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

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] atmur@lemmy.world 4 points 8 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.

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Fortunately, an iPhone 13 mini. There just isn’t any other small phone on the market…

[-] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

What do you not like about the pixel hardware? I've been reluctantly considering one

[-] atmur@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My only "wants" for phone hardware are that it's small and easily repairable. The iPhone Mini is small, the Fairphone is easily repairable, modern Pixels are nether. The repairability is also more of a concern on the Pixels since they kind of have a reputation for being unreliable. I'm not sure if Pixels are genuinely worse than the average phone, but anecdotally I see a lot more articles like this about Pixels than any other phone.

https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/im-already-doubting-the-long-term-durability-of-my-pixel-8-pro

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Unihertz jelly star?

https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-star

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