Unless it runs Linux, what’s the fucking point?
Jebus. Ya, I’ll take Valve’s bloatware compared to anyone else’s … so far.
Until they get in bed with Facebook.
And push some new AI girlfriend on me.Goddamn I wish I could build a custom phone OS like Arch. I would actually take the time and do that.
When I get a new phone, it takes me a couple weeks to strip out all the crap without disabling the devices primary functions. Lotta breaking shit and rolling back. It takes for fukin ever.I know open linux phones are on the horizon, at least to some degree.
And when its a legit option, I’ll shell out for a customizable phone.
Until then, I’ll stick to my lobotomized moto-g.I’ll take Valve’s bloatware compared to anyone else’s
Damn right!
Until they get in bed with Facebook.
Absolute worst possible move!
And push some new AI girlfriend on me.
Woah woah woah, let’s not be hasty now, let em cook, that could be good.
Bawwhahahah!!! k. … but I don’t do that on my phone …
Gaming on a phone is an abomination. There are many fun time wasters but I want a phone that does less, not more. Internet, Camera, GPS, done.
if steam made a phone it wouldn’t be
Would be crazy if it was also running steamos (arch)
Having a Linux phone that has chroot compartments for Android apps is the dream.
Steam Xperia Linux phone would be a dream. I think if a Steam phone did well then other companies like Asus would jump into Linux phone.
Then suddenly we get mainstream alternatives to Android.
You mean the one with PlayStation integration? Fuck yeah.
The one that you could slide out to find it has dpad and buttons to use for games.
I was just checking that yesterday, and there was the opportunity to have something equivalent to a “steam phone” with https://liberux.net/#specs , but the indiegogo failed.
One that is actually sold is the Furiphone , which is under finalization of software update., and has chroot for Android apps with Waydroid. check the links ! 😊
The GNU organization just announced a Linux phone a couple weeks ago
Not quite. FSF (Free Software Foundation) announced the Librephone project. Its goal is to work towards having phone hardware with open firmware. They are still in the phase of finding out what that entails.
They are not making a phone. It’s more a campaign of nudging other manufacturers in that direction.
Not exactly that but Jolla might be interesting for you. I had the first edition of the device in 2014 and I loved it.
Thry finally released a second gen hardware last year I think.
BlackBerry had a separate walled/secured android instance a long time ago. I wish that more people bought the phone. Jolla is interesting, but I really want the banking apps to work.
Make it easily repairable like the Fairphone and then I’ll be interested
So far their track record is pretty good in that regard.
You know, I would 100% buy a phone from them if it runs Linux
With the amount of work they are putting in compatibility layers technology, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could run The Witcher 3 on it out of the box.
Me too, even if I could have more bang for my buck elsewhere.
Give it a decent camera, battery life and good security as well as privacy and take my money already!
Shut up and take my pixels!
Valve should release a phone if they get into the mobile gaming industry of course steam isn’t based around that, but it would be nice if valve at least officially port their games to there…
No, but since the frame is arm based, a phone with clip on controller bits like the switch that could also play my steam games is absolutely something I would throw money at.
I’m a self proclaimed apple fanboy and I would seriously consider switching to a Linux phone by Valve. I have to admit all this hardware they’re releasing is quite intriguing.
Call it the Steam Iron.
I think it’d be Steam Sight, or Steam Sight Glass.
It fits the theme and is essentially a window to peer into steam pipes to assess how things are going. An easy view inside the system.
Also called View Port, Sight Window, and I think Sight Flow?
Steamy Chocolate Bar.
I hope for Steamie Boi
not a pro memer yet
Isn’t Steam Frame run in SteamOS(which is linux based) made for ARM chip?
While there likely won’t be a steam phone, it technically exists as of now.
Not sure I follow… A steam frame isn’t a phone. It can’t make or receive phone calls
What the other comment said. Since Valve is already half way there with their Steam Frame version of SteamOS(which run on ARM architecture, where phone and tablet also use) and Linux phone iirc do exists, it’s only a matter on how much futher Valve wanna go. So as of now they “technically” already have half a steam phone.
I think what they meant is that the technology exists since steam frame is an ARM based device it’s just a matter of running it on different hardware and adding firmware support for things like phone calls and touch screens.
It only lacks a modem & dual antennas tho.
It’s a few gens back top of the line snapping turtle (Snapdragon), 16 giggies of ram & some disk space, a battery, two LCDs, a bunch of cameras, an sd card slot, speakers, huge battery, and it runs Linux (SteamOS of unknown openness).
Maybe it could “receive phone calls” (eww) if you would plug in a usb (or pcie) modem.
I want a cyberdeck with cellular connectivity with talk/text.
I imagine it will be a big deck
Everyone loves a big deck
Yes please.
Pls with a jack and sd slot
Ah yep. 1st gen will have those, but only in 2G/GSM network, no wifi
