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Suggestion for Android device for archival purposes?

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I need an Android device for archival purposes, it has several requirements and I would appreciate any suggestions. I’ve done some research myself, but I would appreciate it maybe you know of something I haven’t discovered.

Requirements:

  • Must fit inside this Faraday pouch, or a different one that is of a similar price, and is both water and fire proof
  • Must support an open OS (Degoogled, rooted Android ROM or Linux - both support touch interfaces, Kiwix, and storing and viewing files)
  • at least 256GB internal storage to store the files
  • at least 8GB RAM for running local AI models, preferably nearer 16GB
  • Good battery life, since it will stay inside the pouch most of the time and I don’t want to have to take it out to charge it every day
  • As cheap as possible

I have no other requirements, it doesn’t even have to have a camera, let alone a good one.

Thanks for all your help!

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JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeOP
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If you meant Single Board Computer, that seems like a whole class of devices. What specific model would you recommend?

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jared@mander.xyz
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Raspberry pi would be a good place to start.

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liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Just use any cheap one that you can find that runs Linux well. There’s 100s of them I’m sure you’ll find your pick

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Are you sure I’ll find one with my memory, storage, and size requirements? And I didn’t specifically list that I wanted a touchscreen and chassis rather than a naked motherboard, but I do indeed want that.

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liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Why do you want a mobile device specifically?

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