Are smartphones any good? (was Re: Oneplus One support)

[Michael Spacefalcon]

Allan Mwenda <allanitomwesh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also,just wondering,if a truly free smartphone was
> made,would it really be any good? To use like an ordinary phone that is?

In my opinion, all smartphones suck, period.  A "truly free" smartphone
would still suck for as long as it is "smart".  What I want instead is
a dumbphone: a mobile device that has just enough "horsepower" to make
and receive phone calls on a standard GSM network, and not one iota
more.  But I want this dumbphone to have free firmware, and dumbphones
have no separate app vs. baseband processors, thus the whole thing
would have to be 100% free in order for any part of it to be free in
any way.

I'm working on building such a Free Dumb Phone, but it will probably
be legal only in the Principality of Sealand and nowhere else. :-(
Go to your nearest Sealand embassy or consulate and ask for an
immigrant/refugee visa, and cite your country's repressive laws as the
reason you are seeking refuge.

Viva la Revolucion,
SF