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FFOS will almost certainly be more usable on low-spec than Android... have you tried the category you mentioned? It's horrible .
My first android phone had worse or similar specs, and it worked well enough.
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I just want a smartphone that I can use with one hand :( Not sure what it is about all Android phones now being the size of a house!
Androis flip phon http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-announces-the-hennessy-dual-scr...
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Funny, years ago a friend of mine refused to go touchscreen phone, because he was able to send a text message without looking at the phone as it had actual buttons. I'm more like you, but I like to have a physical button on my phone for the camera. I don't find the on-screen camera button user friendly, esp for half-press focus/exposure. It severely limits my choice of phone though...
I was the same as your friend. And unlike drbawb, I never gave my phone my undivided attention. Back in the day, PC gamers would learn quick repetitive sequences of key presses, sometimes with specific time delays. It would allow you to quickly select what you wanted so you could continue gaming in real time. I used phones the same way. End, star, menu, up, select, up, up, select, "4390416046662023020548853052831,dow…
Although I would say that the release of this first phone is very awesome, it does need to at least support 4G before it will be purchased and used by most people.
I was going to tell you that "the countries this phone is targeted at don't even have 4G". But what do you know: Russia, India, Brazil, all have 4G networks [1]. That's really impressive... [1] http://www.worldtimezone.com/4g.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZTE-Open-Firefox-OS-GSM-Unlocked-Cel...
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Funny, years ago a friend of mine refused to go touchscreen phone, because he was able to send a text message without looking at the phone as it had actual buttons. I'm more like you, but I like to have a physical button on my phone for the camera. I don't find the on-screen camera button user friendly, esp for half-press focus/exposure. It severely limits my choice of phone though...
I was the same as your friend. And unlike drbawb, I never gave my phone my undivided attention. Back in the day, PC gamers would learn quick repetitive sequences of key presses, sometimes with specific time delays. It would allow you to quickly select what you wanted so you could continue gaming in real time. I used phones the same way. End, star, menu, up, select, up, up, select, "4390416046662023020548853052831,dow…
This appears to be the first device running the MSM7225A at 1GHz (many other android devices use this, all at 600MHz or 800MHz). Edit: also very surprised there's no bluetooth support.
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Androis flip phon http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-announces-the-hennessy-dual-scr...
Interesting idea, but I don't think I could go back to that style of phone without a QWERTY keyboard. It's the form factor - I think iPhone 4 is the perfect size, iPhone 5 if also fine, so around a 4-inch screen . Everything these days seems to be 4.7-5 inch, which just feels to big in my hand and esp too big to carry around in my pocket. It used to be possible to reach all corners of the screen with just my thumb, i…
57 comments into this thread and not one mention of the string "baseband". Surprising, as that is far and away the most interesting thing that could happen in this space, and it continues to not happen. Depending on the phone and the implementation of the baseband firmware, your carrier could have as deep as DMA access to that computer in your hand. Osmocom is interesting, but it is 2G only, works (almost) exclusivel…