My phone’s just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.
Thought I’d test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc
Bonus points if anyone’s managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal
Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.
Any smartphone, they’re not that different and all have the same weaknesses. They’re pretty fragile, don’t have battery-life and they have lots of bloat and functionality that’s gate-kept behind sign ups and cloud accounts
The biggest difference is whether you can run a custom rom or it’s locked down.
any special model that you prefer?
Pixels (at least ordered from Google) allow you to unlock the bootloader without any exploits, so they normally have the best ROM support
GrapheneOS is where a lot of the security work that ends up making it to other Android devices starts
CalyxOS is a good option for more support for standard Google Play apps
LineageOS is the original big ROM, but I think last time I checked, you couldn’t reenable the secure boot chain
I use a pixel 8. If you care about security or privacy, GrapheneOS simply has no substitute.
Battery life lasts about a day and a half. Performance is solid, camera is solid, and it has an AMOLED for active display.
CalyxOS is a great substitute and doesn’t have a sus developer.
It might be a good substitute for some. Some features like contact and storage scopes are missing, and IMO they’re pretty cool Overall just worse privacy and security compared to Graphene
Fairphone 5 with iodéOS. Its perfect for me
I love the idea of fairphones but from what I’ve gathered they’re kinda crap for the price if you don’t count the moral benefits aren’t they?
Do they do video over USB C/thunderbolt? Am quite interested in having a device I can plug in and use as a desktop in a pinch
They do displayport over usb c I think. I almost got one a few months ago, or a pixel, but choked at the cost. Ended up with a Motorola Edge 40 and while it’s fine, I wish I’d just spent a bit more and got a phone I actually wanted.
I’ve been thinking about Fairphone, but the 5 isn’t available in the US to my understanding, unfortunately, and the 4 is a serious downgrade spec-wise.
Lemmy users be like: I built my own phone
“privacy is so important” pulls out android phone
Educate yourself
iphone. They’re solid and they get updates forever so there is no rush to upgrade. I don’t miss Android and not getting updates 6 months after I buy the phone.
Well then you’re already unreliable and hyperbolic for giving advice as Android do in fact get updates well after 6 months. And no one can assure ‘forever’. Not even apple. I’ve had iPads complain they can’t be updated and force to go buy a new one.
Fanboi detected! 😂 Android phones vary in how many updates they will get based on manufacturer and price point of the phone. Google guarantees 4 years…that it. Others only reliably update flagship phones. I like the Android operating system, but the update situation is still largely a joke…as is the bloat in most Android phones.
Fanboi detected! 😂
Nice that you announce your arrival. I don’t see that too often.
I like the part where you proved my comments wrong…oh wait…
I’m not your employee. You are not owed a ‘discussion’.
Pout away. 😂
Nowdays, I think the software support is basically the same.
Not even close. iPhone 8 from 2017 is still supported.
I mean the new android phones have 8 years of software support. You can still use phones with outdated software.
