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by darklajid 4478 days ago
I looked at that (Open, didn't know about the Open C, thanks!) before and while that looks like a reasonable (price) entry, I wonder multiple things:

- how well these devices are supported? Are these FF OS devices really future proof for a while (think 'supported' upstream, kinda like Nexus devices or fully supported CyanogenMod builds)? Can I follow FF OS without waiting for e.g. ZTE?

- Those are low spec devices. I understand that FF OS wants to target the lower end of the market and is supposed to work well in that environment. But is that the case? Will I be able to give these a spin as my primary device for a time?

The second issue is lower in priority. Even if these things don't allow me to replace my main Android phone, I'd still love to peek at FF OS and play with the development environment, but a 'daily driver' would be quite interesting as well.. Only thing I found so far is the Geeksphone Revolution, but without testing it first/getting a decent idea of what that can do I don't like to spend 250-300 EUR (and that doesn't seem to be a high-end device either).