| 3. Sell more hardware through the upgrade treadmill. > compared to 2GB [of RAM] for Android Crikey, I didn't know that. I have a Nexus from 2012. It seems to have slowed down since I first bought it. Android has been upgraded since then, of course. It's not a phone, just a tablet. I was happy with my purchase at the time, although it seems to run slow as molasses now. One big problem was that I had to log into my Inland Revenue account through an auth app that they had. They seemed to update it frequently, which of course needed a huge multi-megabyte download. I was actually concerned about this. Fortunately I was able to get the Inland Revenue to allow alternative authorisation, but I had to jump through a lot of hoops. I now don't NEED my Nexus for anything. I use kik on rare occasions. My plan is to not use the device, unless there is some nice distro that runs on it. Any suggestions? It must be lightweight. I can't really see the point of Android per se. It just seems like a bloat-tastic OS for devices that are ill-suited to bloat. Now that you've got me ranting ... everything is poxy smartphone this and smartphone that these days. Scan a QR code? How? The hoops I have to jump through to get that sorted is unbelievable. They should just give me the text version. I have a dumbphone, PAYG. I got it from Tesco (a UK supermarket) a couple of years ago. Cost me 25 quid, which included 20 quid worth of vouchers. So basically, I bought a phone for 5 quid. I doubt that Tesco could make them for that money. I told one guy about my purchase, and he laughed that I had been ripped off. Bizarre. I bought a legit phone for 5 quid. It does exactly what I want it to do. So joke's on you, pal. Some people have no concept of frugality. |