Fairphone is good, yes, but it’s also like 500€, and that’s too much for a phone IMO - I’m not saying that they’re not worth it, but that’s a lot of money for something that’s so easily lost or broken. Even factoring in Fairphone’s superior repairability, it’s a hard sell for me.
Haven’t looked into Jolla for a while. But these are the first two sentences on their website:
Jolla is a Finnish company specializing in privacy-first OS and Edge AI solutions. Founded in 2011, we continue the legacy of Nokia and MeeGo, driving mobile innovation into the human-centric AI era.
Can’t say this inspires much confidence. Probably still better than Google Pixel, though, so I’m going to look into that some more.
Fairphone is good, yes, but it’s also like 500€, and that’s too much for a phone IMO - I’m not saying that they’re not worth it, but that’s a lot of money for something that’s so easily lost or broken. Even factoring in Fairphone’s superior repairability, it’s a hard sell for me.
Haven’t looked into Jolla for a while. But these are the first two sentences on their website:
Can’t say this inspires much confidence. Probably still better than Google Pixel, though, so I’m going to look into that some more.
almost forgot, but here’s also a whole ass list I made of things and services made, owned, and/or based in Europe!
for the phone OS stuff, check out this one
as far as i know the ai part from jolla is not integrated into their phones but they sell an ai-pc or something where you can selfhost a llm with.