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  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websitetoHumor@lemmy.worldYes, but
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    12 hours ago

    I have no idea but they keep making them thinner for…reasons?

    My personal “sweet spot” is the OnePlus 3. Not too tall, thin but not unbearably so, and doesn’t sacrifice anything for headphone jack and a decent size battery. Though if I had a choice between “thin” and “removable battery”, I’d take the extra thickness required for the battery cover in a heartbeat. I’d also accept several more mm of thickness if they want to include a slide-out keyboard.






  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websitetoHumor@lemmy.worldYes, but
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    14 hours ago

    This perfectly illustrates my gripes with whatever is driving the trend of these super thin phones.

    First, is anyone even asking for phones to be thinner? Then there’s the camera bump sticking out like a wart. And beyond that, it gets put into a bulky case anyway which negates the super thin thing entirely.


  • There’s options, yes. Ubuntu Touch is getting better.

    AFAIK, the main bottleneck (aside from hardware support) is a working open source IMS stack. IMS is the IP Multimedia Subsystem that is responsible for things like VoLTE/VoWIFI, SMS/MMS, etc. The last time I looked at Ubuntu Touch, it only supported baseband (not sure if that’s the right term?) calls and SMS/MMS. Basically those only work in “3G” mode and won’t work if your carrier requires VoLTE.

    Lack of an open source IMS is also problematic for some other Android distros as well (and why flashing a newer GSI ROM to an older handset won’t necessarily give you VoLTE).

    And don’t even get me started on the complete fustercluck that is RCS 😠