[DaveChurchill]

"I love the new furry phone"...

Just like DuckDuckGo I think the name will hamper adoption of this.

[FrustratedMonky]

Have to say, main reason for clicking to check it out was I thought it was a Phone for Furries.

Curiosity got me to look.

Maybe it will drive traffic.

[vngzs]

It's "fury phone":

> Furious Support from the FuriOS team

[rendaw]

They could say it's pronounced "Wendigo" and people would still read it "Furry".

[krunck]

If people read "fury" as "furry" then that's a literacy problem.

[avazhi]

You’re right.

And if you can’t understand why almost everyone will read ‘furi’ as furry and not ‘fury’, then you’ve got a phonics problem.

[prophesi]

As someone who reads/watches a lot of Japanese media, "fury" isn't how I would first read "furi".

I do like "FuriOS" and think it avoids this issue, but other portmanteaus might be better avoided.