GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
grapheneos.social
@luana@wetdry.world It will fully support using other operating systems including users making their own builds of GrapheneOS. It's part of our hardware requirements. We'll likely be able to make hardened builds of firmware and drivers which can be released in an official way for easy builds without needing to extract anything from the GrapheneOS or Motorola OS factory images.
  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Hopefully this initiative sticks, sounds like my next phone (eventually) might just be Motorola/Graphene.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Historically, the problem with Motorola hasn’t been their os, it’s been their hardware, it’s just usually not very good when compared to the competition. And often the price is higher for what you’re getting.

      • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        28 days ago

        I grant that Motorola may neglect to go top of the line (e.g. there’s no ‘flagship grade’ non-folding phone on offer right now), but price wise, at least in the US, it seems to be in line with other options and the cheaper options are generally motorola.

        Is this US or elsewhere? What are the better value competition in the mid-lower range.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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      29 days ago

      One of the largest complaints of Pixels I’ve seen is that they’re too expensive. These will cost twice as much.

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
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        29 days ago

        I don’t think I have ever heard that for the a series. That if fact, I have always heard that it is just about the best price-value on the market, the downside being that it is google and no SD card slot (which is common now). They use the flagship chip in it still, right?

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      As long as they have basic shit like NFC or wireless charging. One of the main reasons I stopped buying them. 2nd was the tablet sized screens.

      • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
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        29 days ago

        Because its grapheneos you will likely have NFC, but whether you have tap-for-payment options will be a crapshoot, especially in North America, unless having an official vendor changes things with grapheneos’s play store integrity issue (which is doubtful).

  • Deconceptualist@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Good, good. Next, tell me there will be a 3.5mm headphone jack, swappable SD card, and user-replaceable battery and we’ll be golden.

    • Ernest@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      29 days ago

      their phones do tend to have that already…

      e: at least the lower end ones I’ve had

        • zqps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          28 days ago

          It’s mostly to achieve higher IP ratings, and people with expensive phones also tend to pay for things like cloud storage upgrades and expensive bluetooth earbuds.