Whelp, looks like I'm going to Motorola
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Good, good. Next, tell me there will be a 3.5mm headphone jack, swappable SD card, and user-replaceable battery and we'll be golden.
their phones do tend to have that already...
e: at least the lower end ones I've had
So interesting to me that it's the lower end phones that have the features I want
One of the main thing id size of phones, pixel has a series which are comparitevely smaller but I dont know if Moto has any small phones. If only moto make a small phone too, it will be awesome
They have folding phones that's are smallish
I'd rather a 6 inches and under small phone than a folderble.
No jack? Send it back.
I too am curious, imo the headphone jack removal was the first sign of enshitification.
Genuinely question. If you want something with a modern high performance processor what options do you have that also include a jack?
I think Sony Xperia phones.
https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_vii_5g-13843.php
Snapdragon 8 Elite. Release May 13, 2025.
How can we convince Sony to open the platform for third party os's cuz I'm not buying something with slacking security updates in this age
I'm suspicious as hell. What kind of backdoors did they put in?
Hardware ones, as everybody
Hell yeah
Hopefully this initiative sticks, sounds like my next phone (eventually) might just be Motorola/Graphene.
As long as they have basic shit like NFC or wireless charging. One of the main reasons I stopped buying them. 2nd was the tablet sized screens.
Because its grapheneos you will likely have NFC, but whether you have tap-for-payment options will be a crapshoot, especially in North America, unless having an official vendor changes things with grapheneos's play store integrity issue (which is doubtful).
Tap to pay is whatever but I do use NFC for some home automatons.
What you use for home automation if you're into open source and security?
I use the term home automation loosely. Mostly I use it for initiating Tasker scripts at home with a single tap.
I can't imagine grapheneos shipping on a phone without NFC.
...I wish I had the money to play with homeassistant for random things.
Best shot is that EU will make it possible, as they distance themselves from US tech right now.
Its an issue that, currently, banks have to resolve by either developing (see certain EU banks that have done so) or supporting an NFC card management app that doesn't require the highest level of the google play security thing to function.
I doubt EU legislation can fix this, and I doubt Canadian banks will care enough to do anything to support anything beyond apple pay and google pay.
I'm old school, I remember when NFC was used for stuff like domotics
I quite like my Razr. I'm sure if they're aiming to be a true alternative to the mainstream OSs, they'll be including many of the mainstream features
One of the largest complaints of Pixels I've seen is that they're too expensive. These will cost twice as much.
Finally a reason to upgrade my 5 year old Moto.
Well yeah. I doubt the GrapheneOS team would allow anything less.
Damn, Motorola may really make a comeback with this!
Fantastic. Excellent news! I would expect nothing less.
Probably a long shot, but I wish they added a headphone jack and sd card to these phones. These features would also benefit privacy.
Actually, a few of the Motorola phones do have headphone jacks and sd card ports, like the moto G. Which is why I'm really, really hoping those are the models supported.
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I've finally accepted the death of the 3.5mm jack. But no sd card is bullshit.
E/os is working for me tho. Realized I don't even need microG to have permissions for anything other than notifications and all my stuff works. All I really miss is the ability to chromecast music.
It took me longer than many but I accepted it to.
Never going back to cable slap when exercising. True wireless buds for ever.
SD card would certainly be nice still.
But realistically I'll likely still buy this as long as it has half decent specs and is IP67+
I will never accept the death of the 3.5mm jack. I refuse to buy wireless ear buds as I know I will lose them. I need my tiny ear speakers to come with anti-misplacement cord technology.
FWIW, I thought the same thing. But then I bought some cheap Chinese buds and never lost a single one. I'm on my third or fourth set and still haven't come close to losing one.
Though I still won't pay for the premium priced ones.
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😆 I do use a dongle anyway. Even if I bluetooth it, I'll have a DAC/Amp with a jack.
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I'd love an SD card again. At home, I can just use SMB to access remote file systems on my phone. I can do it while mobile, but despite the gig connection, it's a bit too slow for my taste. Works for files, but it won't ever let me watch a downloaded movie on a plane or a podcast while driving across Kansas. I'd rather be able to dump 128GB on an SD card via my laptop (much faster I/O) then stick it in the phone.
I've gotten used to BT headphones, but I'd love to be able to plug in to a stereo again without a flakey Bluetooth dongle
i hope keep this up until i need a new phone
I expected no less.
How long have they been selling devices that use graphene?
This will be a first, if the plan materializes.
oldest phone was pixel 6, basically when google switched to tensor and added the hardware and software requirements needed for graphene team to support it.
What was graphene os team doing before?
As a current Motorola user, I might just stick with the brand when it comes the time for replacement
I can see how big corporations would use this for security reasons. Niche but great market.
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