It is when it’s used by corporations for profit, IMO. Not for individual private enjoyment.

Oh yeah? Well vegatables are both in pig troughs and on dinner plates. Why’s one slop and not the other? They were grown with the same process!

Because one is shitty and the other isn’t.

Outer Wilds

Do you want an open-world space puzzler where nothing is stopping you from beating the whole game in 20 minutes except the fact that you don’t have the knowledge needed to do it? No unlocks, progression is all based on learning new info. 20+ hours of exploring a miniature solar system to find an extremely satisfying end where you get everything to align.

Pick it up and don’t look anything up.

Bootloader is unlockable. Battery probably going to be average we’ll have to wait for a teardown.

storage to be decent

256GB plus microSD

Comet

Comet’s not really a phone though is it? I mean it looks like it might be able to get cellular. But I have a secondary device I test a Linux phone OS on and for me it’s just not ready.

I dunno something weird is going on with that it looks like a link to the article in my client

It makes it more of a challenge but there have absolutely been a few Mediatek ROMs. Example: https://www.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-8-pro-custom-development-lineageos-17-1-google-camera-port-pixel-experience/

“dumb” phones are trendy so they lean into it. It’s marketing. This phone should be less convenient to doomscroll say, TikTok on.

Personally that’s not why I’m interested

Uhhh… That is the link of the post though?

No. The company makes one of those too however they are making the Clicks Communicator which IS an Android phone.

https://clicksphone.com/communicator

Unfortunately Graphene has an insanely specific set of requirements and basically are only interested in Pixels or devices that are built from the ground up for it.

You’re in luck. https://www.reddit.com/r/ClicksPhone/comments/1rg082s/clicks_communicator_coming_in_azerty_qwertz/

It’s not impossible for custom ROMs to exist. And possibly GSIs.

Maybe being a enthusiast niche device (and a unique one) could mean a bit more dev attention.

This IMO is great news. It should be powerful enough to do everything you could want from it smoothly, at least on this kind of device.

Right yeah we gotta wait for the production to ramp up

Just start with the base launcher. They’re all decent nowadays. If you really want to change it after a while Lawnchair is one of the favorites.

Really though each side is more and more similar. It’s a phone, it isn’t all that different anymore. Phones are boring now.

With the Razr I will say get in the habit of using the outside screen as much as possible.

8 bucks is definitely 10 bucks in my book. 6.99 is 5 but above that and I start thinking 10.

Vibe coding. Not even once.

It is, they’re partnering with them to make a customized version for the phone.

True, though they do have help from some people who worked at/designed the old BlackBerry and have shipped several well received pieces of hardware before.

No, but while I’d love a Linux phone it’s just not viable for me yet. They can’t make phone calls in my country without VoLTE support.

I will never buy a product that isn’t already produced and ready to ship. Funding campaigns like this are imo most likely scams, very often not serious and if they truly are great, I’d rather wait for V2 or V3 to come, before buying

To be fair this company already ships hardware in physical retail stores (keyboard cases for existing phones). I’m fairly certain they’re serious here but yeah waiting for the real deal is always a better bet.

the physical keyboard is great for english users but terrible for people who need to use 2 or 3 languages on their phones.

That’s true, or depends on which languages. Some use QWERTY layouts already like Spanish. I’m bilingual in Spanish and don’t forsee any issue with typing in Spanish on this. They have said that holding down a key works like you’d expect, bringing up diacritics/alternate symbols. The typing suggestions can be bilingual no issue. They said they do want to ship more keyboard variants (QWERTZ/etc) but can’t commit to more SKUs at this stage.

I need android or iPhone to run the local authentication apps for banking, doctors appointments app and even some times payment methods

Non-issue. This is an Android phone, that will supposedly have the latest version and full Play Store access.

This keyboard is touch sensitive actually, meaning you can swipe to move the cursor. Actually I’m wondering if it couldn’t support swipe texting.

Anyway I have no nostalgia for the keyboard, never used a phone with one.

Oh yeah for sure. I’m just saying Mediatek doesn’t automatically mean bad like it used to.

That’s really aggressive… I said they’re NOT pushing AI with this which is great.

Do you have a recommendation for a full featured Linux device usable as a phone? I’d love that but most seem more expensive and in my country basically none of them can even make a phone call due to not supporting VoLTE so it’s not yet a realistic option.

They’ve gotten way better with the Dimensity line last I heard, to the point that the high end ones were topping Qualcomms high end offerings

I have no nostalgia for blackberry as I never had one. My first mobile phone was a touchscreen. It just appeals to me as it has a lot of style and personality, at a decent price. It’s also plastic in a world of glass covered phones, with a headphone jack and expandable storage. And I don’t watch a lot of videos (on my phone) and think this screen would work just fine for 99% of what I do. But it still CAN watch video or anything any smartphone can do.

The marketing stuff is whatever.

Yeah that’s the big question. I mean they also make keyboard cases which work well technically and are well made but having to redesign it for every new model phone seems unrealistic and also it makes your phone comically long and unbalanced.

Did you see their other product? The Qi2/Magsafe keyboard? https://www.clicks.tech/powerkeyboard

It looks like basically the best you can get with that concept and typical phones realistically.

I do not want a dumb phone. I don’t buy the concept of dumb phones. I want to use this like a normal phone and do all the normal phone stuff like I said in the post…

Actually the keyboard is touch sensitive. I’m wondering if they couldn’t make it so that you could swipe to type even on this…

Yeah. Praying for the camera to be good enough.

I’m sure if this sees any kind of success more localization is inevitable.

It would really have to be bad for me to hate it I think. I don’t do anything that needs crazy performance, I’ve come to realize.

Yeah I thought I made it clear what I was trying to say. This looks like a good phone on it’s own. Like sell your old phone and buy this to replace it. Not a second phone.

if all that crap is truly bugging you, put a blank android on yo phone. set up all apps to work without any intrusions. if I want to talk to people, I open the talk-to-people-app. if I want to read up on stuff, I open the reading-stuff-app. no notifications, no reminders, no nothing, my device doesn’t beep at me and demand shit, it’s there to serve me when I need it.

I think you’re missing the point. I don’t want it to be something that makes me use phones less. I want to use it as my regular phone. Like I’m saying I want it to be my next phone and use it just like any regular phone.

I mean they said the bootloader is unlockable so at least being able to disable Google services should be possible. We’ll see how community support goes.

I don’t know. That’s not what I want it for. I just want to use it as a regular phone.

Not a clue. Wouldn’t want that either. That’s why I want it as my only phone…

on Epic

No thanks I’d rather pirate it

$399 was a sale price…