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They really need to lower their specs to make this more affordable. I have no problem using slower hardware, on the contrary, it saves battery. Maybe they plann
by jokoon 7y ago
They really need to lower their specs to make this more affordable. I have no problem using slower hardware, on the contrary, it saves battery. Maybe they planned a cheaper version?
I'm also a little curious why they didn't choose an open android fork.
- tsukurimashou 7y agowhy don't you go with the pinephone then?
- jokoon 7y agoI agree that the pinephone is cheaper, but the specs are still too high for my taste.
- stamps 7y ago$150 for the PinePhone is a lot cheaper. I'm not sure how much cheaper you want it to be.
- jokoon 7y agoThere are cheaper phones, it's not hard to find pretty good phones that are around 70 euros.
- ta999999171 7y agoWhy don't you use those ones, out of curiosity?
- jokoon 7y agoBecause they're often full of malware or bloated with other stuff.
- ethbro 7y ago> Because they're often full of malware or bloated with other stuff. I wonder why they're able to be sold more cheaply?
- dylz 7y agoOne thing of note is that many of the cheapo Android phones that are also high-spec don't necessarily come with malware from the factory - that $79 price is the real price, running AOSP. They will happily sell you it for the real price! But if you live in a different country, your only choice might be through reshippers/resellers, who will root the phone and install their own malware onto the system partition for $1 in profit, seal it back in its box, without the factory's knowledge. This happens somewhat-frequently.
- ac29 7y ago> I have no problem using slower hardware, on the contrary, it saves battery. This isnt true - a faster phone will reach idle quicker and thus use less energy to accomplish a given task, such as rendering a web page. This particular phone also uses a CPU manufactured at 28nm which is much less power efficient than the modern 7-10nm process current smartphone CPUs use.