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Tangential to the article but I’m on year 6 of waiting for the alternative smartphone market to offer what I’m actually looking for and here seems as good a place as any to complain about it:

I just want a screen with a headphone jack and a web browser on a device that isn’t serviced by Apple or Google.

I don’t even care about having the battery being removable. It doesn’t even have to be able to make phone calls.

I’m getting ready to go back to a dumbphone and digital camera because no one is making what I’m looking for, and it sort of seems like they never will.





> web browser on a device that isn’t serviced by Apple or Google

Which browser though? But what you're describing sounds a lot like a Linux tablet, which do exist: https://itsfoss.com/linux-tablets/


Most of those are suboptimal, go straight to the starlite.


This looks promising. Is the camera any good?


Cheers.

it has OIS at the very least, which is something. But you'll always would better be served by a dedicated camera if you really care about pushing photos.

EDIT: jolla also sells this, has a jack https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-community-phone


Goalpost move detected.

I’d also like the phone’s browser to allow me to filter inane comments on Hacker News but I don’t know if the technology is there yet.

Well, to be fair they did mention "digital camera" in their initial message, but I would agree that it sounds like a goalpost move indeed.

I was going to refer to the new Jolla Phone, but then I realized that it doesn't have a headphone jack.

Furiphone lost theirs as well.



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