Comment by doe88

10 hours ago

Why none of these Chinese brands doesn't try to set themselves apart, and dare i say innovate by making a true open phone, documented hw, etc, with at least an open version of android, i don't even ask for one of the true Linux OSes.

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speedgoose  10 hours ago

The demand for such phones is very low.

  • doe88  9 hours ago

    You're likely right but i think if you had to fail at least fail for something meaningful. It was crazy thinking it could work anyway, same for makers like Nothing, i feel their fate is written in stone, at least try something really different instead of gimmicks.

    • petu  8 hours ago

      Nowhere close to what you asked, but Nothing already seems to be one of the most "open" devices today.

      That's for simple fact of having offline/unsigned EDL (Qualcomm's Emergency DownLoad) and files for it getting consistently "leaked". So at least exploratory work on custom ROMs should never leave you with a irrecoverable brick.

Danox  7 hours ago

Someone in China needs to develop a Mobile OS not Android. Until that happens, they ain’t going anywhere long term and the same applies to personal computers too. Eventually, that has to happen if you wanna get to the next level.