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Europe is doing so well regarding Linux smartphones (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Bondrewd@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been looking at Fairphone and Volla, and it feels like the Smartphone scene for Linux is going very strong right now.

Think of it like this: We got 3-4 end-user ready Ubports smartphones, ~~made by IN Europe~~(Volla/Gigaset is), with recent hardware, swappable battery, very good service and repairability in various formats. You can even purchase Gigaset phones (commercial equivalents of Volla) in stores/Amazon for a very good price.

The immediate orbiters of Linux smartphones like Fxtec, Planet Computers and Jolla are also based here.

I think we reached the year of the Linux phones. Atleast it is not the niche it was in 2020. I wonder how usable ubports is. If you got any experience with these phpnes on ubports, feel free to share.

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[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah...if more apps were web based or have web counter parts for mobile it would help.

In my case my main bank works exactly the same through the app than the browser mobile version, all can be done from either. That said I do not expect to be the same for all banks.

But yeah I would still have the issue with WhatsApp, if they had a web client like the telegram one it could work aswell. Although as other pointed out you might get away with some kind of bridge.

[–] cmeerw@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my case my main bank works exactly the same through the app than the browser mobile version

Main issue is that the two-factor authenticator app is usually only available for Android/iOS (some are still supporting SMS, but they are trying to phase that out)

WhatsApp

Their web app now actually works almost stand-alone. And as projects like yowsup have shown, it's also possible to create your own stand-alone WhatsApp client (it's only a matter of doing the work).

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah... My main bank still uses SMS. But yeah on of my secondary banks has an app notification two factor thingy... But the SMS is still there as fall back. But true that if they end up removing that it could be a problem yes.

And good to know about the WhatsApp thing thanks for sharing.