Issue #1665
closedConsider supporting a new vendor
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- Samsung’s Supplier Factory Exploiting Child Labor; Our research indicates that student laborers amount to 80% of the total workforce in the factory. - http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/report/63
- Samsung’s Future Is Bleak Because Phones Themselves No Longer Matter - http://www.wired.com/2014/10/samsungs-endgame-looks-bleak-phones-dont-matter-anymore/
- http://www.androidcentral.com/best-cheap-android-phones
I would suggest Asus because lots of their mainboards are already supported by Coreboot.
Updated by David Hedlund about 8 years ago
If we would like to support a OLPC concept look at Lenovo A1900 which is one of the cheapest multilanguage smartphones.
Updated by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer about 7 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
Please move this discussion to the Devices evaluations forum. The purpose of the forum is exactly this kind of discussion.
Please also go through the guidelines for suggesting a new device before suggesting a device.
I agree that besides evaluating devices for freedom, labor conditions should also be considered if possible. There is a continuing interest in these issues in the Replicant community, see e.g. the GTA04 or the efforts to get the Fairphone supported by Replicant.
Updated by David Hedlund about 7 years ago
Wolfgang Wiedmeyer wrote:
Please move this discussion to the Devices evaluations forum. The purpose of the forum is exactly this kind of discussion.
Please also go through the guidelines for suggesting a new device before suggesting a device.
I agree that besides evaluating devices for freedom, labor conditions should also be considered if possible. There is a continuing interest in these issues in the Replicant community, see e.g. the GTA04 or the efforts to get the Fairphone supported by Replicant.
Moved to https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/27/topics/14101