Sharp Aquos R10 is scheduled to launch in early July in Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia

Personally in Singapore I don’t think I have seen anyone with a Sharp phone.

It reminds me of Sony QX series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_ILCE-QX1

Instead of assuming, why not check the app yourself to see if they are real people?

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

You can download the app and see for yourself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Old internal CD / DVD drives.

Maybe Fennec

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/

Unfortunately yes.

HarmonyOS NEXT AFAIK does not run on the Linux kernel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS_kernel

Technically it does not run android.

I believe QR payments are popular in India as well.

The EU Wants Chinese car factories to operate locally.

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It doesn’t seem to be a full system update but a SmartThings Framework update that caused the issue.

The 5 year battery warranty is good to have. Hopefully it forces other OEMs to do the same.

Yes

For the case for my poco x3 I only debloated once when I got my phone and it remain bloatware free ever since.

Debloat with adb or shizuku?