Constant disabling/breaking of Bluetooth/Mobile Data/Wifi
Bricked after OS update
A ‘repair software’ that can only be used once (one action per activation), needs to be authorized by CS, can only be activated - and therefore used - x times per day and y times per week/month. It’s also utterly useless, only ‘fixing’ stuff temporarily. And stuff breaks more than the software can be used. That in itself sounds absurd, doesn’t it?
No unlockable bootloader
Working together with Etisalat (Arabic Cell Provider), allowing them to install spyware which led to a teenager being endangered by officials and parents tracking him down after he fled due to severe abuse and death sentence
I’ve had two USB C ports fail on HMD phones. I like the hardware, love the vanilla android, like the value, but I’ve never had a USB C port fail on anything else. I know it’s just personal experience but it means I can’t trust getting another again.
I had great experiences with Moto phones - also good hardware for relatively cheap, vanilla OS with no additional apps except a few, actually useful, Moto apps.
My experience with HMD ‘phones’:
I’ve had two USB C ports fail on HMD phones. I like the hardware, love the vanilla android, like the value, but I’ve never had a USB C port fail on anything else. I know it’s just personal experience but it means I can’t trust getting another again.
Yeah, that’s what got my HMD made, Nokia branded, 7 plus. And from a search at the time this was a common problem
Yeah one was a 7 plus
I had great experiences with Moto phones - also good hardware for relatively cheap, vanilla OS with no additional apps except a few, actually useful, Moto apps.
Yeah I’ve had Motorola phones too but the updates drove me nuts. I’m just on pixel now.