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Are we finally getting small phones again? (9to5google.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I’ve been looking at phones lately and I’ve seen this company called Enough from their YouTube kickstarter video. It’s them and SLEKE (maker of OdesseyOS) working on building a nice size phone. I’m thinking of supporting their kickstarter because I am tired of these humongous phablets, and I can’t stand on how they feel in my hand when holding them.

The phone has everything I want but I am really wondering if the bootloader will be unlockable.

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Some important edits that should be added; (after looking on Enough’s website and kickstarter)

  1. No unlockable bootloader
  2. No sideloading
  3. On Enough’s website, storage is expandable by MicroSD or that same space is using a physical SIM card and you have the option for eSIM
  4. No headphone jack, but a USBC to 3.5mm converter is given if you do the kickstarter
  5. Stock android or OdessyOS only (from SLEKE); no flashing capabilities at all
  6. Replaceable battery
  8. Price of phone from kickstarter:
  9. Super Early bird price: $399 USD (sold out)
  10. Early bird: $449 USD
  11. Kickstarter special; $499 USD
  12. Retail price after campaign: $599 USD
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[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It just says "Android OS", which can mean a lot of different things. No one would actually want "stock Android". But whatever it is is probably better than their own OS.

[–] onoki@reddthat.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean "no one would want stock android"?

That's the whole selling point of the Pixel serie phones. No 3rd party bloat or unwanted features, quick updates, etc.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 days ago

They're much closer than e.g. Samsung OneUI, though.

[–] Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Android OS is just another word for Google and Oddessy Os is for someone who wants minimalistic features. I’ve seen a lot of phones pushing that lately but then they don’t have features or capabilities that they should have.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Google is not an OS.

[–] Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They do have they own OS called Chrome OS (for computers) but for these phones, especially now sideloading is going to be difficult or not happen at all, you can basically call stock android, Google, cause that is all Google is gonna want you to use.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They do have they own OS called Chrome OS

Yes and they have another one called Android. Google is a search engine. And a company. Again, not an OS.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And Fuchsia! RIP Fuchsia.

[–] ducktumn@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What happened to it

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It was originally conceived to replace Android, but then it got relegated to Google Home devices, and now it's basically just a REST client for Gemini that's bleeding users because Gemini on smart home stuff sucks even more than Gemini normally.

[–] ducktumn@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago

I thought it was a desktop OS?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

WIRED says it's stock Android.

"Stock Android" is pretty well-defined. what do you think it means?