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    Im very interested in an officially supported linux phone, however the fitmware seems not to be upstream(yet?). I hope it will be upstreamed, or else were back to square one with linux mobile hardware support if they stop working on it!

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        Hong Kong only recently became part of China. (This was not correct, it became part of China in 1997). I’m sure the protests are fresh in people’s minds still. If anywhere would want private phones it would be HK.

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            China didn’t “conquer” anything. They had an agreement that would keep them independent until a certain date and that date passed. So HK now belongs to China, as was agreed.

            I was a little misinformed, it turns out HK has belonged to China since 1997, and the recent protests were just because of some policy changes that make China’s influence stronger in regards to their ability to extradite people into mainland China.

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        It’s already delivered - a Mastodon user got one.

        But getting an OEM to make a phone under your brand is easy. The real question is how long will they keep the software maintained?

        These people seem like passionate Linux enthusiasts, so one can hope.

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    Yet another Linux phone with subpar specs. That processor is quite underwhelming even compared to Google’s Tensor G1, a proc that many regard as crap as is and it beats this Dimensity 900 handily.

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    Huzzah! A Linux phone with specs that wouldn’t have looked pathetic five years ago!

    Actually, those specs are comparable to the Pixel 7a I’m writing this on at a slightly cheaper price! Has the era of the Linux phone begun?

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    These specs actually seem really solid for the price point, I’m glad to see decent alternative smartphones popping up that actually have some power.

    What’s bugging me is the lack of information about the software. Apparently this is Android with a layer like Hallium to run a Debian userspace on top? And yet they don’t advertise that fact. It’s just a little off putting that this product seems to be aimed at Linux/general tech enthusiasts, yet the company seemed to miss the fact that those customers tend to really like knowing what they’re running under the hood.

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        I mean, I use maybe 3-4gb at any given time, without limiting myself. I personally don’t need heaps of RAM, 6gb is enough to have some overhead for me.

        I haven’t looked at too many prices recently, I’ve had the same phone for a while, but this doesn’t seem to unreasonable imo, especially considering this is the first product from a small, new company.

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          Oh wow 3-4 is great. My current android phone is using 9Gb out of 12. It’s insane. I have no idea what’s using it all.

          I hope that since this phone isn’t running android, 6gb will be enough.

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            It should be. With zram, I can use similar software even on a 2 GB RAM device somewhat comfortably, unless I open too many tabs in Firefox.

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    I mean Android is not magic, but a huge step up from desktop Linux regarding security, minimalism, battery life, …

    They also just use an LTS kernel, and I even found a Vulkan package.

    The simple, core principle, security without compromises, is not hard, everythig is there.

    And at the same time you can fix many of the Google issues, privacy invasiveness, design that sucks…

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    I really want phones like this to actually work and to succeed, but there are so many things these companies have to get just right – it’s a huge undertaking.

    Releasing a phone that’s admittedly unfinished seems really risky. People are getting sick of unfinished products being tossed at them for full price, with the empty promises from the company that those missing features will be added in later.

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    Headphone jack 3.5mm waterproof

    It has a fucking headphone jack?!? I might actually consider this as my next device.

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        I have the Samsung one right now, but the problem with it is that I can’t charge while listening to music and I ain’t gonna sacrifice sound quality with a 2 in 1 dongle.