• hawgietonight@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Going to rugged phones for me and kids. You get used to the heft but they handle accidental falls like champs. Also can have neat features like 3 day battery, headphone jack, SD card, and fm radio! Ulefone Armor series.

    • Eh… I mean the physical phone itself might be great… but software security for these phones are… um… awful… (IMO)

      Late security updates and only like 2 years of security updates in total

      I mean even if you do manage to unlock the bootloader, last I checked, Lineage OS does not support these phones…

      Might be better to just slap a rugged case on a “mainstream” phone

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        12 hours ago

        Sure but my argument is about rugged phones, my exact circumstances have taken me to use this model, because the “better” manufacturers ignore this segment. But if a better alternative becomes available I’m in.

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        12 hours ago

        I agree, those phones always have really outdated tech. Probably a great phone if you work in a mine or operate heavy machinery and your employer issues it for use on the job, but terrible choice for most consumers.