Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile Phones

Motorola moto g play 2024 Phone, Termux: LUKS–No root, No proot-distro, No QEMU (reddit.com)
Motorola moto g play 2024 Smartphone, Android 14 Operating System, Termux, And cryptsetup: Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Encryption/Decryption And The ext4 Filesystem Without Using root Access, Without Using proot-distro, And Without Using QEMU

Mobile Phones, Linux, Security, Android, Operating Systems

10 points by sipofwater 7 days ago | 0 comments

Some US carriers are still missing RCS on iPhone: who's to blame? (howtogeek.com)

Messaging, Mobile Phones, Technology, Apple, Google

7 points by PaulHoule 22 days ago | 0 comments

Jolla C2 Community Phone (jolla.com)
The Jolla C2 isn’t for everyone. It’s for those who believe their privacy is their own to control, who value trust over shortcuts, and who have the courage to make their own way.

Privacy, Mobile Phones, Operating Systems

5 points by morjom 32 days ago | 1 comments

Google will fix (but broken) song detection feature for Pixels (arstechnica.com)
Google broke the feature last year, and it's taken months of complaints to get this far.

Google, Software, Mobile Phones, Bugs, Updates

3 points by naomiclarkson 34 days ago | 1 comments

Denmark to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs (theguardian.com)
Denmark is to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs on the recommendation of a government commission that also found that children under 13 should not have their own smartphone or tablet.

Education, Technology, Denmark, Mobile Phones, Children

7 points by Tarsul 36 days ago | 1 comments

Someone put an iPhone SE 3 inside a Nokia Lumia 1020 (reddit.com)
As we all know Hackintosh is macOS on a Windows PC. But how about iOS on a Windows Phone?

Mobile Phones, Operating Systems, Hackintosh, iOS, Windows Phone

18 points by microflash 45 days ago | 1 comments

The iPhone: 3g's killer app (youtube.com)

iPhone, Mobile Phones, Technology, Marketing

9 points by WorldPeas 51 days ago | 0 comments

The Minimal Phone is now shipping (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard) (liliputing.com)
The Minimal Phone is a modern phone with a retro aesthetic. Instead of a big color display that covers the whole device, it has a small 4.3 inch black and white E Ink display and a physical QWERTY keyboard that offers tactile feedback when you type.

Mobile Phones, Retro Technology

14 points by afandian 59 days ago | 2 comments

Google Pixel 4a's ruinous "Battery Performance" update is a bewildering mess (arstechnica.com)
Google's "Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program," announced in early January, told owners that an automatic update would, for some "Impacted Devices," reduce their battery's runtime and charging performance.

Google Pixel, Mobile Phones, Software Updates, Battery Life

12 points by naomiclarkson 60 days ago | 1 comments

Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update (androidcentral.com)

Google Pixel, Software Updates, Bugs, Mobile Phones, Android

315 points by bmaupin 63 days ago | 362 comments

Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf] (tiiny.site)
Evaluating Apple's iPhone and its implications for Nokia.

Mobile Phones, Nokia, Apple, History, Business

508 points by late 77 days ago | 516 comments

Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022) (opsbros.com)
I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and still-memed mobile phone. As it turns out, not only is it possible, but it's going to be a lot easier than I anticipated.

Retro Tech, Mobile Phones, Nostalgia

253 points by hackertux 108 days ago | 137 comments

Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance (androidauthority.com)
With extra performance costing an arm and a leg, perhaps it's time to focus on other important phone attributes.

Mobile Phones, Performance, Cost

269 points by thunderbong 115 days ago | 419 comments

Nokia celebrates pop-culture status by opening design archive (theguardian.com)
The mobile phones we loved then lost are honoured by an online archive which reveals history of bestselling brand

Nokia, Design, History, Mobile Phones, Pop Culture

4 points by edward 116 days ago | 0 comments

T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users (arstechnica.com)
Carriers fight plan to require unlocking of phones 60 days after activation.

Telecommunications, Mobile Phones, Consumer Rights, Legislation, Regulation

204 points by LorenDB 163 days ago | 209 comments

Nokia N9 (2011) GUI Demo [video] (youtube.com)

Nokia, Mobile Phones, User Interfaces, Technology, Video

4 points by carlosjobim 167 days ago | 2 comments

10x Cheaper than the iPhone 16: the NanoPhone (gizmodo.com)
In a world dominated by ever-expanding smartphone screens, the NanoPhone emerges as a delightful throwback to simpler times.

Mobile Phones, Technology, Reviews, Nostalgia

6 points by mikece 181 days ago | 6 comments

MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-V mobile phone (mikrophone.net)
The goal of this project is to develop a privacy enhanced, simple and fully featured mobile phone. For more information about the project see about page.

Privacy, Mobile Phones, Hardware, Open Source, RISC-V

228 points by voxadam 181 days ago | 86 comments

T-Mobile cites SCOTUS Chevron ruling to argue FCC can't mandate phone unlocking (techdirt.com)
Last July the FCC announced it was moving forward with plans that should make unlocking your mobile phone easier than ever.

Telecommunications, Law, FCC, SCOTUS, Mobile Phones

25 points by speckx 190 days ago | 22 comments

Ask HN: What currently is the best, nerd-friendly, rootable Android phone? (ycombinator.com)
My network provider has turned off 3G and despite my current device supporting VoLTE appears to have blacklisted it on the basis of its model name and I cannot make calls any more.

Android, Mobile Phones, Networking, Technology

83 points by azalemeth 196 days ago | 51 comments

Adapter lets you use cheap eSIM plans on any Android phone (androidauthority.com)
Even if you don’t have an eSIM compatible phone, you can buy an adapter that lets you take advantage of cheap eSIM plans.

Android, Mobile Phones, eSIM, Telecommunications

91 points by josephcsible 203 days ago | 52 comments

Huawei tri-fold phone receives orders from 1.3M fans in 7 hours (nikkei.com)
Chinese telecom equipment supplier Huawei Technologies' new tri-fold smartphone attracted orders from roughly 1.3 million people within seven hours after the start of reservations.

Mobile Phones, China, Technology, Consumer Electronics

7 points by bookofjoe 206 days ago | 1 comments

Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, major review of 28 yrs of research (theconversation.com)

Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer, Health Research, Science

7 points by femto 211 days ago | 1 comments

Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, biggest study to date finds (theguardian.com)

Mobile Phones, Health, Science, Research

55 points by mindracer 211 days ago | 68 comments

Miss your flip phone? people are ditching the smartphone for 'dumb phones' (theblaze.com)

Mobile Phones, Technology, Nostalgia, Consumer Trends

17 points by gjvc 230 days ago | 16 comments

Google Pixel Phones Have Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App (wired.com)