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BraX3: the most privacy-friendly smartphone! (www.indiegogo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

IMO it falls short on RAM (16GB is the new minimum and this phone only has 8)

what the hell. just no. what do you want to run on it, desktop windows with electron apps and dozens of active (not open) browser tabs?

6 GB should be plenty fine.

also,

Of the three main cell network providers in the US, only T-mobile allows full access to all their bands with devices that ship with official unlockable bootloaders.

unlocable, or unlocked?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My current phone has 12GB and quite frankly it's amazing to have that much!

I know 16GB seems ridiculous, but with LLMs gaining popularity, running one locally on a phone really needs at least 8GB, and 16GB would be much better.

I think it's just the way things are going.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I don't need an LLM on my phone, and most people don't either. I mean, I'm not an AI addict, but also, these are battery powered devices!

if I want to use an LLM on the go for some reason, I would either run that at home on a computer that was made for performance, or just use the duck.ai site because that's just fine too.

my phone has 6 GB, and that's plenty. I have a ton of apps installed, and always running background services like Syncthing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

My last phone had 12, my current one has 8. Fine for multitasking. I really dunno what I'd want an LLM on my phone for.