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Any guesses who the OEM is? I'm thinking Nothing.

by SpecialistK 1y ago

d3Xt3r 1y ago
They said "major OEM" so I don't think it's them. Unlikely to be Samsung either. Maybe Xiaomi or Lenovo (Motorola)?
- bogwog 1y ago
  They said it'd be priced similarly to Pixels, so ~$1000 range. Afaik the only Motorola phone in that range is the Razr, but that'd be a weird choice.
  - Dylan16807 1y ago
    I sure hope they're not excluding the a series when they say that.
- joecool1029 1y ago
  No shot on it being Xiaomi (or any other BBK brand like OnePlus), they haven't been super great to the custom rom community in some years now. I would have guessed HMD, but they just pulled out of the US market: https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market-3576404/ https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market... However, Motorola/Lenovo seems the most logical partner, they were previously in the Android One program (which was sort of the successor to the Nexus line).
- IlikeKitties 1y ago
  Given that OnePlus is the only other vendor that currently has semi-decent custom rom support my guess is them, followed by HMD.
MaximilianEmel 1y ago
My guess is Sony.
- walterbell 1y ago
  Sailfish also supported some Sony devices, https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/ https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/
  - cmxch 1y ago
    If they got rid of their fear of the US market, they might actually have gotten somewhere.
    - bitwize 1y ago
      The US smartphone market basically consists of two brands: Apple and Samsung. Everyone else is fighting for scraps.
      - cmxch 1y ago
        Yes, but making it hard to impossible to fully license the Jolla software in a non community level and support their project is a bit frustrating.
  - Tor3 1y ago
    I use Sailfish on an Xperia 10 mod. III. Unfortunately the only Xperia models which support the full Sailfish w/Android compatibility are the way too long ones. I intensely dislike long phones. I miss my old Jolla phone (they're the maker of Sailfish), it was perfect but developed a technical problem after many years. The Xperia is clumsy when compared to the Jolla phone. Glass surfaces back and front (who thought that was a good idea? Glass is slippery, and glass breaks), sometimes slips from my hand, or wherever I put it if it's not 100% flat. Glass..well, you get the idea what happens then..
- bpye 1y ago
  Sony pulled out of NA a few years ago so that would be non-ideal for many folks…
- foresto 1y ago

Any guesses who the OEM is? I'm thinking Nothing.

d3Xt3r 1y ago

They said "major OEM" so I don't think it's them. Unlikely to be Samsung either. Maybe Xiaomi or Lenovo (Motorola)?

bogwog 1y ago
They said it'd be priced similarly to Pixels, so ~$1000 range. Afaik the only Motorola phone in that range is the Razr, but that'd be a weird choice.
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  I sure hope they're not excluding the a series when they say that.
joecool1029 1y ago
No shot on it being Xiaomi (or any other BBK brand like OnePlus), they haven't been super great to the custom rom community in some years now. I would have guessed HMD, but they just pulled out of the US market: https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market-3576404/ https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market... However, Motorola/Lenovo seems the most logical partner, they were previously in the Android One program (which was sort of the successor to the Nexus line).
IlikeKitties 1y ago
Given that OnePlus is the only other vendor that currently has semi-decent custom rom support my guess is them, followed by HMD.

MaximilianEmel 1y ago

My guess is Sony.

walterbell 1y ago
Sailfish also supported some Sony devices, https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/ https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/
- cmxch 1y ago
  If they got rid of their fear of the US market, they might actually have gotten somewhere.
  - bitwize 1y ago
    The US smartphone market basically consists of two brands: Apple and Samsung. Everyone else is fighting for scraps.
    - cmxch 1y ago
      Yes, but making it hard to impossible to fully license the Jolla software in a non community level and support their project is a bit frustrating.
- Tor3 1y ago
  I use Sailfish on an Xperia 10 mod. III. Unfortunately the only Xperia models which support the full Sailfish w/Android compatibility are the way too long ones. I intensely dislike long phones. I miss my old Jolla phone (they're the maker of Sailfish), it was perfect but developed a technical problem after many years. The Xperia is clumsy when compared to the Jolla phone. Glass surfaces back and front (who thought that was a good idea? Glass is slippery, and glass breaks), sometimes slips from my hand, or wherever I put it if it's not 100% flat. Glass..well, you get the idea what happens then..
bpye 1y ago
Sony pulled out of NA a few years ago so that would be non-ideal for many folks…
foresto 1y ago