Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhere to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphonewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down11
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkWhere to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphonewww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoPretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it Same applies to cell phones.
minus-squareYerbouti@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDefinitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.
Pretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it
Same applies to cell phones.
Definitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.