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[โ€“] drath@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (8 children)

No phone could ever be worth more than $200. Change my mind.

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[โ€“] Jiral@lemmy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The Volla Quintus appears to be almost identical, to the Daria Bond that is sold in the UAE. Specs look identical from what I could see and the only difference I can make out are very minor design changes in the back side shell. Volla's marketing and statements are pretty misleading about that. I am not saying they should not work with Chinese OEMs but they create the impression there was meaningful customisation going on from their side, maybe there was but it looks very much off the shelf from an OEM model.

At the same time Volla also sells Plinius. It is actually a stronger phone, for a lower price than the Quintus but looks very much like the strongest Gigaset phone (which is lower mid-range), so should be actually manufactured in Germany (as much as any phone in Europe could possibly be I think). It is bewildering that they don't put the Gigaset model square and centre.

I've had a Nothing Phone 3 for just over a month running google-free (mostly FOSS apps or loading from Aurora, F-Droid etc) and I love it. Easily the best camera on a phone I have ever owned.

[โ€“] C1pher@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Buy whatever and flash grapheneOS on it.

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