On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM Jason Shaw <grazer@gmail.com> wrote:

As far as phone functionality is concerned, they could both make calls on Rogers network. SMS was hit or miss with them, and battery life was around 5 hours of total charge, even when idle.

Thank you, Jason. This is exactly the kind of information I wanted.

I've long been a follower and supporter of foss phones, having had an OpenMoko Freerunner that I actually used as my main phone, a Nokia n9 (best phone of all time, despite not being totally open), various iterations of SailfishOS on supported devices, and even a Firefox phone (it was terrible).

I have an N9 and it's excellent. It's been awaiting assembly since my replacement screen arrived. It was while I was waiting that I went to the Freedom store and got my first Sony. It's been far too long (ten years?) since I was able to install my own OS.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't get one, but would like your expectations to be properly set. They are very capable little portable Linux devices and I'm sure have uses outside of just phones.

Thanks again. I'll keep you posted.

Mike