Am I the only person...
...that doesn't really care...I'm suffering mobile fatigue...I haven't seen an interesting project in years.
Let's get rid of all these quirky startups, stick with OnePlus and call it job done...OnePlus seems to be on the right path...pretty good phones, pretty good price, reasonably open, fair warranty and support terms...solid.
Before more hardware innovation is done, we need to get the software straight...I don't think it's possible to say that there is a single all round excellent operating system for phones. They all suck to some degree...for me, that's pretty frustrating...with most of the flagship phones (to me at least), with Android / IOS et al it feels like I'm driving a Ferrari with concrete wheels.
It'd be nice if the mobile platforms opened up a bit more as well...a bit of freedom wouldn't go amiss. I know custom OS images are a bit niche, but nobody is asking the mobile phone manufacturers to fund the development, nor does anyone expect them to support custom OS images...
I'm sure I'm not alone here...I'd love something similiar to Arch for mobile, something that can have a minimal default install footprint that can be used to build upon and customise...again...yes...niche...but most of the best tech is niche...look at the Thinkpad, most people would look at those and think it was the naffest looking bit of retro tech ever...however, engineers like us look at them and we see a badass tank.
I'd kick off a project myself, but I can't for the life of me make swapping out bootloaders feel like a reliable process. I've done it dozens of times on dozens of phones but I always...ALWAYS...get that heart stopping moment when you reboot the phone and hope that it won't brick...that first 20 seconds always feels like a life time.