HMD Arc is no-frills Android 14 Go smartphone
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- Renato Russo
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- 19 Dec 2024
4 GB of RAM?
I thought Android Go only supported up to 2 GB. Am I stupid or are they trying to trick customers by having 2GB of RAM + 2GB of "virtual ram"?
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- pl2rts
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024Lol, games aren't only thing that uses storage. And ye... moreI dont say it wont make difference. For the customers these low ends are marketed care only about the size while dont understand what so ever about any of the hardware
Think from the point of view of the aimed market customers and not from your own point of view. You just pick on this cause you want to pick on something and that is what you do
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- Anonymous
- LfV
- 19 Dec 2024
pl2rts, 19 Dec 2024The only thing about storage people care is how much GB the... moreLol, games aren't only thing that uses storage. And yes, ufs storage makes difference even with those chips
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- pl2rts
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024Motorola moto g14 and g04, has ufs storage unlike any of me... moreThe only thing about storage people care is how much GB there is on the phone. Especially on these lowest end phones. Everything hardware is anyways trash on these low end
Why even pick on that ? Never mind that the question was that nobody ever give examples of what is better. I posted some models for example and you can judge what is better or worse. Storage hardware version dont matter on these low end as the chip is already so slow that you wont play games on it and what you even need fast data transfer speeds on these lower end phones ?
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- Anonymous
- CbC
- 19 Dec 2024
NoBell piece prize this year goes to "Horribly Made Devices"
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- DomtheCuber
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024My favorite part is when GSMArena commentators say "th... moreYou could get a used iPhone XR or Pixel 6a for the same price
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- Anonymous
- LfV
- 19 Dec 2024
pl2rts, 19 Dec 2024Just few phones for under 100 euro. Honor X6b, Realme Note... moreMotorola moto g14 and g04, has ufs storage unlike any of mentioned phones.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Dec 2024
Last year I bought Redmi 10 2022 version with 12 nm Mediatek G88, 6.5 inch FHD 90 Hz screen, 4 GB of ram and 64 GB of storage for $110.
Depends on the price I guess but what the hell is this HMD phone seriously...?
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- pl2rts
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024My favorite part is when GSMArena commentators say "th... moreJust few phones for under 100 euro.
Honor X6b, Realme Note 60, Redmi 14C, Moto G24, ZTE Blade A53 Pro, Samsung A05s
For bloatware there are tools and tutorials how to remove it.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Dec 2024
rizki1, 19 Dec 2024HMD in 2017 is unstoppable, Nokia 6 and Nokia 8 are one of ... moreSome sites said the Nokia 6 was better than the latest iPhone and would lead them to overtake Apple again. Only issue was that the Nokia 6 was a bog standard mid range phone with a below-average, slow inefficient chip for a very average price and unknown track record because the HMD company was new. Only saving grace was clean stock Android and promised (but not verifiable because new company) software support to be better than average in the price range.
And we know in which place HMD is now and in what place Apple is now.
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024My favorite part is when GSMArena commentators say "th... moreI don't expect anything extraordinary from the low-end, but this is simply worse than any phone launched in the past 7+ years.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Dec 2024
Claudesp33d, 19 Dec 2024hmd = horribly made devices buyer be aware, never buy fr... moreThats every single Android OEM
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- 19 Dec 2024
shame on you HMD , destroying nokia
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Dec 2024
DarlingYext, 19 Dec 2024"Not everyone has the money to buy a $400+ smartphone.... moreyes.
for example:
the phones from Transsion Holding (Infinix, Tecno, Itel) .
they offer budget phones with decent specs.
the only downside is software update.
but they're trying to catching up lately.
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- Anonymous
- Jw1
- 19 Dec 2024
DarlingYext, 19 Dec 2024"Not everyone has the money to buy a $400+ smartphone.... moreMy favorite part is when GSMArena commentators say "there are many much better options that cost less money" but they never once mention what those supposedly better options are. The low-end is practically abandoned and you can't expect anything extraordinary from this segment. Technology is a luxury that can only reach the hands of those who can afford it.
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- Anonymous
- Jw1
- 19 Dec 2024
Azu10157, 19 Dec 2024Except we're in 2024, phones like Galaxy A16 would bea... moreLow-end Samsung, Xiaomi, ZTE or whatever are useless garbage. At least this HMD isn't that bulky or heavy, doesn't look generic or ridiculously cheap and runs Android Go without bloatware. My Gingerbread smartphone was great and ran Android One. Plus that Samsung you mention is almost $200.
- DarlingYext
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- 19 Dec 2024
Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024HD+ is a joke.It's actually not even HD, it's 576p.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Dec 2024
HD+ is a joke.
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- Claudesp33d
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- 19 Dec 2024
hmd = horribly made devices
buyer be aware, never buy from this company. they release rigged software updates in order to sabotage your smooth lag free android and render it useless by introducing software bugs, ui stutters and lags. your phone would be very slow and unresponsive after you install software updates. users from other companies become happier and feel satisfied after updating their phone, unlike hmd users, i felt frustration and anger which i still feel it even today 2 years after destroying my "horribly made device" with a hammer and throwing it in the trash bin. such horribly made device with horribly made materials shouldn't even get recycled.
my nokia 6.2 gave me ptsd, i still haven't recovered till this day. infinix, iphone and later poco poco x6 pro made me feel much better and experiencing the joy people talk about after receiving a new android update. i never experienced that with "horribly made devices".