Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as We recently got our hands on a Fairphone 4 running Murena's tracker-blocking /e/OS. Our curiosity was piqued to see an alternative OS running on alt hardware. Step in for a closer look.
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2021-03-15 8:40 am
I wish I had kept both of mine. I got the first one soon after launch and at that time Android was in its infancy and nigh unusable for any serious work. I used it successfully for a couple of years before giving it up for an iPhone after the WiFi module started flaking out, and I sold it for parts on eBay. Then back in 2013 I wanted to see how it would fare as a daily driver again, so I found a listing for a new sealed unit cheap on eBay and gave it a go. It was, of course, far behind the times at that point but it was still fairly serviceable as a daily phone provided one didn’t need iOS or Android specific apps. Unfortunately by then I had come to rely on certain such apps for work, so I had no real use for it and sold it a few months later.