A lot of older PC games can run just fine on modern phone hardware. I’d buy a SteamOS version of a phone that has some modular or built-in set of buttons and analog sticks. I don’t know how the app ecosystem would work for sensitive things like banking but it’s mostly a minor issue for me.
A Steam smartphone implies to me its main purpose is to play PC games and not caring about the other stuff. And no, for that reason I wouldn’t buy a Steam smartphone. Because playing games on mobile phone sucks, for controls (and I always need a controller in addition), battery life and size. And its probably as expensive as a PC. I would rather buy a dedicated handheld, if its available in this form. And if its based on Android, its a nogo anyway, for privacy reasons.
Yes but not for gaming, just to get a Linux phone.
Mobile sucks. Smartphones are just too limited for real gaming. First problem is the hardware; you cant just put a desktop or laptop processors into a mobile device. Second is a small screen, which is very difficult to use for touchscreen controls and simply too small to actually see what is being displayed.
Absolutely. Can you imagine hearing the big picture mode starting every time you slide out the modern equivalent of this bad boy that was ahead of its time
Just to get away from Apple and Google.
I love the trend towards Linux phones. I hope that gets a good enough foothold for me to get one.
No, because I don’t care about gaming on a phone. But I’d love to have numerous viable Linux phone alternatives to break the cartel duopoly.
If its a viable way to get a linux phone then sure.
Probably not Steam OS, specially, but I’d love an alternative Linux-based smartphone OS.
I already have a smartphone, no intention of buying another one.
Even if it would offer privacy?
But why would it?
Because Linux
They don’t update the software on the steam deck frequently enough for me to be confident for phone software where security is more of a concern
It’s fine on a game device, but I have much more personal data on my phone
Enable Beta updates.
Is Valve’s update cycle really worse than what the typical Android device gets?
Maybe. My phone is not a gaming device for me. But I would choose based on how well it works for other purposes.
Maybe, if was cheap. Dislike Google and Apple.
Don’t care so much about games on the phone as like GPS, texting, ad blocking in the browser.
I would, yes, if it was not OS locked.
Not if it used Android, but if they ran like a Linux based OS, yeah, I’d give it a try.
As an alternative for the Apple/Google duopoly, I’d be curious. As a gaming machine, having tried playing PC games on Android, I’d say a lot of work is still needed.
