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byFudRucker ( 866063 ) writes:
Oh boy! New hardware with the same old google owned and controlled androidOS on it, I already have a good but older phone that works fine as a hotspot, so instead of a new phone why not get a blackberry form factor Linux handheld computer (cyberdeck), like that clockwork uConsole, it has a durable metal chassis and the parts inside are easily replaced or upgraded or modified, there are a few others like the Mecha Comet too, so why buy a new smartphone when a cyberdeck would be more suitable for what I want,
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byunixisc ( 2429386 ) writes:
I currently have a Pixel 3a. I'm thinking that for the next phone, I'd get something like a Pixel 7, which I think was the last one that was not AI powered. I'll avoid the AI featured smartphones like the plague. The storage is good, except that Google's 15GB that one gets w/ every account is what the user effectively has in terms of user data, and anything else is taken by the OS and the apps. That incidentally, is what drove me off Apple, where 5GB was too small given the amount of WhatsApp photos and
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