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> Why would you run Android on an old underpowered SoC if you can buy a new Android phone with much better specs for the same price or cheaper locally, with muc
by jraph 6y ago
> Why would you run Android on an old underpowered SoC if you can buy a new Android phone with much better specs for the same price or cheaper locally, with much easier to attain warranty and better delivery times?
The absence of proprietary blobs running on the main CPU alone is already a great deal. This also means that the phone isn't stuck on an old version of Android because of some nasty blob.
- patrakov 6y ago> The absence of proprietary blobs running on the main CPU alone is already a great deal. This. The formulated goal is short, self-contained, not overreaching, and to the point.
- seba_dos1 6y ago...and completely uninteresting - at least for me. Having used GNU/Linux smartphones as my main phones exclusively since 2008 I'm really not interested in any kind of Android device.
- megous 6y agoDon't newer Android versions have specific GPU requirements? I doubt latest Android will work smoothly on Mali 400.