Smartphones: 5 alternatives to Apple, Google and Samsung

By SvenjaMarch 10, 2022688 views

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If you wish to purchase a brand new smartphone, chances are high excessive that you find yourself with producers like Apple, Google or Samsung. However there are such a lot of thrilling alternate options to find.

At Vivaldi browser, we all the time need to provide you with choices. As a result of it’s all about discovering what your browser can do and customizing it to your liking. And even past your browser, we’re satisfied that it’s necessary to have a selection. That’s why we prefer to introduce you to corporations which might be totally different. Totally different from Huge Tech corporations. Totally different as a result of they’re sustainable, as a result of they use totally different working methods, or as a result of they’re significantly dedicated to privateness.

Final week we requested you if you understand of and use alternate options to Apple, Google and Samsung. Since lots of you answered no to this query, we want to introduce you to a couple thrilling alternate options.

Knowledge safety

As you understand, privateness is essential to us. That’s why we not solely give you our Advert and Tracker Blocker, but in addition the promise that we are going to not observe you. There are additionally cellphone producers who care to your information privateness that it’s best to learn about. In spite of everything, who hasn’t heard about a few of the creepy monitoring makes an attempt of the Huge Tech corporations? It’s higher to succeed in for an alternate.

Volla Cellphone, for instance, provides you a Google-free Android expertise and a minimalistic design. It’s based mostly on a free Android with out Google Apps and Play providers and with out relying on a cloud. It replaces fundamental apps like cellphone calls and tackle books with curated apps which might be additionally open supply, in addition to defending the system with a pre-installed (elective) log-free VPN. With its minimalistic design, Volla OS permits you to simply navigate by your cellphone. After unlocking, simply begin writing and Volla Cellphone will acknowledge what you need to do. Easy as that.

Nitrokey additionally doesn’t combine cloud or Google Play providers to offer you full privateness. Should you can’t stay with out Google Play, you may set up the unique providers in a sandbox with out particular privileges. The NitroPhone even provides you the choice of increasing microphones, sensors and cameras, to make eavesdropping inconceivable. Cellphone calls can then be made solely with an elective headset.

Much more choices

Choices are all the time a terrific thought! As an illustration, how a few bodily keyboard? Identical to Vivaldi, Astro Slide 5G from Planet Computer systems allows you to multitask between work, leisure, and internet searching all day. Its backlit keyboard helps you to kind to your coronary heart’s content material whereas on the transfer. The Astro Slide 5G works each within the acquainted slab model and as a mini-laptop. And, by the best way, it additionally accepts Linux working methods in multiboot mode with Android. And also you don’t need to look far for our Vivaldi browser, because it’s already preinstalled.

In case you are searching for a cellphone that may run different working methods, it’s best to take a better take a look at PinePhone. That is an open supply smartphone that helps all Linux working methods. And, don’t neglect that Vivaldi is now the default browser of the Cinnamon version of the Arch-based Linux distribution Manjaro. Increasingly more Linux customers welcome the excellent philosophy and the customization prospects of Vivaldi browser. Give it a strive!

Sustainability

Repairing your smartphone your self is a great strategy to save sources. With its modular smartphones, Shiftphones differ basically from almost all different well-known smartphone producers. So as to produce sustainable smartphones, Shift pays consideration to honest wages and prohibits youngster labor. Shiftphone producers are conscious of the setting and uncooked supplies whereas offering a particularly highly effective smartphone. By the best way, ShiftOS can be obtainable in a Google-free model.

Do you utilize an alternate cellphone? In that case, which one? And, if not, what’s stopping you? Inform us about your expertise within the feedback.