Companies that make these sort of nationalist “made in XYZ country” phones really need to do more to convince people that a decent amount of their components are actually assembled significantly in those countries.
I didn’t see much indication in any particular direction going a few links deep, but it seems to me it’s highly likely this is just a white label phone from China that’s been tossed in the box in Germany.
Forking/basing their OS on GrapheneOS is the most interesting part of this, effectively expanding the supported device list to include their own. I am just not sure how one justifies picking this over a Pixel device with GrapheneOS installed in terms of value. I am not even really sure there’s a sovereignty or privacy argument for it, since installing GrapheneOS can fully de-google you if you so choose as well as give you all the granular controls. With this device you’re just getting crappier specs for your euro.
Companies that make these sort of nationalist “made in XYZ country” phones really need to do more to convince people that a decent amount of their components are actually assembled significantly in those countries.
I didn’t see much indication in any particular direction going a few links deep, but it seems to me it’s highly likely this is just a white label phone from China that’s been tossed in the box in Germany.
Forking/basing their OS on GrapheneOS is the most interesting part of this, effectively expanding the supported device list to include their own. I am just not sure how one justifies picking this over a Pixel device with GrapheneOS installed in terms of value. I am not even really sure there’s a sovereignty or privacy argument for it, since installing GrapheneOS can fully de-google you if you so choose as well as give you all the granular controls. With this device you’re just getting crappier specs for your euro.