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Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by tmtvl »

not_your_vase wrote: post #170

This website is just infuriating[0] to use with the randomly disappearing elements (FF 131 on Fedora 39, even with disabled uBlock). $500 sounds kind of funny when PinePhonePro is $400, but of course on the other hand Librem5 is $1000+, so whatever. Still, (2-gen-old) iPhone price-range. Couldn't find too many datasheets nor other documentation unfortunately, though it might because of the unusable piece of crap webs…

From their FAQ:

> Furi is pronounced “Fury”. FuriOS is pronounced “Furious”. We simply couldn’t afford the Fury part of the domain names.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by neilsimp1 »

not_your_vase wrote: post #170

This website is just infuriating[0] to use with the randomly disappearing elements (FF 131 on Fedora 39, even with disabled uBlock). $500 sounds kind of funny when PinePhonePro is $400, but of course on the other hand Librem5 is $1000+, so whatever. Still, (2-gen-old) iPhone price-range. Couldn't find too many datasheets nor other documentation unfortunately, though it might because of the unusable piece of crap webs…

> on the other hand Librem5 is $1000+

$800 now:

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

But yes the "nice" one aka Liberty Phone is still $2000, unfortunately.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by tmtvl »

I'm currently using a Volla 22 with Ubuntu Touch and I'm happy with it. However if Furi is using Plasma Mobile (they're mum about what interface they're using, but if it's really a 'lightning fast user interface' then I don't know what else it could be) then it's unfortunate that I discovered this too late to get it instead.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by [deleted] »

tmtvl wrote: post #173

I'm currently using a Volla 22 with Ubuntu Touch and I'm happy with it. However if Furi is using Plasma Mobile (they're mum about what interface they're using, but if it's really a ' lightning fast user interface ' then I don't know what else it could be) then it's unfortunate that I discovered this too late to get it instead.

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Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

#175

Post by mcflubbins »

anoncow wrote: post #23

Furi OS was what turned me away. Never heard of it and that makes me realise we don't have an android alternative OS which is permanent. Do we have any OS which is permanent? Shouldn't we have one?

Sailfish is an Android alternative (that can also run Android apps): https://sailfishos.org/

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by mcflubbins »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #151
anoncow wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My specific definition: 20 years later when a retired me boots up the device, it will be able to run the calculator app without shutting down.

That sounds like a hardware problem. But if the hardware works, why would you not be able to open any old app?

I think they are worried about some cloud service shutting down preventing them from using their phone.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by 1oooqooq »

jorvi wrote: post #139
GranPC wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My biggest hold-up with that sort of work is that Facebook has previously threatened to ban users who use third-party clients, and then they have gone through with the threat. Is this no longer the case?

I can't speak for everyone, but I've been using WhatsApp since ~2010, mostly the official client but with bouts of unofficial client usage, and I've never been banned. Probably not very detectable for Meta since it uses a wrapped webview, but I've been using ZapZap on Linux for a good while now and I haven't seen a ban yet.

if something can happen and haven't happened to you, doesn't warrant a comment i believe. it doesn't help much to figure the data points for the cases were it does happen, since it's implied everyone to whom it have happened would have lots of opportunities to post comments it never happened before.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by 999900000999 »

woodrowbarlow wrote: post #168
999900000999 wrote: post #162

No word on HDMI out ? That's the only thing stopping this from being a full computer.

i assume it would do video over the usb-c port like the pinephone and librem.

I don't like to assume anything when spending 500$.

I have a One Plus 12, which has HDMI out, but it's like they didn't feel like finishing it. It's not really usable, it doesn't have any controls like Dex does.

Re: Furilabs Linux Phone

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Post by nextos »

numerosix wrote: post #150
mmh0000 wrote: post #40

I want to like it... But, I've been bitten too many times by expensive Linux phones (Oh Nokia N900, how I wanted to love you. but you couldn't even make phone calls without threatening to crash). It's a little weird that there are very few details on this thing. Notably, one of my #1 concerns when looking for a new phone today is a good camera. And all I can find on the camera is "it's 50MP!!! " But how do actual, no…

n900 was perfectly reliable, yours had a problem. And Maemo was a wonderful interface for mobile stuff. Clean, functional, tweakable. Regret it every day, facing shitty Android. I dream for a LTE n900 with a larger screen, leaving the rest unchanged : unbreakable resistive screen, mecanical keyboard, fantastic stereo speakers, etc.

Maemo was indeed fantastic!

SFOS is somewhat getting where Harmattan was before Nokia imploded. It's already better in some ways.

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