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1. userbi+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-07-17 01:52:19
12 years ago a small Chinese company made this Android clone of an iPhone 4, but with additional features:

https://www.gizchina.com/2013/11/07/jiayu-g5-unboxing-hands-...

https://www.gizchina.com/2013/09/18/exclusive-hands-video-st...

https://www.gizmochina.com/2013/09/22/teardown-picture-jiayu...

That was the "peak smartphone" era for me; lots of companies making slightly different variations on Androids, at relatively low prices, but almost all of them with the same basic set of practical features which are nearly extinct today. Now it seems all we get are faster CPUs and RAM, more (non-removable) storage and battery capacity, no headphone jacks, a very limited choice of screen sizes, and far too many cameras along with the obligatory unremovable spyware and locked-down OS.

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