[ByteWelder]

A $900 device with low tier hardware specs (720p screen, 32GB eMMC storage, etc.) is not a particularly appealing offer. I understand that the value comes from the security aspect, but I personally don't find that worth a $700 markup.

[slaw]

It is $850 markup. For $107 you can get UMIDIGI A11. decent phone with Android 11, global LTE bands, 4 GB Ram and 128GB Storage.

https://www.umidigi.com/page-umidigi_a11_overview.html

[Hackbraten]

Ben, is that you?

[slaw]

I am not Ben. Bootloader is also supposedly easy to unlock.

[teddyh]

The value comes from the freedom aspect. Some people value freedom higher than others, some even say that you can’t put a price on freedom.

[swiley]

Comparing specs between Linux and Android is an Apples vs oranges comparison IMO. I think a lot of people are unaware of the huge overhead that Android (and even iOS) has.

[ByteWelder]

The intention of the statement was to show that it is low-end hardware at a high-end price point. Performance of eMMC flash memory isn't magically going to be "hugely" faster because it's ran on a different OS. That 720p screen will perform the same too. Android performance overhead is not relevant to this.