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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by namibj on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:21AM (#22483492)
If the 10$ smartphone you mentioned actually exists, I'd like to know how I (as a German in Germany) could buy a couple. At that price point I'd feel comfortable degrading them to a wall-mounted light switch or doorbell repeater. Generic IoT stuff.
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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by morganvachon on Thursday March 05, 2020 @07:49AM (#22493076)
They exist and you can get them at Walmart, Family Dollar, and other bargain-basement stores. They are at that price point because the prepaid carrier (usually TracFone or similar) expects the buyer to purchase blocks of "minutes" and "megabytes" to use with the phone. It's basically a loss leader.
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Re:Linux-ready, made-in-Germany “Volla Phone” succeeds on Ki... by jotm on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @01:59PM (#22486711)
Just use old phones from eBay :). More like 50 Euros, but still rather cheap and powerful enough for any IoT use.

Reminds me of that guy who used an iPad for a wall mounted information panel (weather, transport time, traffic conditions, some other stuff). Pretty cool.

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