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What I want to be able to do with a phone: - calling - texting - taking pictures - occasionally recording sound - music - directions - occasionally, an a
by jraph 8y ago
What I want to be able to do with a phone:
- calling
- texting
- taking pictures
- occasionally recording sound
- music
- directions
- occasionally, an alarm clock, a calendar and notes
- web surfing is a nice to have and I use it now that I have it.
- the ability to run a Debian Chroot and an X server is a nice to have.
Lineage 15 (soon 16) with latest updates, without Google apps does that brilliantly well, and I get a solid 6 to 10 days of battery life.
No emails (but k-9 mail works well if needed, and the webmail too), no chat. Chat would be possible (and I will probably want that in the future) with many applications like Signal, Riot, Conversations, maybe even WhatsApp (I haven't tested - not interested).
Directions with OsmAnd gives me great offline functionality, allowing for a 2€/month phone plan.
I get all notifications I want in a timely manner, which are texts and calls. No more.
edit: Oh, and installing apps without the phone needing any email address.
On iOS, I would not have such a freedom.
Next step: a blob-free phone, or no phone at all.