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- privacy@lemmy.ml
After extensive testing, it’s finally here: the new SHIFTphone 8.1 with iodéOS is now available at NovaCustom! It’s a privacy-friendly phone that’s not only user-friendly and secure, but also sustainable and fully modular. This smartphone stands for privacy, security, freedom of choice, and repairability: values that perfectly align with NovaCustom’s mission.
Why NovaCustom and SHIFTphone are the perfect match
At NovaCustom, we believe that users should have control over their own hardware and software. The SHIFTphone is perfect for this in terms of hardware: it has a modular design and is easy to repair. In terms of software, the original product is less than ideal: it comes with Google software as standard. NovaCustom replaces that software with iodéOS by default. This is an operating system without Google services (only microG, but it can also work without it!). This gives you a privacy-friendly phone with maximum control over your data.
Fully modular and customizable
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| NovaCustom launches the SHIFTphone 8.1 |
Whether you want to replace a screen, insert a new battery, or simply tinker with your smartphone yourself, the SHIFTphone makes it possible. No glue, no frustration, just pure freedom. NovaCustom has been supporting this principle for years with configurable laptops, and now we are bringing that same idea to smartphones.
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Looks nice, and good to learn about more phones that are repairable. Since they don’t mention it (or at least I didn’t see it), I am guessing they don’t have an IP protection for liquid/dust.
I already don’t like to trust my Galaxy S24 (or previous models that have had submersion ratings) enough to just jump into a pool or tubing. Though I do like knowing it would likely be fine if I get pushed/fall in (recently went to a GWAR show and didn’t have to worry every time I got sprayed). But wouldn’t mind some amount of adhesive (some versions aren’t very hard to deal with) to handle sudden heavy rain or a large drink/pitcher gets knocked over (or getting sprayed like the show above) onto my phone.
Would also be cool if they had an aux jack with a good DAC to at least be a solid option for a audio player. I got an LG V30 last year after seeing how much love they have by users, and have been using it solely as an offline music/audiobook/podcast player. All the physical kill switches and being able to easily remove stuff like cameras or other bits I don’t need would be kind of cool.
Not quite sure what the point of this is. Shift literally offers a degoogled version of their OS (which is already about as close to stock android as you can get) for pretty much every device they sell.
This one can be customized with lots of options. I guess that adds the premium over shift.
Does NovaCustom just buy phones and installs iodeOS on them? Or are they involved in development of either?
This is the manufacturer, SHIFT: https://www.shift.eco/en/shiftphone-8/ Hardware does look easy to access, and should support custom OSes.
This is iodeOS: https://iode.tech/iodeos/, which looks like LineageOS + additional features and privacy-as-a-service kind of deal.
looks like they’re collaborating by giving some of their profits upstream, and creating feature requests
957 USD, lol I’m out. The iodéOS thing (whatever it is) is also a turn off. I’d want a standard OS, uncustomized and untouched by the hardware vendor to the extent possible. If they think up a new name and try to make it sound special, it’s already suspicious.
I did misread the name as SHTFphone for a moment and that was kind of fun.
957? Their site says 769€ which is about $893. Buying directly from Shift looks even cheaper but then I assume you have to install Iode yourself. If there was any guarantee of support for the hardware (e.g. availability of replacement parts) then it might be worth it to pay ~$900 for a phone that could last 6+ years.
https://novacustom.com/product/shiftphone-8-1-with-iodeos/
Says 957 for me.
It says $870 on my end. Maybe, you accidentally selected some custom options? That can increase the price.
870 euro, 957 USD, I didn’t select any options.
I mean… Tariffs…?
