Android

This Lemmy comment will be performed in the voice of that fat British guy on Youtube shorts that talks about marketing

You see, the problem with marketing it as a "second phone" is that you're implying that it's too shit to be someone's first phone. Or that you've chosen to do something to it that would make it impossible to live with.

I remember in 2018, Verizon started offering a tiny little Android phone branded as a Palm of all things, and that small but vocal minority who insist they want small phones started clamoring for it only to be told that it's a "companion device" and you still had to have another device active on that line. It cost $350 plus $10 a month on top of another device and plan.

There was essentially no one on earth who wanted a special phone they only used to take to the gym with them, they refused to sell it to people who specifically wanted it, and so it didn't sell well, to say the least.

"Smart enough" would have been nice marketing, no?

8gig of RAM is a bit low

Manufacturers are going to ship laptops with 8gb ram in 2026!!

This looks awesome and would consider looking more into it as a real alternative to the current crap, BUT....

• 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

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

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

Why the hell would I want a "second phone"? I don't like my first phone. I want a phone that I don't hate, not a second phone to add to my misery.

If it has even decent custom ROM support I would 100% consider it. I hate it as a second device but as a main I love the design.

The screenshot looks like Niagara Launcher.

I might be in the minority here but I will not use a phone that I can't strip Google Play and other Google services out of, so it would need support from something like Lineage, Graphene, e, Linux, etc before I would consider it.

$400usd to pre order a phone thats almost the same as the phone i had in 2011, but golly would I like to have one

It does look good but solves nothing when it comes to Google/Android turning hostile to stuff like LineageOS, F-Droid, etc.

256GB on-board + expandable MicroSD card storage up to 2TB

$400. Reservation 200.

I'm not thrilled about the processor, but this guy is still on my radar because of the physical keyboard and expandable storage, not upset to see a headphone jack either.

I'm a current clicks user on my Motorola Razr and I preordered this to use as my singular phone. I use my phone as a communication device, not for media consumption, I watch a video on my phone once a week and use Lemmy. So far the square screen of the RAZR works great for this except for the few times the OS requires the inside screen and the placement of the external cameras.

Communicator will launch on Android 16, with support for up to at least Android 20. We’re committing to a minimum of 4 years of Android version updates and 5 years of security updates.

Idk, Pixels ate supported for like 7 years. So after about 5 years, this phone is toast?

This a phone made by a youtuber. Do with that information what you want