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Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 32 points 2 months ago (10 children)

i mean everything would be higher than pixels because google heavily subsidises pixels to get their data collection in your hands.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    They're mid-tier hardware at flagship prices.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    And they do the thing just fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (3 children)

    there are many decent smartphones available for less money than pixels though, even from motorola

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah and they are insecure and probably have very short and incomplete software updates

    Phones are sadly not general purpose computers

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    If they're insecure then there is an easy way to exploit it to root/flash it with a better OS if that wasn't already possible. Not everyone wants to drop $900 on a hunk of plastic.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    It is easier to break something than to reverse engineer drivers and firmware and maintain yourself XD

    Also, firmware updates need to be signed so it is impossible to update, unless there is a really bad vulnerability

    And you can buy phones used, my most expensive one was under 400€

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