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    GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches

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    751 points akyuu | 11 comments | 06 Dec 25 13:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.547s | source | bottom
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    walterbell ◴[06 Dec 25 16:46 UTC] No.46174679[source]▶
    https://tbot.substack.com/p/grapheneos-new-oem-partnership

    > GrapheneOS has officially confirmed a major new hardware partnership—one that marks the end of its long-standing Pixel exclusivity. According to the team, work with a major Android OEM began in June and is now moving toward the development of a next-generation smartphone built to meet GrapheneOS’ strict privacy and security standards.

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    1. YY876438726 ◴[06 Dec 25 19:56 UTC] No.46176141[source]▶
    Has the OEM in question been revealed yet? Likely not one of the major OEMs because they all lock their bootloaders. I'm crossing my fingers it's Fairphone but that's because I love my FP5. The GrapheneOS devs have been pretty harsh towards Fairphone because of their slow updates.
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    2. moooo99 ◴[06 Dec 25 20:48 UTC] No.46176482[source]▶
    They seem to refuse that they're working with fairphone, so it seems unlikely.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1o3vmn5/comment...

    My guess is that its either HMD or Nothing. Will probably still take a while until we learn about this

    3. umbra07 ◴[06 Dec 25 21:24 UTC] No.46176715[source]▶
    The most likely contenders are OnePlus, Motorola, and HMD.

    > "It is a big enough OEM that there is good chance you may have owned a device from them in the past."

    I think this takes Nothing out of contention.

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    4. zikduruqe ◴[06 Dec 25 22:23 UTC] No.46177109[source]▶
    What about HTC, LG? Heck, Blackberry rising from the ashes?

    I'd love for it to be Framework.

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    5. wkat4242 ◴[06 Dec 25 23:50 UTC] No.46177731{3}[source]▶
    Those are no longer big these days so no. Also, they're not going to restart a whole product category just for grapheneos.

    As OnePlus is kinda dead and taken over by oppo, I'm guessing Sony. They have some similar collaboration in the past like with Jolla. My Sony XA2 was one of the few models that could run sailfish.

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    6. palata ◴[06 Dec 25 23:54 UTC] No.46177775{4}[source]▶
    > Also, they're not going to restart a whole product category just for grapheneos.

    I don't think that there is any need to restart a new category. Just make your new phones good enough for GrapheneOS.

    GrapheneOS has close to half a million users, I think it's worth doing some adjustments.

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    7. akdev1l ◴[07 Dec 25 01:54 UTC] No.46178501{3}[source]▶
    BlackBerry has been out of the phone business for years now.

    They basically sold the brand to TCL iirc

    8. berdario ◴[07 Dec 25 02:50 UTC] No.46178728{5}[source]▶
    > I don't think that there is any need to restart a new category. Just make your new phones...

    For HTC, yes... But neither LG nor Blackberry are still making phones

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    9. backscratches ◴[07 Dec 25 03:49 UTC] No.46178989[source]▶
    I don't remember where but heard it was Nothing
    10. CommanderData ◴[07 Dec 25 06:30 UTC] No.46179631[source]▶
    If you've run a open source project almost of any size, it's quite a task having to support it on various devices scenarios.

    The GrapheneOS devs are doing the right thing for the longevity of the project. Focus on a small number of phones/hardware. It guarantees its long term success.

    Excellent work I think, also the Pixel hardware design offers slightly better security with the baseband.

    11. palata ◴[07 Dec 25 10:03 UTC] No.46180567{6}[source]▶
    Oh, I get it now!