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This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry (lifehacker.com)
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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Haha haha h haha h haha haha...but also: no. Of course not.

I'd eat one if they offer root options. Or a firmware. Or a major update. Or anything else beside a pricetag and the wish to never hear from you again.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They have confirmed that you can unlock the bootloader, and are claiming 5 years of updates.

They have shipped hardware before and seem like a somewhat reputable company. They haven't made a phone before though so we shall see.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't the 5 yrs now mandatory in the EU? And unlocking the BL I can do on most phones. Doesn't help a lot though unless you do it all yourself. So I'd still wonder if root will be possible. I like to own the devices I buy 😊

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Unless you do it all yourself? What more do you need? An unlocked bootloader means custom roms and rooting are possible, right?

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

possible, yes. But usually noone does those things for these smaller fringe devices that are not mainstream. So, it's either do it yourself or be happy you unlocked a bootloader to...have an unlocked bootloader :) And with each iteration of android it became harder and more frustrating. Hence I'm done with android.

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I suppose we could all band together and send them email after email asking for it... I suppose...

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I love your optimism, you must be new to this 😁 But yeah sure, we could. I probably just grew bitter over the last decade of total enshittification