return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIs America headed for an age of dumb phones?www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down114cross-posted to: hackernews
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minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe best one is a Chinese only one that is a massive struggle to get GApps on it. It can be rooted now, but still not exactly an easy phone to set up for Western use without caveats. Boox Palma was so close. It just needed cellular capability.
minus-squarenjordomir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoI saw that one. Wasn’t it a newer Android version too instead of an ancient one like most of Boox’s stuff?
The best one is a Chinese only one that is a massive struggle to get GApps on it. It can be rooted now, but still not exactly an easy phone to set up for Western use without caveats.
Boox Palma was so close. It just needed cellular capability.
I saw that one. Wasn’t it a newer Android version too instead of an ancient one like most of Boox’s stuff?