07-11-2021, 02:35 PM
For some history, my husband and I had old flip phones on 3G until they stopped working due to discontinuation of 3G service. Our phones stopped working rather quickly and we are unwilling to embrace standard Smartphones for daily use. We turned to the Pinephone, hoping that it might be stable enough for phone/text, which is all that we had before. After a one month trial, and some serious head banging on the wall, I am feeling done until things get ironed out a bit more. We both use Linux on computers, but we are not programmers and do not know much about development. I am pretty much done trialing all of the various OS and have not had any consistent luck with any of them actually working for phone/text for daily use.
Here is my question, and it is not specifically Pinephone related: THe Pinephone does not currently seem capable of being a daily driver for us since we really only need phone/text (which is what a phone is for IMHO). Do any of you know what other options are out there (affordable) for people who do not want classic smartphones to track us, spy on us, etc., but need a mobile phone/text that can run on 4G? I do not really want another flip phone, as they are difficult at best. If we were to buy a used phone that could run Ubuntu Touch, are the original Operating Systems disabled so that there is no longer any tracking, etc., or is it just a dual boot with the other OS running in the background? I am considering that option while I wait for Pinephone development, but cannot figure out if UT wipes out the phone similar to a computer Linux installation vs. a dual boot.
Thank you in advance for your thoughts!
Megan
Here is my question, and it is not specifically Pinephone related: THe Pinephone does not currently seem capable of being a daily driver for us since we really only need phone/text (which is what a phone is for IMHO). Do any of you know what other options are out there (affordable) for people who do not want classic smartphones to track us, spy on us, etc., but need a mobile phone/text that can run on 4G? I do not really want another flip phone, as they are difficult at best. If we were to buy a used phone that could run Ubuntu Touch, are the original Operating Systems disabled so that there is no longer any tracking, etc., or is it just a dual boot with the other OS running in the background? I am considering that option while I wait for Pinephone development, but cannot figure out if UT wipes out the phone similar to a computer Linux installation vs. a dual boot.
Thank you in advance for your thoughts!
Megan