Am 28. Dec, 2016 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: moin moin, I had completely forgotten about the dual-persona options. I still don't want to use it in this case as I absolutely don't trust the particular app vendors. Still, multi-persona might be useful for some other projects and potentially for work in the future. I will also investigate it for emergency use. Thanks for the links! ciao, der.hans > Ubuntu phones are not ignoring the US Carriers, the carriers were the ones > who are basically ignoring the Ubuntu Phones. > > There is a concept of the work/home split in android so you could split the > two, apps and everything. > > https://www.android.com/work/ > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/a-review-of-android-for-work-dual-persona-support-comes-to-android/ > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Anon Anon wrote: > >> I want an Ubuntu phone so bad I cannot stand it. It seems impossible to >> find any information about it and US carriers seem completely ignored. >> >> I would just recommend buying the barest of bones and cheapest android >> phone you can use for work and put as little data as possible about you >> personally on it. >> >> Why waste time and money on a work phone? Just my 2 cents. >> >> On Dec 28, 2016 12:52 PM, "Stephen Partington" >> wrote: >> >>> The Samsung J7 is actually a good price point. As is the Moto G. and they >>> are popular enough to have some XDA love http://forum.xda-developers.co >>> m/galaxy-j7 >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:43 PM, der.hans wrote: >>> >>>> moin moin, >>>> >>>> work requires a couple of applications I refuse to install on my personal >>>> phone, so I need a secondary phone. >>>> >>>> Any recommendation considering the following? >>>> >>>> I would like to go with LineageOS[0] once it's up and running or some >>>> other >>>> 'as free as practical' Android fork. >>>> >>>> I would love a Plasma phone or maybe even an Ubuntu phone, but need to >>>> grab some proprietary apps from the Android app store, so they're not >>>> much >>>> of an option for this particular case[1]. >>>> >>>> I would prefer a phone with a working FM radio. >>>> >>>> In general, I prefer Samsung hardware. >>>> >>>> Cost is a large factor for this purchase. I will likely be trying to find >>>> someting on the second hand or refurb market. I'm perfectly fine with old >>>> hardware provided I can continue getting software updates. >>>> >>>> Currently using t-mobile, but would prefer something with radios for all >>>> the carriers[2]. >>>> >>>> [0] In the midst of forking from cyanogen now that it has closed down. >>>> >>>> http://lineageos.org/Yes-this-is-us/ >>>> >>>> [1] There is the possibility of buying a new primary phone and making my >>>> current phone the secondary. I presume this option is more expensive than >>>> I can commit to the purchase. >>>> >>>> [2] Not that Verizon is an option for me until it stops fighting net >>>> neutrality. >>>> >>>> ciao, >>>> >>>> der.hans >>>> -- >>>> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >>>> # "The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own >>>> # reason for existing." -- Albert Einstein >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who # are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." # --Albert Einstein