So instead you pick a phone developed by a UAE company, with parts of the software maintained by the same UAE company?
At least you could do yourself a favor and get equivalent Volla Phone Quintus hardware for 500 Euro off: https://www.amazon.ae/Android-Smartphone-Storage-Octa-Core-Monetization/dp/B0DDYDZC4V?th=1
That's currently 164 Euro.
Of course, that's just in jest... just pick up a second-hand Pixel and install GrapheneOS (npub1kwa…e0nj) and get an actually secure phone with as much or little Google as you want (degoogled by default).
Daniël
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2026-03-06 10:20:46 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…329g
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