<![CDATA[2001: I have a new phone.]]>2001: I have a new phone. How exciting! Perhaps I can access the Internet on it via a Sharp Zaurus. This is so the future!

2002: Ooh! A new PalmOS device! Amazing! HotSync backup and off we go!

2004: Wow! This WindowsMobile device has a keyboard, as is basically a mini laptop. Cool!

...

2026: I must get a new black slab because security updates have run out on my current black slab which, for all other intents and purposes, is absolutely fine. The new black slab does nothing new for me, and all I see is the chore of setting it up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fbdd2c0d-f649-4e38-a3a5-f621050ad0b1/2001-i-have-a-new-phone.RSS for NodeSun, 01 Nov 2026 12:32:34 GMTTue, 27 Oct 2026 06:55:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:07:55 GMT]]>@neil The new black slab is also 5mm bigger than the old one which already barely fit in your pocket. The last black slab that was somewhat comfortable to hold and carry around was made six years ago by a single company that insists on shipping their own slabOS (at least that one still gets security updates). Everyone else stopped 10+ years ago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.helios42.de/users/dfyx/statuses/117513025979079542https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.helios42.de/users/dfyx/statuses/117513025979079542Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:55:46 GMT]]>@neil Meh, expansions contract, then expand, until it all goes Big Crunch.

Could we do a LOT better in some areas, that are VITAL to our root infrastructure?

You bet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/117512978177799959https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/117512978177799959Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:55:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:39:20 GMT]]>@neil @GrapheneOS

That's good to know - it's mostly banking and 2FA stuff that concern me. A dead device last year (Pixel 6 just went blank while using it never to work again) caused me a lot of hassle with 2FA, some accounts I've never recovered.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Lacey/statuses/117512913559768307https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Lacey/statuses/117512913559768307Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:38:08 GMT]]>@Lacey @GrapheneOS

A couple of banking apps refuse to work. One might be down to me using F-Droid to install Bitwarden, rather than GrapheneOS. The other is - AIUI - because of GrapheneOS.

Otherwise, no, no issues at all. Zero. I am very happy with it indeed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/117512908853532158https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/117512908853532158Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:38:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:35:06 GMT]]>@neil @GrapheneOS Is there anything you notice as missing? I only have a single functioning phone (pixel 9a) and I genuinely want to try it, but also don't want to hit a major block that I'm not anticipating.

Maybe I need to buy an old phone and try that first?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Lacey/statuses/117512896968767406https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Lacey/statuses/117512896968767406Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:35:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:21:10 GMT]]>@neil @david

So would I, which is one reason I carry a 4, whose battery I can change in five minutes using nothing but — bizarrely — a plectrum.

I also run , which notifies me when the battery has charged up to 80% so that I can walk over and unplug it. Stopping at 80% seems to reduce battery wear: I'm still at over 70% health after almost five years.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/117512842165779350https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/117512842165779350Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:21:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:20:13 GMT]]>@GerardThornley @david @neil /e/ drastically reduces both privacy and security compared to the Android Open Source Project. If you care at all about those, stay far away from it. The standard Fairphone software doesn't receive good updates and everything older than the Fairphone 6 has an end-of-life kernel but it's still better than /e/. /e/ and Murena products are not what they're marketed as being.

More information:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24134-devices-lacking-standard-privacysecurity-patches-and-protections-arent-private

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

https://codeberg.org/divested-mobile/divestos-website/raw/commit/c7447de50bc8fadd20a30d4cbf1dcd8cf14805a0/static/misc/e.txt

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://grapheneos.social/users/GrapheneOS/statuses/117512838399149649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://grapheneos.social/users/GrapheneOS/statuses/117512838399149649Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:20:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:17:34 GMT]]>@david @neil Fairphone 5 is a highly insecure device without basic privacy and security updates. It has an end-of-life Linux kernel branch with no security support and doesn't receive other important privacy and security updates. It's increasingly easy to exploit to the point that there are many exploits being shared on GitHub which can be used against it. It's not a safe device and there's no safe operating system available for it. /e/ drastically reduces privacy and security compared to AOSP.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://grapheneos.social/users/GrapheneOS/statuses/117512828012127321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://grapheneos.social/users/GrapheneOS/statuses/117512828012127321Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:17:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:07:15 GMT]]>@neil

Exactly. I carry a phone so that I can run apps and make the occasional call, not stare lovingly at the home screen and the notification bar. The only recent Android improvement that's genuinely been useful to me is the ability to run multiple apps in windows, and then only on tablet-sized devices. As long as a device gets security updates, I'll keep using it.

