• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m not really sure what to say about Nothing as a company, after two generations of devices so far.

    The price isn’t right, the quality isn’t really there, the entire back panel is a massive gimmick, and even the 2 is still missing features, which I won’t buy a phone in 2023 without.

    What’s worse, is that they’re trying to stand out quickly by offering potentially groundbreaking things, while in reality they’re built on something fundamentally broken, like Sunbird.

    The forecast is not clear

    • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev
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      7 months ago

      Do you own one? i bought the phone 1 to use as a work phone and its been pretty stellar tbh. Not something to use as a daily, I’d prefer a flagship for that but the phone has been really good to me

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        7 months ago

        Honestly the fact that you explicitly say you wouldn’t use it as a daily driver, when that’s all most people have… is a terrible review.

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          7 months ago

          Ehhh no i’m just not the right consumer.

          The phone is great for someone who wants a phone that still feels premium while being willing to sacrifice some of the frills like a slightly better camera, higher water resistance, etc

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            7 months ago

            It’s not just water resistance, it’s not even dust proof which is extremely easy to achieve in this day and age.

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    7 months ago

    I am not surprised.

    The description of the app just screamed security nightmare.

    It was like a man in the middle attack opt-in service.

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    7 months ago

    Yeah, it’s alright. it might have cost 2$ more per phone to get some cybersecurity firm to audit all their services, fix them before launch and provide continuous monitoring. Who can afford 2$ on a 700 phone?.. /S

    How on earth would anybody launch a tech product without being serious on encryption and data protection in 2023?

    I consider those flaws to be purposefull. Carl Pei cannot invoque the inexperience card anymore.

    At least Google, Apple and Samsung protects the data they collect on their users, they know it’s value and they don’t want to share that money making data.

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    7 months ago

    Never liked Chinese brand phones.

    They are always filled with security holes, sometimes “accidentally on purpose”.