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[–] 77 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

Completely wrong target for GrapheneOS. The GrapheneOS demographics, which I belong to, isn't interested in high-end phones. They want a no nonsense simple phone with lots of storage and security first design.

  • fancy AMOLED screen: don't care
  • 5 fancy cameras: don't care
  • super powerful CPU and GPU: don't care
  • storage space: yes please, I have photos and music to store locally!

This will be harmful to GrapheneOS project. It will go like this: no one buys the phone because it's too damn expensive and full of features the privacy nerds like me don't care about. Even fewer buy the phone with GrapheneOS pre-installed and it's a total flop. Motorola stops the partnership saying "we did it and no one wanted it". No other OEM wants to partner with GrapheneOS after that.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    with lots of storage

    I never got this. We've reached phones having hundreds of gigs and I don't know what I'd be storing on my phone. Phones can be lost or break easily, so I wouldn't want to store anything valuable. The largest files I have tend to be photos and the like, and they're too valuable to just sit on a phone.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I'm expecting they will launch cheaper models too

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    CPU is kinda required for all of the encryption and security to work. As for the rest, you're probably right, although I would be glad to have a good camera on a secure phone (but won't, at this price point, well)

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