It is with great excitement that we can now release the FLX1s. Pre-sales are open and the phone is in production which is due to...
  • solrize@lemmy.ml
    151·
    11 days ago

    Debian based phone, hardware kill switches, $550, slow loading product page at https://furilabs.com/shop/flx1s/ (makes me not believe their claim of a fast UI). Phone has an SD slot but no mention of a headphone jack or swappable battery. The phone hardware looks mostly conventional (Mediatek CPU etc). For me personally, this is a yawner, but maybe there is some attraction for some users.

    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
      12·
      11 days ago

      I don’t need cutting edge, but removable battery and headphone jack were big selling points of the original that they’ve abruptly yanked in favor of this. I’d only learned of them recently, and was planning to buy the original. Now I may get a Fairphone instead.

      • solrize@lemmy.ml
        5·
        11 days ago

        It really doesn’t seem like a winnable situation. A ton of phone functionality that people rely on (always-on internet everywhere you go) is fundamentally invasive no matter how the phone is built. All you can do is decrease your reliance. There have been a couple of threads about POCSAG pagers but you have to be pretty dedicated to pay for one of those, and they are still just one way. Anyway trying to be really paranoid about this stuff warps your mind.

        • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
          2·
          10 days ago

          I don’t see what any of that has to do with my issues regarding the new model. Yeah, I’m interested in their OS and the hardware switches for better privacy control, but I’m not hardcore enough that I’ll ignore my other hardware preferences in order to have them.

          I’m just not anywhere near important enough a person to need more protection than I already achieve via the official privacy options combined with a VPN blocking most of the more obnoxious stuff. The additional privacy they’re offering is “nice to have” for me, not a “must have.”