Comment on This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry

• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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 😊

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    • toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 :)

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• toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨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

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