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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades
(www.straitstimes.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.