I just read: #BlackBerryClassic is being ressurected as #ZINWAQ25. I've never had one, but I remember wanting a physical QWERTY phone and using the BBM app. Only #Android 13 support. I wonder if it'll be popular though, as I feel text is not priority for most and people want real estate to watch video. I would love to get the physical buttons as I do type quite a bit. I think it'll be for the nostalgia factor... There are other options like #unihertz which should be a good alternative. #phones
#unihertz
@GrapheneOS @chris @fairphone@lemmy.ml @fairphone@mas.to based off the security update stance basically almost all Android devices with few exceptions should be illegal to sell by @EUCommission standards in the #EU.
- At least the cheap #shovelware / manufactured #eWaste like #SOYES (they still sell Android 8.1 devices!) and #Unihertz (they don't ever deliver update at all)…
Maybe let the #OEM of your choice know that and pwn the market for good?
Ojo, que el #Unihertz #JellyStar ha recibido una actualización. Flipanding.
EDIT: no es de seguridad, es de firmware específico de Unihertz. Come on. Fuck off.
kdyby někoho zajímalo, jak dlouho vydrží #Unihertz Jelly Max s jednou SIM
- minulou neděli nabit asi na 85%
- průměrně používán hodinu denně
- permanentně zapnutá WiFi a NFC
#BlackBerry 's should return. I love physical keyboards and I want them back. I think I'll buy an #Unihertz Titan 2 when they release it. Unihertz Titan Pocket is good too. But I liked the Titan 2 and normal Titan more. I hope they'll make more phones like these!
BlackBerry Passport krijgt opvolger in de vorm van Unihertz Titan 2:
Wie had dat nou gedacht, Blackberry leeft nog! 😂
@sodiboo @tauon @puppygirlhornypost2 @silly I don't think it's much of a "#freedom" on #iOS but rather that the few devices and OS versions in circulation, alongside everyone from #jailbreaker to #malware (espechally #govware #developers) want to crack it open result in way more personnel and money behind it.
- OFC the fact that the #Android experience is worse from that POV is the lack of #regulation re: #repairability and #openness that would make shit work. Most cheap #phones are done with even cheaper #SoC's by manufacturers who can't be assed (or frankly don't give a shit at all!) when it comes to #Linux #mainline support. (I mean, you've seen the video where @SexyCyborg demanded a vendor to give her the sourcecode as per #GPLv2 for her device?)
Granted @GrapheneOS does limit their support to devices that can comply with their #security standards.
- The issues are mostly caused by hostile app developers that specifically decided to knee-jerk their users / customers for no good reason.
I do wish for both vendors like #Fairphone to up their game and regulators like @EUCommission to actually push for more #transparency, #openness and #LongTermSupport of #Smartphones, because #ManufacturedEwaste like #SOYES, #WiKo, #Unihertz and others that ship #outdated #AndroidDevices and never even a single update are a major problem!
- I don't blame projects like @LineageOS that they can't cover every device & SoC even tho they propably have the widest compatibility, I just think that there needs to be pressure that manufacturers don't just vomit stuff on the market and let customers frustratingly figure out the rest.
I do have to give #Apple credit where it is due, and that is that #iOS does have consistency and accessibility nailed down very well. Something that they obviously are able being the "#BenevolentDictator" of a #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider - platform.
- Obviously since they are the #vendor for #hardware and the sole ["legitimate" / official] #distributor for any #Apps they do OFC cross-finance their relatively long #support with their 15-30% cut from #App #sales & #InAppPurchase|s they charge, which is why #AndroidPhones suffer the "#3DO syndrome": Needing to charge more since they only get to make money once with hardware sales and not after that, so there's no incentive for them to give a shit beyond "brand value" to care. #Google, #Samsing, #Fairphone and very few others do, but most don't as they close the books on the product once launched and sold out (angrily stares at Unihertz)...
Maybe one day the folks at @frameworkcomputer acquire Fairphone and decide to bring the same modularity to #Smartphones and get something done that makes it easy to maintain long-term and that even #GrapheneOS are willing to support.
- Until then the #Enshittification is ruining everything as usual...
@alsutton @aurynn @GrapheneOS @EUCommission @bsi I disagree.
It'll merely force them to enable aftermarket support woth an unbloated experience.
- It won't prevent manufacturers from offering and implementing unique features in terms of hardware and software.
It'll just make them responsible to not release products like #Unihertz, #WiKo, #SOYES and many others which refuse to deliver any post-launch #updates and thus sell manufactured #eWaste.
- Or has anyone seen Updates being released for the #UnihertzJelly series (including #JellyStar, #Jelly2E and #JellyMax)?
#AOSP support and #reproduceableBuilds would at least allow #Aftermarket-#ROMs like @LineageOS to support them when the manufacturer decides not to.
- Whether that happens is a different story, but at least #consumers wouldn't be at the mercy of a #vendor when it comes to #security!
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#2old4toys #cyberdeck #denseForever #diyUmpc #lilbits #sipeedTangConsole #unihertz #unihertzTitan2
(i think unihertz phones are really cool too but i've heard they have abysmal software support and the one i want most that *does* have a lineageos build is 4G-only, which i feel like is bad for attempts at future-proofing. i'd like to get a phone i can use for a while)
Unihertz Titan 2 smartphone with a physical keyboard is heading to Kickstarter in June. No word on the specs, but it looks a lot like a BlackBerry Passport clone with a square screen and a small, wide keyboard. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Unihertz-Titan-2-New-Android-smartphone-with-BlackBerry-like-keyboard.1023892.0.html #UnihertzTitan2 #Smartphones #Crowdfunding #Unihertz #BlackBerryPassport #BlackBerry
Unihertz has announced (finally) their next Titan (qwerty) phone.
What we know: 5G support, kickstarter launch is June 2nd.
Most else is left to theorization... my guesses in a little🧵
【朗報】BlackBerry Passport激似！Unihertzが新機種告知
https://smhn.info/202505-unihertz-blackberry-passport-titan-2
#smhn #Blackberry_Passport #Unihertz #Unihertz_Titan_2 #すまほん #スマホ #スマートフォン
@fuxoft @ec9bd7465546ba061f5dfde716a4f20f3f27ecc28ca4870775e5e853df11a9d0 @69d4dcc831f8f3c670c852722f081d66b05d6c4146464b4314fe9663f2a8fe03
Even though not same form factor, #Unihertz has QWERTY line
Even though not same form factor, #Unihertz has QWERTY line
The Unihertz Titan Slim when your Key2 stops working and BlackBerry no longer make phones:
Unihertz Jelly Star not showing contacts in calls (incoming calls, and history), but only number.
Google Contacts is also empty (and says, that sync of 331 contacts was successful).
Does someone have a solution?
Didn't happen on any else smartphone I owned, but on Jelly Star it happens regularly. Sometimes a restart helps, but not always.
Pretty annoying,... when I greet people I know as if it was a call (potentially random) from someone unknown.
Respondiendo a un par de mensajes sobre móviles... Mientras vuelve BlackBerry* (ja ja), este es el mío. Los teclados físicos no son solo mejores para escribir y más bonitos, también abren las aplicaciones (la M para Mastodon, of course), navegan, copian y pegan...
(El lanzador es mLauncher; el teléfono, #Fossify; el correo, #FairEmail; los mapas, @organicmaps)
* @editora sigue en la trinchera, bravo :)
#BlackBerry #móviles #PKB #tecladofísico #Unihertz #TitanPocket #minimalismo
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