Durable low(est)-budget phone recommendations? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Turns out replacing rounded silicon shells with hard-edge thin plastic on a handheld device, then expecting you to buy a second silicon shell anyway was a very lucrative decision.

In other news, I'm looking into getting a new phone. I don't really use phones for much other than messaging apps, firefox and the occasional lemmy browse, so lowest possible price is cool. No 1080/4K stuff.

I'd also want to avoid the 2.5 phone lifespan problem, since Moore and his law are dead so durability trumps performance every time.

It'd also be nice if it was supported by alternative OSes like Lineage. Any particular model or model series y'all recommend?

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Pixel phones have the best support for custom roms like lineage. I'm using a Pixel 4a on LineageOS with microG right now and it's fine 99% of the time (1% is the screen randomly locking up, sometimes needing a restart)

Been using a dbrand grip case pretty much since I got it and it's worked very well, no damage to the phone despite quite a few tumbles and fumbles over the years

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