Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
    111·
    8 hours ago

    They can’t be installed from the app store, but you can sideload the apk to install them.

    Who is this for? Me. If it didn’t cost $500, I’d get it. I don’t have any social apps and I have a work phone (that I leave in the office when my shift ends). I would simply install a firefox fork apk and be done with it. No socials (aside lemmy), and no need for work apps. This phone would be for me if the price were something in the 200-300 area.

    • noodles@slrpnk.net
      3·
      7 hours ago

      Sounds like you want the sidephone then maybe. I think this is a cool idea but there’s like 8 other implementations for hundreds less. Unless the main draw is Linux, but if it’s pushing to run android apps then why not stick with degoogled android like all the others?

      • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
        6·
        8 hours ago

        I have a pixel with grapheneOS. I’m already degoogled, but this one looks like a cool nostalgia gadget that would be cool to have for a less outrageous price. I like the design and the idea (and the linux part), but I don’t think $500 is the price they should be asking.