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
  7. Price of phone from kickstarter:
  8. Super Early bird price: $399 USD (sold out)
  9. Early bird: $449 USD
  10. Kickstarter special; $499 USD
  11. Retail price after campaign: $599 USD
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[–] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

TL;DR: a stock Android option is available where you still can sideload

that’s only if you choose the “anti-distraction” OS where nearly no apps are available. stock android is also an option (on which sideloading is still very much possible but harder with a waiting period after the restrictions you’ve probably heard of).

i think this feature of the anti-distraction OS is probably a misstep if it can’t be overridden, but you do not have to use the anti-distraction OS at all.

Edit: Added TL;DR

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (13 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 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.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (7 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.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 child)

    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.

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