There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027

Re:There's a high chance of devices being sold with Graphene... by microtonal on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @02:07PM (#49805630)

Yeah, people have different needs. One of the nice things with GrapheneOS on Pixels is that you can even pick up the latest Pixel 10a for ~400 Euro (and older models even cheaper) and it will still have what Google calls a flagship chip, but more importantly all the nice security stuff like the Titan M2. For a mid-range phone it also has pretty ok cameras.

I hope that a few years down the line there will also be great midrange Motorola phones with GrapheneOS support. But they have to start somewhere.

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Re:There's a high chance of devices being sold with Graphene... by armadyl on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @05:58PM (#49808742)

Tbh this is up to Qualcomm more than anything. Pessimist in me says that they’ll gatekeep the security features to higher chips in order to max out profits.

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Re:There's a high chance of devices being sold with Graphene... by microtonal on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:17AM (#49812706)

Depends on what e.g. Mediatek does I guess. So far only Tensor and Exynos had the required security features, but I don’t think you can buy either chip when you are an OEM.

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