Osom teases the front of its OV1 smartphone and Privacy Cable

10 March 2022
The phone was recently pushed back to a Q4 release time.

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  • Anonymous
  • khR
  • 16 Mar 2022

privacy as in uninstalled google apps, just use adb and save yourself money.

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    • Kuba
    • uN{
    • 14 Mar 2022

    nice to see that. Essential phone was one of best devices i've ever used.

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      • Anonymous
      • i8u
      • 12 Mar 2022

      With google's apps on it clearly is not a privacy phone.

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        • Anonymous
        • pNC
        • 11 Mar 2022

        Looks like it has the default google telephone app, a bit of a missplay when calling it 'privacy focused'.

        At least it uses ProtonMail, Brave and Signal ...

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          • Anonymous
          • Twq
          • 11 Mar 2022

          Wow, a cable without data lines, so innovative...

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            • Anonymous
            • 7k3
            • 11 Mar 2022

            Anonymous, 11 Mar 2022If it has GrapheneOS on it that would be cool. If it just s... moreYou cannot ship a degoogled rom these days

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              • Anonymous
              • s8d
              • 11 Mar 2022

              If they can stop spying at hardware level that would be great

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                • Anonymous
                • Nxr
                • 11 Mar 2022

                If it has GrapheneOS on it that would be cool. If it just ships with a few privacy apps, like Signal and Brave, as the default apps, that will really be pretty meaningless.

                I also wonder how long the phone will get security updates for? Since it's using a Qualcomm processor, they're limited by Qualcomm to four years. If they claim more it's would be bogus. Of course they also have to not go out of business after one year like Essential.

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                  • BJRG
                  • 7k9
                  • 11 Mar 2022

                  That cable is so dope!

                    Anonymous, 10 Mar 2022I doubt this phone costs less than $770. I also would n... moreIf software support is good then one must pay.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • ptC
                      • 11 Mar 2022

                      Brave browser, really? And back mounted fingerprint reader in 2022? Someone remind these guys what year it is.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • P$I
                        • 11 Mar 2022

                        Osom should have been working on their own OS. Google itself is privacy invasive.

                          It's really no different than the Essential Phone but geared towards privacy. I still love ny Essential Phone but Snap835 is showing its age after 5 years. Can't really play AetherSX2 on it. The 845 is the minimum and I can tell it has the faster GPU. The 835 had better efficiency but the 845 feels faster.

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                            • Wereweeb
                            • JtM
                            • 11 Mar 2022

                            Anonymous, 11 Mar 2022Interesting phone. Sounds very premium. But calling it priv... moreYou can easily de-Google most phones with a Snapdragon SoC, and I believe that the GrapheneOS devs will be working with this company to port their ROM to this device.

                            If they rely on open-sourcing as much as possible, instead of privacy through obscurity, it might be your best shot at privacy and security in 2021.

                            I still think it's stupid for a phone to have X2-type cores and "gaming GPU's", but according to some security people I know Qualcomm doesn't care enough to integrate modern security features into reasonable SoC's like the 780G.

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                              • Wereweeb
                              • JtM
                              • 11 Mar 2022

                              Anonymous, 10 Mar 2022I doubt this phone costs less than $770. I also would n... moreRead the article you're commenting on. They're promising a flagship SoC and a "Under $1000 price", i.e. it'll cost $999.

                                WhyGoogle, 10 Mar 2022I didn’t even realize but lately samsung hasn’t been asking... moreYou can activate 'one for all' in the settings ;-) (Or dev option on Android)

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • fCg
                                  • 11 Mar 2022

                                  Interesting phone. Sounds very premium. But calling it privacy-focused when it comes with Google is a bit of a joke. Is that a fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone?

                                    so, now you've to pay for something thats been available for free for a decade? i'm guessing that'll "partner up" with some companies to remove the message we get when we plug the phone to pc...

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 0xU
                                      • 11 Mar 2022

                                      WhyGoogle, 10 Mar 2022I didn’t even realize but lately samsung hasn’t been asking... moreLast time i plugged my computer into my pc was when i was unlocking the bootloader. File transfer happens wirelessly (1gbps866mbps). Maybe i was playing around with adb commands but apart that my cable is always on the 5w charger i got with my first android phone.

                                        I didn’t even realize but lately samsung hasn’t been asking if i wanna use my phone for data transfer or just charging when i connect it to a computer.
                                        Kudos to apple still asking for confirmation

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