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<p>[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14374, member: 1"]</p><p>Sorta, kinda, yeah. But in this specific case here, I don't think it's too relevant due to a multitude of factors.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not really an option for me I'm afraid. If I didn't have a smartphone, I'd have to haul around a bulky laptop. Which... I actually wouldn't be too against if it was the right laptop, but it's still really not ideal, and battery life is a problem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just for starters, most of these phones don't even have 4G, so they'd be almost dead in the water for the US. Maybe it's different where you live though. Secondly, these phones have zero schematics available with closed-source drivers and no modifiability and no hard switches. And for what? Just simply because Pine64 is based in Hong Kong? I think that's pretty silly. Might as well just get a Pixel and load it up with GrapheneOS.</p><p></p><p>Now, note that I definitely don't think it's silly to avoid any phone internals that come from mainland China. THAT is a fair restriction for sure and one that I agree with. That's one of the big reasons why I don't even glance at Xiaomi phones.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14374, member: 1"] Sorta, kinda, yeah. But in this specific case here, I don't think it's too relevant due to a multitude of factors. Not really an option for me I'm afraid. If I didn't have a smartphone, I'd have to haul around a bulky laptop. Which... I actually wouldn't be too against if it was the right laptop, but it's still really not ideal, and battery life is a problem. Just for starters, most of these phones don't even have 4G, so they'd be almost dead in the water for the US. Maybe it's different where you live though. Secondly, these phones have zero schematics available with closed-source drivers and no modifiability and no hard switches. And for what? Just simply because Pine64 is based in Hong Kong? I think that's pretty silly. Might as well just get a Pixel and load it up with GrapheneOS. Now, note that I definitely don't think it's silly to avoid any phone internals that come from mainland China. THAT is a fair restriction for sure and one that I agree with. That's one of the big reasons why I don't even glance at Xiaomi phones. [/QUOTE]
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