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What smartphones are people using nowadays? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Regular Galaxy S22 256Gb

Was choosing between S22, Pixels, and Nothing Phone. Ultimately, I went with the former because I happened to accumulate Tab S8 as well as Galaxy Buds 2. If not for those, probably would've saved a buck with first Nothing.

Pros: Easy cloud sync, good processor, nice materials, could be found for a very affordable price, and rest of the features that come with premium phones

Cons: No headphone jack, no SD card slot, some bloat you can't remove, battery

Would've probably still rocked my Poco F1 if it didn't get obliterated by a 0.5m drop onto a quartz floor. It never fully recovered from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

oneplus 9 pro

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My OnePlus 6 is still rocking

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I usually use a cheap Chinese phone around 100 bucks and swap it every 1-2 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Degoogled Pixel 4a that I bought to replace my broken Pixel 4a. I'm gonna use this thing until it dies and then maybe buy another one. I'm not sure when another phone this hold-able, reasonably powerful enough, and good LineageOS support will get released.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm using a regular pixel 4a. Does a degoogled version still have the awesome pixel call screening?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, but you may be able to get it to work. https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/bzgrcd/is_call_screening_available_in_los/

https://droidwin.com/enable-google-call-screening-android/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I'm using a POCO X5 5G!

And I'm loving it...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Liking my pixel 4a but still using stock :(. Should get round to installing graphene os

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately... Samsung is the only "normal" choice compared to others in my country... Other brands shipped adware, or just straight up shows ads on lock screen. I'm not joking. Samsung does it too unfortunately, though not as aggressive. Also I noticed after the year 2020 their midrange model has gone worse.

I miss Sony Xperia. I wish they didn't leave my country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Just bought a Galaxy s20+ ultra refurbished a couple of months ago. Only cost like 300 and had comparable specs to the current $1500 phones.

Wife has to have apple and I couldn't bring myself to buy her refurbished for her birthday... bit the bullet and got an iPhone that was 1 or 2 generations old, still cost like 800-900.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Loving my zenfone 9, has some issues due to the supported network bands but its usable with some tinkering (USA).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Galaxy A32. It no longer receives software updates, but still gets security updates. It works fine for me.

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