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[โ€“] aethon@lemmy.zip 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Just got mine with e/OS and have to say that I am really impressed with how well everything works. Of course you have to look for alternatives for some stuff if you want to really put privacy first. But it feels and looks like a good phone. Honestly looking forward to my first repair

[โ€“] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Same, been having some issues with receiving group texts but overall the switch has been much smoother that I expected. MicroG works for all the use cases I've tested except RCS but I don't really care about that.