Recently got myself a Pixel 7a and it's been a great experience.
I have an iPhone 11 Pro. It’s a few years old now, but still gets updates and is still quick enough. However, the battery is fading pretty quick and Apple has made replacement inconvenient at best. I’m going to order a DIY battery kit that will hopefully take care of that, otherwise it’s gonna be replacement time.
Blackberry Key2 because nothing beats a hardware keyboard. Tried it but cant life without one.
iPhone 13 Pro. Will probably keep it until the 16 Pro later this year maybe, or I might go another year. Nothing wrong with it so far, I mostly just want a type-C connector for convenience at this point
I really like the looks of those TCL NXTpaper phones. They use a matte color eink display that looks amazing.
Pixel 8 sounds like what you're looking for.
Pixel 7. It's fine.
rn using a Samsung Galaxy A32, planning to switch to a pixel 7a eventually
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.
Pixel
Google Pixel 6a
Pixel 8 Pro. I'm satisfied of it. The first thing I did was unlocking and the second rooting.
S20FE. It was cheap ~500 when i got it and it had all the stuff i wanted (microsd, 120hz, latest chip, 3 cameras, flat screen).
Use Termux on android to run Linux natively with proot
Pixel 4, probably gonna be on this phone for a while.
My Pixel 6 Pro got smashed up in a bike crash, so I recently replaced it with a Pixel 7a.
I don't know if anyone's run desktop Linux on them, but I'd guess if there's any phone where that's been done, it'd be a Pixel. They make it easy to run other Android ROMs, and the Pixels are probably the most popular phones amongst the type of people who would like to attempt that as a result. (Personally, I stick with Google's Android.)
a Pixel 3 they're basically the Google equivalent to the iPhone I did some work merging code for my Fire tablet's Android kernel, and when I saw how much development Google put into Android, I figured Pixels would probably have the best drivers thing is kinda old, but it works great for my purposes no SD card slot though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but it came bundled with a few USB adapters, a wireless charger, and some headphones.
iPhone 13 Pro. Probably going to upgrade to a 16 Pro this fall.
I'm on a OnePlus 5. Had it for a few years now and love it. Best phone I ever had.
I've had a few. The OnePlus line has been, IIRC, notable for charging quickly relative to competitors, though I don't know whether things have evened out since then.
Second the OnePlus 5! I moved to the OnePlus 10 Pro for security updates and it's great. Battery life is worse though, I hear the 12 isn't as bad in that respect. Still have the fastest charging on the market though!
They're all pretty much the same, unless you're looking for specific use cases, e.g. camera, outdoors ruggedness, gaming, specific OS build, etc. I stopped getting flagships once I realized my old ones battery started to swell like a cheaper phone. I'm on Android, so I get to replace any app with the one of my choice - I'm particular about data submissions to home and sneaky stuff like autotagging. Now all I look for is a recent android build (for app compatibility), decent camera hardware (I'll replace the app), IP68 and a good price.
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