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Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[–] steelrat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently flexed on some nerds when I whipped out my Zaurus

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Based. Do you have a picture?

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[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I wish so much that there was a solid Linux phone that was just as viable as any android-based device.

There are some options, but nothing that just works.

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How was Firefox OS on the Nexus 5?

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

I also got one (not sure which model) to play around with.

It was... okay. It very much felt like an alpha release. Lots of features were broken or simply missing.

I should have it in a drawer somewhere

[–] Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

So sad it didn't take off, I would love to have an alternative to Android or iOS right now

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I miss my nexus 6 shamu. I think that phone was the best that Google ever made even to this day.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still have mine in a drawer. Sure newer phones are taller but that thing was fucken WIDE. It felt more like a small tablet. I don't know if it's right to say that Google made it though; really it was made by Motorola

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[–] ignitionnight@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My Nexus 6 was the worst phone I've ever had. It aged like milk. It was so bad I jumped off Google phones and never went back. Getting the OnePlus 3T was like breathing fresh air again.

Edit: had the Nexus S and Nexus 4 before the 6, loved those phones... So jumping off Nexus was no small matter.

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[–] Cheese30@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
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