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.

  • Feddinat0r@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Blackberry Key2 because nothing beats a hardware keyboard. Tried it but cant life without one.

  • moitoi@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Pixel 8 Pro. I’m satisfied of it. The first thing I did was unlocking and the second rooting.

  • atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Unfortunately, an iPhone 13 Mini.

    I’d love to switch back to GrapheneOS (used it on a Pixel 3a for a while), but I really don’t like Pixel hardware. The Fairphone 5 is on my radar, but it’s expensive for what it is and also isn’t available to purchase in the US. I’m also not sure if CalyxOS supports it yet, and there aren’t any other Android roms that I’m interested in.

    So I’m suffering with iOS until something else becomes available.

    I’m hoping Linux phones become viable within the next 5-10 years. I have Ubuntu Touch on my Pixel 3a and PostMarketOS on my Pinephone. Mobile Linux is super cool and fun to play with, but is nowhere near daily driver ready yet.

  • Iapar@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Pixel 7 because oft grapheneOS. As all Smartphones are pretty much the same because we reached a plateau, the only thing differentiating them is how easy it is to install another OS.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • kugel7c@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    S10+ it’s running for me for the last 3 years. Used Samsung’s cost like 1/4-> 1/3 the starting price about 1.5 years after release.

  • scoobford@lemmy.zip
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    10 months ago

    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.

      • cmrss2@aussie.zone
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        10 months ago

        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

        • suppenloeffel@feddit.de
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          10 months ago

          Oh boy, that is one spicy topic. You could start here.

          In short: The lead dev (who stepped down, but may be back again?) is involved in some controversy.

          While I can fully understand why somebody wouldn’t trust the OS based on that, it’s still the most secure and private OS available today IMHO.

  • pearable@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I use a Fairphone 4 running Murena’s e/os. The experience has been pretty good so far. I haven’t needed to repair the phone yet but it’s nice to know I have the option. The os doesn’t have any quirks I can’t live with. I like their app store, it gives every app a privacy score based on what logging it has and permissions it uses.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      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.

  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m using a Pixel 6, mostly because I like stock android. Not spectacular compared to their previous phones though, notably they used to be the only major company that still had headphone jacks, but that is no longer the case.

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I have a 6a. Same deal. Terrible battery life honestly. I wish I could find a phone that could stay up to date and I can replace the batteries…

      • w00@feddit.de
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        10 months ago

        6a here too. At least the battery holds long when the phone is barely used. Idle standby is great compared to my outdated Xcover from before.

  • Delphia@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The cheapest piece of shit Samsung make because I break phones. I work outdoors in all weathers and I use my phone alot. I go through on average one a year and I dont want a broken or lost phone to ruin my month.

    • flashgnash@lemm.eeOP
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      10 months ago

      I can get behind that, that’s kind of the direction I’m leaning in too.

      I tend to go the other way with that and buy the tougher phones so they last me a bit longer though, I’d rather pay 600 every 3 years and have a somewhat nicer phone than 200 every 1 year and have to put up with a crappy one