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What's your view on Nothing? (discuss.tchncs.de)

Beyond the lights. Does the for the techies approach work?

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[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

They're really nothing. If it wasn't for the marketing, there'd be nothing of interest. I'm honestly tired of hearing about this brand all the time.

Want to make a phone for techies? Make one with a relockable bootloader, documented hardware features, available spare parts, removable battery and SD card.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

It's literally just the OnePlus business model from scratch and people are eating up like it's new as if they won't be hating the brand 5 years from now. The founder is even the exact same guy. I don't get how people are falling for it a second time.

[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i don't think that's necessarily falling for it, it's appreciating it for what it is. i personally don't see the nothing as equivalent to oneplus[^1], but if it was the modern equivalent to the op1 or op3 i think it'd be worth getting. i have no brand loyalty to 1+ (i doubt i'll ever buy another 1+ phone) but damn if the op1 wasn't the best value for money phone i ever bought.

[^1]: the only similarity is the "close-to-stock" rom as far as i can see, and oneplus didn't even do that until all the issues with cyanogen

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