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Smartphone users are usually torn between the two choice — Android or iOS. Their dominance is such that other competing OS like Windows, BlackBerry OS, or Symbian have almost been abandoned.Those who don't want either of them can opt for Pine64's Linux phone dubbed the PinePhone which offers good hardware and software at an affordable rate of $149.
The phone's specs aren't great, but it does include a headphone jack (I wonder if it's capable of using the JACK audio system?) and the article notes that it may provide physical switches for disabling various components. The company behind it, Pine64, also produce the PineBook Linux laptop, which also use an ARM processor.
Source: https://fossbytes.com/pinephone-linux-smartphone-149/
Related: Kickstarter: Pine A64, Cheaper and More Powerful than Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday February 02 2019, @04:48AM (2 children)
I've been looking at Android tablets for months, and the choices are not inspiring at all.
I'd love to get a modern one to put a GoogleFi "only pay for the data you use" sim card into, but the choices are extremely limited and either carry ancient versions of Android or ridiculously expensive.
If Apple can still update and sell iPad Minis, why can't the Android tablet market get something decent out there that I can put a micro-SIM in?
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday February 02 2019, @05:11AM (1 child)
The foldable revolution is upon us. Maybe there will be better options in 2 years.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:41AM
Still based on the privacy raping systems we have today
Until phones come with root access by default and the ability to firewall and uninstall all software the consumer is screwed