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Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wrap my $1200 piece of hardware in a good case. Basically gives me a bezel. Check out the OtterBox Commuter.

[–] regeya@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's what bugs me about modern phone design, though. They could put Otterbox-type protection right on the phone and that'd be fine for most people. Personally have an S23 and I think it's unnecessarily ugly, thin, and easy to drop, when it's not in a case.

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mind it, gives me the choice of whether to put a big bulky case on it. Personally I like it but I understand not wanting to use one.

I also don't mind having the choice of whether or not to use a case, but it might be nice if it were an included accessory.

[–] account_93@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Samsung has their XCover and Active lines; They're just not flagships.

[–] cokane_88@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm so cheap, this one plus nord POS for 250 suits me pretty good, comes with a case and screen protector sticker from the factory. I'm more thrilled to have a regular headphones port and memory card slot.