The $499 smartphone is described as being “purpose-built” for people who carry two phones — one for work and one for personal use. That is, the company believes its market will be people who do a lot of actual work on their devices — meaning messaging, emailing, working with documents, or other things where using a physical keyboard could be an advantage.
I don’t think it’s enforcing anything. I think it basically just comes with a Niagara licence, on by default and Niagara will be adapted to the device. I think it’s just that it’ll be less tempting to brainrot tiktok on something like this