Indian phones are weird

Post by madeofpalk » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 3:29 AM UTC

gopalv wrote: post #18

voltagex_ wrote: post #13

Does anyone know if the Firefox phones are still around / in use in India? I actually had a friend import the Intex Firefox phone (don't remember the name, it's got 128mb of RAM and a dead-end FXOS version). It's utterly painful to use - I hope the situation has gotten better for users there.

> It's utterly painful to use - I hope the situation has gotten better for users there. I bought the bright orange ZTE Open C fxos phone to try it out. Haven't done much more with it that travel around with it, mostly using it as a primary phone for calls. The battery life is insane on that one - I went about 4-5 days without charging it when I was traveling (barely any calls, mostly standby). The good part was the H…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 5:19 AM UTC

madeofpalk wrote: post #21

gopalv wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's utterly painful to use - I hope the situation has gotten better for users there. I bought the bright orange ZTE Open C fxos phone to try it out. Haven't done much more with it that travel around with it, mostly using it as a primary phone for calls. The battery life is insane on that one - I went about 4-5 days without charging it when I was traveling (barely any calls, mostly standby). The good part was the H…

> I went about 4-5 days without charging it when I was traveling (barely any calls, mostly standby). To be fair, most Android devices and iPhone would achieve similar battery life if you're not actually using the phone. Apple claims to get 10 days of standby out of an iPhone. I would imagine with 'barely any calls' or using the device you would get somewhere between 5 to 10 days. 5 days doesn't really sound that impr…

Post by skykooler » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 5:38 AM UTC

maheart wrote: post #19

I know that Intex will soon be shipping (currently is shipping?) phones with SailfishOS (Jolla's OS). I've been using SailfishOS for almost two years, and I confidently say that underneath the GUI, it is just a regular GNU/Linux system[1]. Why do I bring this up? Jolla, and the community are developing a more inclusive mobile OS (that has Android app compatibility, and can be ported to Android devices relatively easi…

Post by r00fus » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 5:47 AM UTC

philovivero wrote: post #11

_Marak_ wrote: post #6

Slightly related, one of the worst things about the Indian phones and telcos are the spam advertisements that have subscription opt-ins by default. Essentially, you will get several sms messages a day which if you accidentally hit one of the keys on your phone ( which is actually very easy ), you get billed $1 every week ( think daily fortunes / love poems / etc ). It's very easy to accidentally opt-in to several of…

I used one telco provider in Philippines for a while that did something like this, sending lots of SMS spam. I had to threaten cancellation to get it slowed down. In the USA, T-Mobile spammed me like this. Again, very difficult to stop the spam. I think eventually this will be unstoppable, at which point I guess I'll stop using SMS and/or stop using phones. I can't wait 'til the day I'm sitting in a group, and everyo…

Post by maheart » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 6:05 AM UTC

sreenadh wrote: post #22

maheart wrote: post #19

I know that Intex will soon be shipping (currently is shipping?) phones with SailfishOS (Jolla's OS). I've been using SailfishOS for almost two years, and I confidently say that underneath the GUI, it is just a regular GNU/Linux system[1]. Why do I bring this up? Jolla, and the community are developing a more inclusive mobile OS (that has Android app compatibility, and can be ported to Android devices relatively easi…

Which device are you using for your SailfishOS? I am planning to install it on my Nexus 5.