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GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Nothing is pretty much a Chinese OEM...

The phone is fully designed, engineered, tested, built, and firmware written in China... Pei just has his marketing office in the UK so he can claim it as a UK company. Maybe they give some aesthetic design direction in the UK too. Pei has a history of lying to make his companies seem like something they aren't.

(Though they did have a couple of software job postings up recently, so maybe they are trying to slowly change that and do some of the software in the UK)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Aww damn. Well let's hope it's Sony then (or someone else reputable)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I am still rocking my Xperia 5ii. The fingerprint sensor stopled working after 2 years completely (a known problem that persists to newer models and it is thought to be a hardware problem, but it doesn't happen on any other phone with a power button fingerprint reader and booting in safemode and back or a phone reset to factory can fix it for a short time, so I think it is planned obsolence in firmware), the software support only lasted 2 years (1 android upgrade IIRC, I am on 12), and the battery usage is 2.5-3% per hour with the screen off on 4G and 2%/hr on WiFi.

    Other than that it is a great phone! Pro camera app is also awesome.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I still do not trust Sony after the CD rootkit incident.

    Maybe HMD?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    HMD is a Chinese OEM. 90% of their phones are just off-the-line Foxconn reference designs with almost stock android.

    It is the illusion of choice that happens when companies and IP are massively consolidated into monopolies.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Chinese? They're headquartered in Finland and even make one model in Hungary

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Their flagship models only IIRC.

    But the principle of an ODM is that the company lets another company completely design, manufacture, etc... Their product and then they paste their name on at the end and sell it as their own, which is why the design is often identical, because it is a reference design with a couple tweaks.

    Like 99% of the cheap smart watches do this, as well as the Nothing CMF line. The non-flagship HMD line historically did this, maybe it changed in the last couple generations have changed it?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How is the quality of their phone? Does this person lie about the products themselves or just company?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I'm typing this from a Nothing Phone 2 I got about a year and a half go and I love it. Still gets monthly updates, stills runs fast and is updated to A15. Battery is starting to slip but as long as I'm around 40-50% charge before a trio or going out that's more than enough. Really like the nothingOS customizability, reminds me of the OG oneplus phones but not what they are currently.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I have heard that their phones are pretty good!

    The thing is, all phones nowadays, even OEM Chinese phones are good. 100€ budget Samsung's are good because there hadn't been any actual phone innovations for a decade.

    I think it is just him and his way of marketing his companies, not the phone itself.

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