@krutonium

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/117512787404767705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/117512787404767705Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:07:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:52:56 GMT]]>@neil
Progress in personal digital technology has ended.

Line up the enshitification brofessors. They now think they rule the world. Lets prove them wrong. Resist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/117026306523463681/statuses/117512731145129363https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/117026306523463681/statuses/117512731145129363Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:52:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:38:08 GMT]]>@kiki @neil
The Graffiti input method is still available for Android, and it's free.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/117512672940289421https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/117512672940289421Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:38:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:33:34 GMT]]>@neil

Thats the same specs and advertisement as the last 5 years , and is not much diff from the windows mobile ,

Im not impressed with black slab advertisements , written by other black slabs , for NPC's , the specs just arent much any different nowadays.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117512591037313665/statuses/117512654955717958https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117512591037313665/statuses/117512654955717958Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:31:42 GMT]]>@neil
...aaand the extra compute is being used on surveillance, ads powered by said surveillance, unwanted LLMs, automatic corruption of the images captured by that great camera (see images of wildfire-choked skies being "corrected" from yellow to grey, for example)...

Even with the death of Moore's Law, the general population would probably be seeing more benefit to the advancement of hardware if we weren't in a cyberpunk dystopia.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/pteryx/statuses/117512647651394610https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/pteryx/statuses/117512647651394610Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:31:04 GMT]]>@neil
👌

This comment is so good , it made me join this app.
Hello , I am super black slab developer , looking to fix black slab OS and hardware extensions for government credit paper.

OS is in beta in Dev , Need bigger PC and more noods , send more government debt notes .

Gold payment accepted , no upgrades , means black slab is rock next year.

Njoy and cheers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117512591037313665/statuses/117512645180057616https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117512591037313665/statuses/117512645180057616Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:31:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:30:49 GMT]]>@neil @GrapheneOS
In 1998 I was on my third PalmOS device (Palm III), which had a 3rd-party serial cable to get online with a GSM handset. And IR HotSync with other Palm devices. But I mostly did serial HotSync with a desktop.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/117512644148048412https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/117512644148048412Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:30:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:25:25 GMT]]>@GerardThornley @neil @GrapheneOS I bought my Fairphone with Android on it and managed to get Murena on it fairly easily. I was surprised actually how straightforward it was. Having said that, I have technical experience. You can put play store apps on the Murena E/OS too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/117512622952383185https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/117512622952383185Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:25:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:19:40 GMT]]>@CharlesShould @avian @neil I chose Fairphone after my old phone decay mostly because of replaceable parts. I want to keep this phone as long as possible, only changing batteries when necessary.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://is-a.cat/users/madargon/statuses/117512600330774520https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://is-a.cat/users/madargon/statuses/117512600330774520Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:19:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:12:00 GMT]]>@david @neil @GrapheneOS
I have a Fairphone with Android. I want to switch to Murena (in fact, would have liked to buy with it from the start), but I can't afford to break my existing setup to try it out.

I also have apps that I've paid for through the Play store and don't really want to give up or find alternatives. It's a bit of a bind. At some point I'll hopefully be able to afford a second hand device to try it out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/GerardThornley/statuses/117512570187938471https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/GerardThornley/statuses/117512570187938471Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:12:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:05:31 GMT]]>@feff I did 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/117512544683562478https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/117512544683562478Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:05:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:03:33 GMT]]>@neil I am thinking about dumping the 'smartphone' tech platform entirely. A simple base phone and a tablet with an OS of my choosing would suit better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Slash909uk/statuses/117512536961038665https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Slash909uk/statuses/117512536961038665Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:03:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:01:57 GMT]]>@neil @GrapheneOS My GOS powered Pixel Pro 6 is also coming to the end of its software life, despite still being a good solid reliable phone with plenty of battery life.
Next black slab will probably be a GOS powered Pixel Pro 9. Not new, new, but new to me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/rc2014/statuses/117512530677149994https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/rc2014/statuses/117512530677149994Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:01:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:59:13 GMT]]>@neil @HarryMutt@vivaldi.net troll or bot here I think Neil? 18mth on the platform and only 7 follows? blocked 👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Slash909uk/statuses/117512519895840383https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Slash909uk/statuses/117512519895840383Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:59:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:40:16 GMT]]>@neil Ahhh did you grab one in the sales then?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://comicscamp.club/users/feff/statuses/117512445384317226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://comicscamp.club/users/feff/statuses/117512445384317226Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2001: I have a new phone. on Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:23:17 GMT]]>@neil "It can also make and receive calls." Well, nothing's perfect...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/117512378642907742https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/117512378642907742Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:23:17 GMT