Using Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/) and a fast USB thumbdrive, such as Kingston DataTraveler Max - https://www.storagereview.com/review/kingston-datatraveler-max-review, you can make a "Windows To Go" installation.

Now you have a Windows install that you can boot directly from the thumbdrive when the need arise.
Perfect for booting up if your bios can't updated directly from the usb drive and forces you into Windows, or to run that one software you can't replace just yet and that refuses your attempts to run with wine.

Just make sure that it's an ssd usb thumbdrive or it's gonna be too slow to be any use.

Last time I tried my banking apps didn't wanna play nice with LineageOS. :(

If only they could make it another 20% smaller I would count it as small as well. 6.3inch screen isn't small in my world.

Definitely smaller, but how's Unihertz track record regarding security updates? That's the last part of the puzzle for me, I want a phone that's safe. Otherwise I could still use my old XZ1 Compact. :)

Personally I've upvoted the replies as they keep a relevant and interesting discussion going.

Well the Sony XZ1 Compact got IP68 even with aux input and a microSDXC slot so I don't think combining the SD Card with water resistance should be a problem. The swappable battery would probably be worse.
Regarding bloatware I've gotten used to using adb and the uad to remove it when buying a phone. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/tree/main

Yeah, I'm using the Sony Xperia 10 IV right now and while it is better than many phones I'm reminded of how much better the XZ1 Compact feels in my hand everytime I use it to startup some music.
129mm vs 153mm in height and 65mm vs 67mm in width - it's amazing how much a difference those 2.4cm in height does for me.

That's a cool project and it did have a small screen, I give you that. Might be nice to only have to worry about answering the phone for 5 hours a day too. ;-)

Vaultwarden is a nice self hosted bitwarden alternative
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

Some prefer using KeepassXC and sync the database between devices
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/keepass-vs-bitwarden-server.html

If they've already spent the developer time to create a security update for the EU market then I imagine they will push it to phones in the US too.

If your phone can survive until next summer it might be a good idea, EU is forcing some consumer friendly requirements which I imagine will give you a wider availability of models with five years of updates.
https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en

Ecodesign requirements will apply to mobile phones and tablets put on the EU market from 20 June 2025 onwards, including:

1. resistance to accidental drops or scratches and protection from dust and water
2. sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand at least 800 charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
3. rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations for producers to make critical spare parts available within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after the end of sales of the product model on the EU market
4. availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on the market of the last unit of a product model)
5. non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software or firmware needed for the replacement

They were put there for some testing and from their mailing list it sounds like it will be removed as it's unnecessary.

Apologies that this has caused problems for you.
This is just some old test data used to confirm that the parser in the command line utility works, and I don't think anyone thought about the redistribution legality implications of putting those images into the repo.
I agree that it's not a good situation and we should try to fix it.

There is no real reason for these binaries to be in those test fixtures — the point of the tests is just to verify parsing for vboot data structures, the actual contents of the file are not really relevant.

• Julius Werner, member of the Advisory Group

https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/coreboot@coreboot.org/thread/6JI7KTJ3QVK6Q5BLNWREX2IBVZP7GCLP/

edit: "there is a general advisory committee made up of any individuals who wish to help out and discuss their thoughts with the leadership board. This is done at bi-weekly meetings, which all members of the project are invited to attend and contribute."
https://coreboot.org/leadership.html