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I really hope that the partnership involves support for low-end devices and not only high-end ones. Would be great to have a €200 Phone running GrapheneOS (e.g.
by madduci 8mo ago
I really hope that the partnership involves support for low-end devices and not only high-end ones. Would be great to have a €200 Phone running GrapheneOS (e.g. G56)
- nie100sowny 8mo agoI guess it's rathet hard to satisfy GrapheneOS requirements in 200 bucks budget. Things like at least 5 years of updates.
- microtonal 8mo agoAlso requires a pretty new/high-end CPU for MTE and a separate secure enclave.
- strcat 8mo agoThe secure element can be on the same CPU die as Apple does with the SEP but a device with only TrustZone wouldn't meet the requirements. It also needs to be a high quality implementation providing the expected features.
- microtonal 8mo agoThanks for the clarification!
- Aachen 8mo agoThat's already required if you want to sell the device in the EU (or EEA?) at all. So far, Motorola hasn't left the market with their low-end devices so I presume they intend to deliver on the updates
- madduci 8mo agoWhy? Some cheap smartphones are really powerful enough, the Software is bloated enough to feel sluggish
- nebalee 8mo agoYes, please. It's a shame that privacy as a feature so often comes with a hefty price tag.
- madduci 8mo agoPerhaps €200 is too low as price, but I don't get why generally only flagships (900+) are considered the only citizens to get that support. I remember the time only OnePlus flagship phones got the best LineageOS support back then, while older, cheaper ones hadn't
- efreak 8mo agoLineageos support depends on volunteers. If no volunteers have the device and nobody donated one to someone willing to do the work, then it doesn't happen.