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If you get your phone from a carrier, you're going to get the kind of phone they want. Android or Apple.
My phone was new last year and runs modern android. It has a headphone jack, SD card slot, and even FM radio. It also has enough battery to last 10 days of moderately heavy use. Niche phones exist if you look outside what's sold by carriers.
See this is my issue with privacy ROMS is that they're not always built alongside pro-consumer, right to repair friendly hardware. They're often built for flagship phones, which has its advantages, but leaves the hardware experience locked down.
I really am so excited for functioning Linux phones. I LOVE GrapheneOS, but mobile Linux is being built around those ease of repair and tinkering phones more often .
What phone do you have? I'm still holding onto an old S20 just because of the SD card slot but it's battery is fading.
A Ulefone Armor 34 pro. It's a ridiculous 2lb brick with nightvision, a fucking projector, and 25,500mAh of battery.
But there are a LOT of phones that check off a few less of those those boxes. Reasonable phones with only twice as much battery as any Samsung. GSMArena has a filterable search function, just filter for phones that work with the bands your country/carrier uses. No phone is compatible with all countries networks!
I'm rocking a phone from Sony right now, after a decade with Samsung Galaxy devices. I bought it specifically for the microSD card and for a headphone jack.