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Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by Tepix »

comex wrote: post #94
alpaca128 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Librem 5 isn't designed for people who use WhatsApp. Signal and some other actually private messengers should work as they already have official Linux clients. That said I currently don't plan on buying it, simply because right now I'm not heavily relying on the phone. It is however the first phone released in the last ~5 years that I'd call interesting and unique.

In many regions, using WhatsApp is not really a choice.

There was life before WhatsApp. I can confirm there is life after WhatsApp. Join us.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by Tepix »

0xdeadb00f wrote: post #96
OrgNet wrote: post #44

With all those hardware switches, would adding one more for locking the bootloader be a good idea to increase security?

What would realistically be the point of that? Doest that defeat the purpose of "locking" a bootloader, if it can be unlocked with a hardware switch?

It could protect you against a rootkit.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by Tepix »

Obligatory mention of PinePhone which

● has a very similar CPU (but at 1.152Ghz instead of 1.5Ghz),

● also runs free software,

● also has hardware kill switches,

● also has USB C with video out

● has less memory (2GB vs 3GB) and

● has a similar screen size and same resolution (720x1440)

● has a 2MP / 5MP front/back cameras (vs 8MP / 13MP w/ LED flash)

● will cost only 150€ (vs $699 - was $599)

https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by raxxorrax »

rvijapurapu wrote: post #113

If you want true freedom, get a Nokia 8110 - I felt a weight off my shoulder using the device. Atleast for the week I've used the device. Then, life caught on. You can't manage kids' activities, work schedules and your social life without a smartphone these days.

Beyond this model, Nokia builds amazing phones lately. They don't have the best specs so they are only average in tests, but I don't think those are focusing on things that are important, to me at least. They have really good update policies and their Android version is very clean.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by rvense »

rvijapurapu wrote: post #113

If you want true freedom, get a Nokia 8110 - I felt a weight off my shoulder using the device. Atleast for the week I've used the device. Then, life caught on. You can't manage kids' activities, work schedules and your social life without a smartphone these days.

In my city you can't park your car in a lot of places with a an app that's only available in the Apple and Google app stores.

Over the past few years cash payments between people have been replaced by something that's also only available as an iPhone or Android app.

I'm sure there are other things. The next iteration of our government's single-sign-on solution will probably also been an app, at which point owning a smartphone will in essence become a legal requirement.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by cesnja »

raxxorrax wrote: post #115
rvijapurapu wrote: post #113

If you want true freedom, get a Nokia 8110 - I felt a weight off my shoulder using the device. Atleast for the week I've used the device. Then, life caught on. You can't manage kids' activities, work schedules and your social life without a smartphone these days.

Beyond this model, Nokia builds amazing phones lately. They don't have the best specs so they are only average in tests, but I don't think those are focusing on things that are important, to me at least. They have really good update policies and their Android version is very clean.

OTOH, beware of who's accessing your data [1]. There was more than one incident, if I recall correctly.

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/nokia-firmware-blunder-sent-so...

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Post by stinos »

rvijapurapu wrote: post #113

If you want true freedom, get a Nokia 8110 - I felt a weight off my shoulder using the device. Atleast for the week I've used the device. Then, life caught on. You can't manage kids' activities, work schedules and your social life without a smartphone these days.

You can't manage kids' activities, work schedules and your social life without a smartphone these days.

May I ask where you live? Or did you mean 'without a computer'?

Works perfectly for me in Western Europe.

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