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sesor33 t1_ir6gzje wrote

> MediaTek

> 4GB RAM

Actual scam.

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jjj49er t1_ir6n7kf wrote

I like the idea, but the execution seems like it's aimed at failure.

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secondliaw t1_ir6oeeg wrote

You can get a flip phone for 100 bucks and it will still run better than this.

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1stFunestist t1_ir6prdp wrote

What is the point of this phone?

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barbernator t1_ir6rifj wrote

But many phone companies and s4vice providers are practically giving away brand new phones to just sign a service contract. Which your going to need regardless to have cell service.

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Double_A_92 t1_ir6s536 wrote

Replying to barbernator (#38,622)

Those contracts will be more expensive than a similar contract without the phone. Companies are not giving away free phones for fun...

Basically if you are paying more than 30-40$ a month for unlimited everything, the difference is going towards the hidden payments for the "free" phone.

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therealnai249 t1_ir6u79p wrote

So not cheap and not good? My iPhone SE 2020 was 400, why would I downgrade for the same price lol.

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HiPat t1_ir6x1wu wrote

I would be very annoyed to have a phone without Google. Seriously they provide a great value, and the only price of being tracked, which you are anyway.

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Both_Street_7657 t1_ir6xtmy wrote

Holdup whats google free android ? Are they a central maintainer on android reps ? Like a mcdonalds free mcflurry

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Uncertn_Laaife t1_ir736d4 wrote

Still using Google’s OS though. What are the chances that Google does a backdoor using the SimpleOS?

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PhatRabbit t1_ir7654k wrote

A Google pixel with grapheneOS will cost less.

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2001zhaozhao t1_ir8i709 wrote

My old phone is faster than this.

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sado1 t1_ir925i0 wrote

Replying to HiPat (#38,878)

microG allows to have best of both worlds, I am not sure how good for privacy their implementation is, but at least it allows to download apps from Google Play without logging in.

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HiPat t1_ir92yhi wrote

Replying to sado1 (#42,354)

Ok. But personally I want to be logged in. I want my favorite locations in maps, my photos, and my drive docs to be available on my phone, my Android tablet, my ipad and my laptops (including a Chromebook).

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sado1 t1_ir99hgi wrote

Replying to HiPat (#42,383)

I mean, I am not sure if that's interesting for you, but there are alternatives for that as well.

Sharing photos and documents (and many more things that Google's software stack can do) between all those devices is easy with NextCloud/OwnCloud. You can use an independent NC/OC provider, who will let you use this software on their own servers, or you can set it up on your own server for maximum privacy. Obvious difference between Google-provided solutions and independent providers, is that you gain a little more privacy but you have to pay a small fee for costs of operation.

I never needed to use favourite map locations sync, so I can't give you first-hand information. I have a maps plugin on my NextCloud, it allows to set favourite locations, and there is an app that allows to see them on mobile. It's not tightly integrated (it seems to be a list of favourite locations, and it launches external software like OSMAnd to show them on a map) but from the description, seems good enough.

In general, I understand that it's all not for everyone, but the only reason Google's stuff is so universally used, is people's tendency to avoid anything that needs to be paid for, marketing and the fact that the alternatives are largely unknown. (Changing that, hopefully, is the main reason this post exists)

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