I'm somewhat excited but I'm still going to hold some back until they reveal who this mystery OEM is. I really don't want to move from one big corporation to another
What non-big corporation makes mobile phones?
I would go with Fairphone in a heartbeat
They have indicated it will not be Fairphone
Yess I know. I was just saying it's not just big corps making worthy phones.
That's kind of my point. I get that making phones is complicated, but it'd be nice to have better hardware options, too.
HTC! Don't call it a comeback
It always seemed odd to me that you needed a pixel. I know it's for reasons but google is an anti-privacy company at it's core.
If they can break away from Google I will buy one next.
Depends who they go with. I for one would not be a fan of buying a Chinese phone but it will probably be Chinese.
You mean Taiwanese, right?
Chinese components, American components. All made in Taiwan!
Well Qualcomm chips are made in Taiwan. Most of the phones are actually made in China or India (PCBs and assembly) I believe.
I mean does it really matter if they offer all the hardware security features and it's running with GrapheneOS, which is FOSS
There's nothing inherently less secure about a device just because it's Chinese lol
From a privacy / security POV you're probably right but I just don't want to support Chinese companies right now, at least where possible.
please make the battery/hardware repairable
That would be nice but I do wonder how much the Graphene project is going to be involved in hardware decisions if it is a major OEM. Sounds like it'll be more just a phone where the OEM provides support of bootloader unlocks and installation of graphene
batteries and hardware (motherboards, cameras, etc) on most phones and laptops are achievably replaceable. not "I'm boarding a plane better change it in my lap" but like half an hour of work, which isn't that big of a drag every year or so. watch any youtube video tutorial to get a better sense. I'm not saying grams can pull it off, but if you're even tangentially tech literate, it's doable.
yeah, just make sure you've got a heat gun, a suction cup, a pry tool, and three different kinds of screwdrivers.
Little kit from ifixit has this minus the heatgun for 12$ or something. Advertised as an add-on for many orders.
Too bad google stopped shipping pixel specific code in the AOSP tree. Maybe they wouldn't be contemplating dropping the pixel 11 if that was still the case.
I'm sure Google is very upset about it
My brainhole keeps saying it's Sony.
Maybe LG?
Everyone is posting this too much and I feel you are "jinxing it"
whoever they end up with, it's gonna be a new model, which means perfectly usable tech from the last 7-8 years is excluded, and it also means it's gonna be expensive. so good for them, I guess, but this news doesn't concern me in the slightest.
In a year or two it will not be new anymore and if the same model will be available with stock android it doesn't have to be very expensive.
my baseline is a 7 year old model with 8 GB RAM and SDM845 that I can get intermittently for $50. for that kinda money I get a LineageOS fully supported device that's blazing fast, safe and secure against any reasonable threat; I have zero concerns a lost or stolen device will compromise me. as a bonus, it just so happens it's one of the best supported devices for Mobian and postmarketOS. so, that's the baseline.
GrapheneOS value proposition is gonna be spend 10x that (at least!) for a marginally secure-er solution. that's a shite deal.
now if they partnered with LineageOS and other "let's revive old shit left behind" that would be a different story. imagine if Linux was available only on latest gen CPUs, would all of us be into it? I know I wouldn't be.
By "secure against any reasonable threat" you mean device that no longer receives firmware updates?
you seem to have completely ignored the "reasonable" part
I can't wait!