• EVIL_MAN@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    Anyone know why graphene needs such high specs? It doesn’t make sense to me that a less bloated OS would need better specs.

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      8 months ago

      They need several years of updates for firmware, baseband radios etc from the OEM, They also need a robust secure element, this is why spec requirements are as they are. Mainly for the end user’s security & privacy can’t have privacy without actual security.

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    8 months ago

    I very seriously doubt this happens, but it would be incredibly amazing if it was the Moto G line of devices. Absolute premium specs are not needed to get a great experience on operating systems that don’t have Google spy services.

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      8 months ago

      When GOS first announced this several months ago, they also announced it would be a flagship chipset. Plus Motorola will be losing a lot of money by opting out of data mining. So I expect it will be expensive.

      Nice to have options but I expect I’ll be sticking to Pixels.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, I was talking with somebody about it, and they think it will be a device that will cost something like 3.3 Monero. That’s a lot more than I want to spend considering I can get a pixel A series for something like 1.5 Monero, or if I don’t want to go with graphene, I can get the Motorola Moto G 2024 and put Lineage OS on it for like 0.4 Monero.