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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @ama 10h \ on: What phone did you use most in 2024? Has BItcoin changed how you choose tech? alter_native
I've been using an Android 7.0 based one that I bought second hand for 40€ a few years ago. I'm not sure about make and model, since it has signs of the telephone company which distributed it.
Unfortunately the lid doesn't hold any longer, so last Wednesday I bought my first first hand smartphone ever, a Redmi Note.
I've decided, against my desire and philosophy, to buy a new one (a Redmi Note), instead of a second one again, because I wanted it to be compatible win some Nostr clients and some Bitcoin clients I haven't been able to try yet, because developers don't really develop for everybody. Many, many people in the world can't afford to buy a last generation phone to hold a few thousand sats in the LN, as Ecash, or the like.
Bitcoin, well, actually how software is developed, has sadly changed how I've done this time around, yes.
I thought all nostr clients and bitcoin clients work on all android phones?
How do you like the Redmi Note, so far? Sounds like something we won't get in the US. New is nice because you know you can use the phone a long time. And a new battery is nice.
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I thought all nostr clients and bitcoin clients work on all android phones?
Not at all, they require tons of resources.
How do you like the Redmi Note, so far?
It looks cool and it has plenty of space to try out apps, which is why I got it.
But I'd be much more satisfied with a second hand one I could have bought for a fourth or fifth part of the price, as I've always done, and try to flash it with a friendlier (less Gøøgł€ infested) rom.
I don't like the many apps that come with it. I never use any of the Gøøgł€ apps, which I'm trying to reduce as much as I can by disabling them and hiding them; and replacing them with sane alternatives from zapstore and F-Droid.
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Not at all, they require tons of resources.
I hadn't considered this. I usually have a decently modern, high end phone so I hadn't considered what slower phones just may not be able to do at all.
which I'm trying to reduce as much as I can by disabling them and hiding them; and replacing them with sane alternatives from zapstore and F-Droid.
I have also used this strategy to get mostly a stripped down phone.
This is the best you can do with a lot of phones
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