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Furilabs Linux Phone

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223 points nikodunk | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kak3a ◴[14 Oct 24 17:26 UTC] No.41839701[source]▶
Who will be buying these? Developers?
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vngzs ◴[14 Oct 24 17:35 UTC] No.41839789[source]▶
It's a Linux phone that runs Android apps, so they ostensibly don't have the problem of building the ecosystem.
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freedomben ◴[14 Oct 24 17:49 UTC] No.41839934[source]▶
Importantly though, it won't have Google Play and the increasingly mandatory GMS, so a lot of Android apps won't work properly.

Definitely cool though and worthy of some attention.

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1. GranPC ◴[14 Oct 24 17:56 UTC] No.41840021[source]▶
We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS.
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2. freedomben ◴[14 Oct 24 17:58 UTC] No.41840051[source]▶
Amazing, thank you! You just sold a phone :-)