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And yet they straight up ignore one of the biggest cell phone markets by not selling in the US at all.
small company, my dude. they only have a few hundred employees, but they have said numerous times that they are planning to bring a full release to the US.
Technically you can buy one in the US, but spare parts (especially the battery) might pose some issues
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But it’s deGoogled running something called /e/OS, and it’s only compatible with T-Mobile and stuff that uses their network
I’d love a fully featured one here in the states that can be brought to any carrier over here
/e/ was a fork of Lineage a couple years ago (not sure if it still is).
Their approach is to use their own cloud system instead of Google’s. I think they promote it as more secure (as in they don’t see your data), but I don’t recall for sure.
You can run their OS without using their sync system too. You could flash something like MicroG or even authentic Google Play Services (it’s available from Google as a couple packages).
Don’t trust me on this, my memory is a bit suspect, but I played with /e/ a couple years ago. And they need to change that name - they said they were going to.
Well they don’t ignore that market. They decided to not sell there yet. Because going to a new large market far away from all your warehouses and with a potential large demand cause a lot of headaches. Not to mention all the regulations and rules they need to abide by.