Pixels, simply because they run Graphene. Buy them used and have a degoogled phone within 10 minutes of delivery.
Any phone that allows me to install GrapheneOS with a locked bootloader. Currently, that’s only the Pixels. Maybe, one day, I’ll add Moto to this very short list.
Fairphone would be great with GOS. Security, privacy and repairability is my fantasy.
Thanks for the info, I know what my next phone will probably be
Technically Google Pixel, because of GrapheneOS. Realistically I don’t have a single mobile phone brand that I like
Fairphone I’d say. The phones are not without their issues, but they really put a lot of care into repairability and sustainability, which I appreciate.
Would have given the same answer until they fucked over the FP5 and I lost a lot od money only to find that it’s just a bad device.
Will think thrice about it before I consider buying another.
I love Sony phones. But Sony doesn’t love me (exited the North American market, expensive AF).
I’m clinging to my Xperia 5 IV as long as I can.
Sony.
Last (?) brand with reasonable features (audio jack and notification LED). Gotta slap lineage/eOS on it.
I saw that they shipped some phones with sailfish, and I ubuntu touch?
Edit: found the link https://buy.jolla-devices.com/devices/sailfishos/
I love Motorola. I miss droids, specifically, but that’s a bygone era unfortunately. I’ve tried all sorts of different brands and haven’t found another that uses gesture controls like Moto does. Chop chop for flashlight, wiggle wiggle for camera? So damn handy. I’ve had a Samsung for the last while and while you can (kinda) program the buttons, it’s such a lame imitations.
Just give me a new droid that is smaller than 5.5", please.
Agreed, I use the gestures all the time. They may not have all the top of the line specs, but they are also a hell of a lot cheaper than top of the line phones
Motorola is my favourite. Their gestures are great but the reason I love them is they have SD card and headphone jacks for all but their top end phones.
Not sure anymore. It has been Samsung for a really long time because of excellent hardware (except from when it had a dedicated bixby button).
The hardware is still excellent (at least in the flagship models), but the software part has gotten so bloated and annoying that I’m going for something else next time.
The bloat is partially android itself, but Samsung layers it’s own crap on top of that again.
I might go for Jolla next. Or a pixel with graphene.
Fairphone, I guess? But I unfortunately can’t have any of their phones. My requirements are so specific that I have given up on ever finding a phone that meets them all and is better than my current one from 2019. I mean, find something that is small (below 6 inches), has SD card and headphone support, and an open bootloader. That alone seems impossible. So yeah, I’m gonna stay with this old one. Its not like there is much happening in the industry anyway, and its even better for the environment than buying a fairphone for example. And it still runs well sooo. I’d just love to have a zoom camera and an IR blaster, the one I have doesn’t.
I miss the Nexus line of phones.
One that doesn’t take away bootloader unlocking
none. its so frustrating that we have such a neat technology that is so dystopic now.
I’m interested in the answers here. I have an old-ass OnePlus right now, battery is starting to feel it. And while it’s not a terrible phone, OnePlus is just not what it used to be, and if they have any spiritual successors I’d love to hear about it.
Fuck Google, but I have a Pixel for GrapheneOS.
Basic ass answer, but I really enjoy my iPhone. I can’t quite make the switch to a pixel running graphene, so it works really good for me.
I used the LG V-series until they stopped making phones. They never dropped the headphone jack or micro sd slot. Great flagship phones, imo. Sad they gave up on the market.
For my latest phone I went with an Asus ROG phone for the headphone jack, extra USB port, and bigger battery. But Asus is exiting the phone market too.
Which brand do you guys want me to kill next?
