What’s the point? The entire point of a phone would be compatibility with apps. You can already run something nice and repairable and relatively open if you go over the fact that many features won’t work with it, like some banking apps, NFC payments…
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Demdaru@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I kinda wanna hate that but, while pricy, it…it would be good, wouldn’t it? It’s Valve after all. It wouldn’t be astounding. But it would be stable, reliable, accessible…
All dreams as of now but…
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
stable
SteamOS is by far the least stable experience I’ve ever had out of all consoles and handhelds I remember owning. Linux phone would be nice though.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
And have a 50% chance to be abandoned/unsupported in 2 years. In the real world they have zero reasons to release a standalone phone, (huge) maybe they could make a tablet for remote play.
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 1 month ago
mobile gaming is one the biggest segments of the gaming industry based on revenue. depending on how scummy their intentions are, a GabePhone could be a very good business move
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
They would then have to compete with google’s storefront, which is wild to think about. Unless they pull an EGS and promise a much better revenue split, but even then it’s gonna be ridiculously hard
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
If its a Linux phone and then wouldn’t the rest of the mobile market be competing against games on Steam.
And I’d imagine the phone would be something like the Sony Xperia Play in terms of design. So not be some touch screen dependent mobile games.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
Valve abandoning their 30% greedy cut? Never!
rapchee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
last year i plugged in my steam link just to see if it still works and it had an update
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
it gets a “nicer than amd link” award then lol