No 5G is a deal breaker for me.
Like other phones, this most likely won’t have open source firmware.
Firmware, as in the drivers that control the hardware, like the radio, the Bluetooth, the NFC, the SIM decryptor, etc.
i really don’t care about degoogling trusting some random ass company and their VPN.
Only mic and camera? It should also turn off GPS, accelerometer, etc. Filming the inside of my pocket isn’t the biggest tracking concern. People are just afraid someone’s watching them masturbate all the time.
Isn’t GPS just 3 sattelites passively shouting their clock to any who could listen? There’s no GPS kill switch because there’s nothing transmitted. WIFI kill switch is more understandable.
The article states that there is second switch to diaable wifi, data, gps etc that is essentially an airplane mode.
For anyone wondering how to get the same feature on your device (not only mic-camera)
- Go to developer settings (after )
- Quick settings developer tiles
- (enable) sensors off
- Open your quick settings
- (for Samsung) you will find the tile in the 1st row 1st position
- (for aosp) you may need to add the sensors tile
- now turn this tile on
- now your camera, mic, gyroscope, etc… are off and apps will think that there’s an error with the camera or some privacy policy rule being applied
⚪ Note: this does not turn off GPS, Bluetooth, wifi, or mobile networks
EDIT: forgot to mention (as comments said)
🔴 Warning: core system services can override this setting…
a phone call will have the mic working while app calls (Whatsapp…etc) will be muted
Core system services will still override that setting, just something to keep in mind