Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhere to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphonewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down12
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minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoPretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it Same applies to cell phones.
minus-squareYerbouti@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDefinitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.
Pretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it
Same applies to cell phones.
Definitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.