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would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by selfmate@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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There is no date of arrival for the motorola yet. I only read beginning of 2027. That could also be delayed. And if it is a phone with underwhelming specs, I wouldn't want to buy it either. But buying a pixel now means not buying a motorola soon.

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[–] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If you want GrapheneOS without funding Google, why not get a secondhand Pixel?

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This is what I did but you do need to be careful with it - in the US ar least you can't unlock the bootloader on a Verizon-issued pixel which are very common. Always ask the seller where they got it from, since most wouldn't be technical enough to check the bootloader for you

[–] alkaliv2@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

This is very important and deserves its own post. Resellers typically either don't specify or don't know if the bootloader is unlockable on a Pixel so the buyer has to find out for themselves. Sadly "Unlocked" in an eBay post often refers to the carrier rather than the bootloader. Thanks for mentioning this!

[–] wyrmkeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yep I made this mistake but luckily was able to return the phone via backmarket. Was more educated the second buy and am happy with the phone.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

you're still supporting google if you still do this via resale value.

and that's why i'm waiting for motorola

[–] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 2 points 4 days ago

How does resale value “support Google”?

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

How many GOS users are out there, you think? They have zero impact on the resale value.