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"The Linux Phone You've Been Waiting For"

"The Linux Phone You've Been Waiting For"

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·January 24, 2025
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afandian

https://archive.is/AxyBd

ognarb

There are quite a few stock images on that website...

ognarb

Already discussed less than a day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803559

jokoon

Another one, which is good.

Although I am curious about general battery life.

The single most problematic issue is obviously app availability, for example no access to classic dating apps.

I have to admit it would be nice if Google could give access to their app store to those sorts of phones, but obviously they are never going to do that.

offbeatport

I guess it's a vicious cycle with open / linux-based. Although not impossible, it's difficult to get good grade apps with slow capital. E.g. It seems to me that the appstore is one of the main arguments for choosing iPhones.

Gualdrapo

Seems this got the hn hug of death (wp install screen after this was working?), but couldn't find any info about a 3.5 headphone jack, if it can get a micro sd card or if it battery is removable - because the linux phone I've been waiting for has all of those three.

eigenspace

Seems to be back up now.

The website says it has a 3.5mm jack, microSD and a removable battery.

eigenspace

Unfortunately, the Linux phone I've been waiting for has to have a top-notch camera. So I'll sadly be waiting a long time unless I want to lug around an extra device just for photos.

offbeatport

Is this not a good enough camera? Is the problem with the hardware or software?

eigenspace

The only thing they say about the camera is megapixel count for the single front and single rear camera. This is a very clear sign that the camera is an afterthought tacked onto the phone. I have zero faith in its hardware or software.

I'm in a weird position where I definitely care enough about phone cameras that I make most of my phone purchasing positions based on the camera, but I also don't care so much about photography that I'd be willing to carry around a traditional bulky camera. I travel and hike a lot, and enjoy trying to take nice photos of beautiful things, so it's very important to me that the phone does a good job at that without encumbering me.

Maybe for my next device I'll end up just switching to a Linux phone and then carrying around an iPhone or Android just for the camera and 2FA / banking apps.

offbeatport

Thanks, I think I can relate.

For me, the camera gets more important as I get older. I realise that, althougth I'm not into photography either, it's very easy to capture day-to-day memories.

However, I'm one of those people who would never buy a dedicated camera. I'm just not into it that much.

I'm courious to see if the hardware would be OK. If so, how much more can we get by writing good software. After all, there's only so much we can improve with hardware until it becomes irrelevant!?

robertlagrant

> NEXX’s software lifecycle is whatever you want to be

Hard to know what this means.

a2800276

I want it to receive regular updates for the reasonable lifetime of the product provide by the original manufacturer! Kazam!

robertlagrant

But, what if you want it for 20 years? Is someone going to toil away until every last user has said they don't want it any more?

dt3ft

Loving all the hardware switches.

delusional

You should really wait to share your project until you're done installing wordpress.

a2800276

Possibly even have a product and not just renderings.

intelcoders

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