• Apathy Tree
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    2521 year ago

    Am I the only one surprised there were even that many in the first place?

    • @[email protected]
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      1341 year ago

      I can’t believe you’ve never heard of Zoogle, Bokia, Pamsung, ACKOOO, ACKOOO2², Votorola…

    • genoxidedev1
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      451 year ago

      With all the shitbrands on amazon and similar sites I was only half surprised but still 100% more surprised than I should have been.

    • @[email protected]
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      261 year ago

      Most of them were not real manufacturers, but slapping their name on Chinese white brand phones.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      The movement for free and open source software has not achieved a world in which most people use only FOSS. But it has achieved a world where there is a lot of diversity in technology, including many Android smartphone brands you haven’t heard of.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe they are counting all the times Microsoft launched a new brand of phone and then unceremoniously killed off about 6 months later?