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Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

I was expecting a phone that was affordable to the people who care about this stuff in the economy where we exist. Doesn't have to be a flagship.

Heck, they could have arranged with Motorola to release the bootloader relock keys for older models that are no longer on sale but are still used for CROMs, to make them into better gateway phones to then shift into a Moto with Graphene.

Instead, what we have is basically the "attempts to be the left" equivalent of the Trump Phone.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    You should read the article. The only chips that have the required security features (other than Google's tensor chips) are Qualcomm's flagship chips. That's what is driving the cost.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    I read the article. That's why I said they had one job. They act as if unaware that the people who are looking for Graphene OS as a system to use have to resort to used Pixels for that; having to buy tomorrow's phone, even more overpriced, does not really factor in good into the decision.

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