Counterpoint Research's analysis shows that at its peak in 2017, there were more than 700 smartphone brands contributing to the 1.5 billion units sold annually. In 2023,...
    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 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.

  • malchior@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    LG failed because for some stupid reason, they decided to sell 9 million different phones between countries.

    • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I miss LG phones. They always tried weird shit with their flagships; curved phone?done. Modular phone? Yes. Two screens? Yup. Also their V-series was probably the best phones ever for those of us who value good audio higher than great cameras.

      Edit: I used to work as a reviewer for a magazine and used the curved LG G4 for quite a while. I really liked it, though I never actually bought one.

            • OpenTTD@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              1 year ago

              They had to, I’m guessing. At this point nobody is manufacturing headphone jack hardware for smartphones.

              • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
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                1 year ago

                I’m pretty sure that DACs and 3.5mm jacks are still being manufactured

                • OpenTTD@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Then it’s likely cheaper to make a bluetooth headphones phone than include a 3.5mm jack? Or they could just be greedy, although I would hope FairPhone won’t turn to the dark side so soon.

                  Excuse me, this is meant to be an admin account for c/OpenTTD@lemmy.zip so I’ll have to return to whence I came.