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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Yeah, I'm still holding out hope for a "convergent" device I can dock and use as a PC. I've used Samsung's DeX a bit, and it's okay but I really want a Linux phone with something like a high end flagship Snapdragon SOC that gives me a normal Plasma desktop when docked. Samsung was doing Linux on DeX for like, a month or so, then discontinued it.

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    I'm not sure if I'm going full Luddite but phones are getting way too damn big.

    6.7" is insane. My own phone is a 6 in 18:9 screen and it's too big. (I did not get a choice in my phone purchase at the time).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It does suck for you guys that there are few options, but I like a huge phone personally. I remember back when I got a Galaxy Note 3 it was a revelation, but now it has become the default.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's understandable. I've long been a critic of how non-customizeable phones are. I actually prefer big phones, as my eyes are bad, but different people have different needs, and it should be trivial to adjust phones accordingly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    True but there aren't that many compact phones. And the phones that are being advertised as compact used to be the normal size. I'm genuinely considering getting a Zinwa Q25 or Q27, which is a gutted blackberry.

    Edit: q25 is a gutted bb classic. Q27 is a custom designed phone.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    That's interesting, the specs for that phone say it has USB 2.0. I wonder how it works and if any USB dock would work or if this is some kind of bespoke solution.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I have one, but I've only tried with the official dock. I'll try to remember to test it out later this week to see if it works with a rando-dock.

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