Post ARcHkkjPoP4NGcDAwK by cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family
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 (DIR) Post #ARcDrRVdHLTprPhPqi by cassidyjames@hci.social
       2023-01-06T01:56:47Z
       
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       Low key considering grabbing a secondhand OnePlus 6T for testing GNOME/GTK/Flatpak apps on a phone…
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcDrS3JG8Q1XrSJLE by cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family
       2023-01-13T23:21:21Z
       
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       I did it, and HOLY CRAP THIS PHONE IS HUGE. Other hands-on observations:• the vibration motor is garbage holy crap• apparently I have to wait an arbitrary amount of time (allegedly a week) for OnePlus or T-Mobile to send me an unlock code even through it is fully carrier unlocked??• I actually really like the OnePlus launcher on this phone, if only because of the tasteful customization and ability to have all apps on the home screen• For a “clean” OEM ROM, there is still a lot of cruft
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcDvN1btQRh6xWsvg by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
       2023-01-13T23:24:33.059208Z
       
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       @cassidy Xiaomi, Sony and others also do the code thing. And yeah, big phones are the norm now, not much that can be done about it…
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcFcugyh8Gvw0CoIy by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2023-01-13T23:31:06.962544Z
       
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       @cassidy > the vibration motor is garbage holy crapRemember when nokia feature phones could fall of a table because of the vibrator?
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcFp8FC8QRFRL2KEi by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2023-01-13T23:33:06.353143Z
       
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       @xerz @cassidy Did Sony stop their compact models? Because  after getting used to a feature phone, I'd rather stay on reasonably sized ones.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcHkkjPoP4NGcDAwK by cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family
       2023-01-13T23:48:13Z
       
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       @lanodan @xerz yeah, as far as I have seen. And even widely-praised “compact” phones have far bigger screens that are harder to reach than many standard models from not that long ago.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcHklGNppROurdVKK by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2023-01-13T23:50:14.458987Z
       
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       @cassidy @xerz Reachability is mostly an Android-interface problem though (that I wish wasn't copied in phosh and KDE mobile).SailfishOS on my OnePlus One was fine, you typically keep your thumb in the middle because there is no bottom bar.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARcLJQMRqAIq5Sh1g8 by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
       2023-01-14T00:47:05.409230Z
       
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       @cassidy @lanodan they kept it Japan-only with the Xperia Ace lineup. As Apple has shown, it seems there's just not enough interest for companies of any scale to find it worth it…