myself out.

ummonk 8y ago

How long will you support the phone with software updates?

craftyguy 8y ago

Consider using LineageOS instead. There's nothing 'minimalist' about the crap that Google 'requires'.

seabrookmx 8y ago
How does using Lineage solve this problem? It's the same OS, and 99% of people that install Lineage install the GApps otherwise the device is barely usable.
- y4mi 8y ago
  well, if you're a die-hard idealist, you could always use microG [0] if you're not, you can still use Gapps nano or pico. thats basically just the play store and the service api. [0] https://microg.org https://microg.org [1] http://opengapps.org http://opengapps.org