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LG G2 (2013) running LineageOS!
I had an LG back in 2017-2022, great phones, I guess having a G2 is raw
Whoaaa that's a throwback. My friend had that and I had the nexus 5 back in the day
Pixel 9a running grapheneOS. It's pretty good, no complaints. I even dropped it a couple times and it's still in one piece.
Same
Got a 9 pro, already forgot what the differences are 😅 I really wish it was smaller, my previous phone was an iPhone 13 Mini and I really miss how convenient the size was...
Fairphone 6 with e/os
Pixel 8a with GrapheneOS. Considering getting a secondary older one to run postmarketOS.
Currently using a Pixel 7. Not sure what I'm going to do in a few months when Google locks the OS down. Probably, I'll finally have to get around to seriously investigating Graphene :(
I currently figure my next phone will be either another Motorola (my Moto X was favorite phone ever) or something by Fairphone. More likely, Fairphone. Motorola hasn't really appealed to me since Google carved all the interesting tech patents out them and discarded the rest of the company. I suppose it depends on whether I like Graphene and whether Motorola follows through with their promise to support it. Anyway, I'll cross that bridge when my 7 dies.
You really can't go wrong with GrapheneOS. You can use it completly degoogled, or you can install all the google crap and it still is more private oriented than any other Android phone, because GrapheneOS sandboxes the google crap.
Using a Pixel and not using GrapheneOS is the worst of all the worlds.
A pixel that a wonderful friend gifted me so that I could have a device with graphene.
Pixel 9 Pro XL.
I like the OS. Pretty good camera. Amazing management of spam calls, I literally do not get any.
I had the 8A and I can agree with you On the spam call thing. I also like sideloaded apps. I’ll miss that.
Also Pixel 9 Pro, not XL. Loving it.
Unihertz Titan 2. Great conversation starter :) I needed to rethink my relationship to smartphone and move away from doomscrolling. The drastic change in form factor helped a lot while maintaining the possibilities open (it's no dumb phone). It doesn't have support for custom firmwares / OS sadly, but it's possible to debloat and work around limitations
Fairphone 3+ with LineageOS
Had a Pixel 8a and dropped it today. Got $360 for a trade in and now pay $9 less a month for the iPhone 17e.
I will miss ad block on Firefox, but will enjoy FaceTime and iMessages
there's a new browser called Reynard which is a full Firefox (Gecko) fork for iOS, also supports uBlock Origin.
Not on the appstore but you can still install it without jailbreaking. (in fact, it's impossible to jailbreak that phone atm..)
Orion lets you install firefox extensions, or you can get uBlock Origin Lite on the App Store for safari.
You can add extensions to safari including adguard
Nothing with AI forcefully integrated. That seems like an obvious dividing point.
The only one with a removable battery and a headphone jack.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. I'm switching to a Fairphone when Google locks Android.
Slop phone is Unihertz Jellystar. Only used for govt apps and banks. Main phone is OnePlus 6 with Iode OS (Lineage)
Pixel 7
Unfortunately the support period is ending next fall, so I'm looking at either a pixel 11 once the 12 comes out or the new Motorola phones with the Graphene collab
S10.
- 3.5mm jack
- qi
- reverse qi
Beautiful.
Pixel 6a running Graphene. Considering getting a 10... or until this phone completely breaks. Advices/recs are welcome btw!
I upgraded from a 6 Pro to a 9 Pro when that came out and honestly, I'd be still fine using my 6 Pro. It's not that much of a performance jump if you ignore the cameras.
Looks like the Pixel 6 range is still in support for at least another year.
A moto G42 with LineageOS. I buy used phones for about 200€ every 3 years and I am super happy with those.
I have a pixel 6 pro and will continue using it until I can't anymore. My next phone won't be a google nor apple one, but I don't know what I want (edit: I'm also not keen on Samsung).
I don't want a dumbphone (I use maps for navigation and frequently look up things to do when traveling and the like), but it needs felica support and to work with Japanese government apps (as well as transportation cards, though Japan may eventually finally roll out tapping a normal credit/debit card by the time my phone gives up the ghost).
I have very few complaints with the phone itself now (there were issues around launch and that persisted quite a while), but I'm also slowly (mostly) de-googling my life.
Pixel 6 Pro gang, though mine is finally on its way out. Can't receive calls occasionally and a column of dead pixels. My partner has been requesting me to get a new phone for quite a while now. GrapheneOS btw.
Going against the stream here as another iPhone user, iPhone 16.
Blackview BL9000.
It's a huge cellular brick, weighing 400+g, 2cm thick, chunky boy with protective case. Doubles as a self defense device and will remain functional afterwards. Reignited my love for big and heavy things.
Normal phones are ruined forever for me now. Going from my phone to a normal one my wife has is like going from a normal phone to a credit card and pretending it's a phone.
It was rather cheap, solid hardware, most people complain about the bad camera, but i find it completely sufficient.
Main issue over software came later, about a year in they did a software update during which they started to send ads under system messages. Cant turn it off either, though at least i can turn it to once a day and silent, though they have increased it to 3in1 by now and just found out that it saved a preview picture of the ad to the devices temporary folder. Not much of a space issues, though annoying as those did came up when searching for pictures.
Similar here. I own the Power Armor 18 from Ulefone. Also a rugged phone and yes. I'm also never going back to small phones
That's a nice one as well. How's that? Any hidden issues? As the ads on my Blackview will most definitely make me avoid that brand in the future, but the overall style of the phone is rather good.
Ulefones do seem to fall under the same design.
The power button stopped working after a year and a half. Admittedly, after I dropped it, but one would expect a rugged phone to be able to take the hit without damage. I did manage to reconfigure the phone to turn the screen of with the menu button, and to activate it using the fingerprint button. Besides that, the phone works flawlessly. I have no complaints
My pixel9pro battery kerploded so I'm back to my old xperia 5 iv until I get it fixed. I love the form factor, the headphone jack, the SD card slot, the physical camera button... But damn if the pixel9 isn't just a better experience
Pixel 8 pro. Back glass is broken and there is some expanding loss of pixels on the front but it's a good phone. Had a OnePlus 7 before this and tempted to go back to OnePlus next or another Pixel probably in the next year
Pixel 7 Pro running Graphene
I have a Pixel 8 Pro and an iPhone 13 Mini
Pixel 10
iPhone 12 from 2020 and a surface pro 3 from 2013(?)