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What about the F(x)tec Pro1 X? They list LineageOS compatibility on their front page.

Razer phone has LineageOS official support too, as does Essential and Fairphone. In general, there are lots of smaller OEM vendors that may or may not support bootloader unlock, so YMMV there.

They're fine if you don't mind an outdated chipset and paying multiple times the cost in hardware value. SD835 was released in 2016 and the 10nm samsung process is nowhere as efficient as equivalent TSMC arch nor current chips (say, SD870 or even the exynos latest gen chips)

I'll grant that it's expensive and on an old chip, but I don't think you can compare "multiple times the cost in hardware value" if nobody else has the hardware that is their headline feature (hardware keyboard).

You seem to be confused; I said the F(x) Pro1 X (shipping next month), not the old F(x)tec Pro1.

That is a tremendously confusing set of names to glance at.

Also, it looks like a great phone.

Never heard of the brand, the phone looks pretty unique from a quick look at their website. But using parentheses in your brand name is a bit of a head-scratcher.

Ah. My bad.

Looking at specs: SD662 6/128 829USD

The hardware BOM should only cost ~200usd. The rest is software sorry/markup for being a small company with limited volume. Not great value and a horizontal keyboard isn't my thing personally but I'm glad they're competing!

> Not great value

Depends on what your values are, I guess.

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