NGram
@NGram@piefed.ca
- Comment on A Flagship Smartphone With Kill Switches? Meet the Murena-Powered HIROH Phone 3 days ago:
Yeah, so did I. I've got a Fairphone 4 which has midrange specs and a flagship price. But that wasn't my point; the article is wrong, the specs are not flagship territory.
Paying more for less is stupid, but paying more for things that others don't value so highly (e.g. a headphone jack, privacy, ethical production, durability, etc.) is actually smarter than buying the popular thing.
- Comment on A Flagship Smartphone With Kill Switches? Meet the Murena-Powered HIROH Phone 5 days ago:
Hopefully it sells better than the other phones on the market with hardware switches (e.g. PinePhone).
the phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8300 SoC, paired with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. These specs place it firmly in flagship territory
That's not a flagship processor according to MediaTek; it's in their "premium" category (8000 series) which is one step down from their "flagship" category (9000 series). The RAM and storage seems possible to get on decent midrange/high-end phones in the USD $600-700ish range too. I found the Vivo V60 and OnePlus Nord 4 with similar specs pretty quickly. The Hiroh phone is definitely priced like a flagship though.
Now, I'm not saying flagship specs are really worth it these days (except maybe camera stuff), but this is definitely not a flagship phone.
- Comment on How Time Flies 5 weeks ago:
This is the first time I've seen someone suggest PowerTools specifically to waste energy lol