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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 234 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Am I the only one surprised there were even that many in the first place?

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 115 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't believe you've never heard of Zoogle, Bokia, Pamsung, ACKOOO, ACKOOO2², Votorola...

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget uPhone, GRE, Hawaii, Mulberry, Lentuvo, and Hitsubishi.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Chinese companies love the ACKOOO type names. LPOWERB, SUPERQ, FKPHONE, that kind of thing.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FKPHONE

Who wouldn't want to buy a Fuckphone?

[–] gtaman@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 points 1 year ago

Wait u dont fuck ur phone?

Honestly if I was in the market for an achoo or a fuckhphone, I would totally buy a fuckphone

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

The movement for free and open source software has not achieved a world in which most people use only FOSS. But it has achieved a world where there is a lot of diversity in technology, including many Android smartphone brands you haven't heard of.

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe they are counting all the times Microsoft launched a new brand of phone and then unceremoniously killed off about 6 months later?