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@mxv@fediverse.tryptophonic.com  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Three months without a #smartphone, or indeed a #phone of any kind, is unfortunately about to end upon the post delivery today. I caved in due to the "digital pariah" effect, aka the "how can you survive without a phone you weirdo" effect. (In actuality, living rurally and not driving, I need to have some kind of emergency communication ability - kids, health issues, snakes, a wild variety of potential mishaps etc). I really wanted to get a #LinuxPhone like a #PinePhone but battery life is still iffy (see emergency requirements above), and the camera is crap, which, other than the roughly one text message I receive every six months, is the only reason a slightly decent phone is worth having. So, a second hand Pixel has been aquired, and slapping #GrapheneOS on it is the plan.

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@deus@mastodon.gamedev.place  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@mxv the flx1s is good though (better camera than PP and battery life is modern), but graphene os is also a good alternative!

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@mxv@fediverse.tryptophonic.com  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@deus I had a look at it & it did look quite interesting, but it seems to still be running on top of an Android layer? Perhaps I'm wrong on that. It wasn't listed on the postmarketOS compatibility list at any rate, so I discarded it as an idea. Thanks for the pointer, though - it'd good to know there's some movement in breaking the Android & Apple phone stranglehold.

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