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What phone brand do you like the best? (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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*In terms of privacy, customisation, camera quality, and battery time.

For the longest time I have only used either iPhone or Samsung. I plan on switching to Android for the next phone I get, but I find that Samsung phones are often too big for me and put too much energy on camera quality (I don’t take many photos). I have started to look into brands such as Nokia and Motorola, and I would like to know what you guys think of them. Additionally, do you suggest any other phone brands aside from them? My biggest priorities are privacy and long battery time. Bonus if the phone can run LineageOS (I have excluded Graphene as they are only compatible with Pixel phones).

Thank you for any answers. Cheers!

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[–] TCB13 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It isn't, but it isn't also secure. Your bootloader is easily compromised and people can get to your data in no time.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

True, since Fairphone's focus seems to be on fairness in the hardware. I wish they were better on the software side as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think if Fairphones get GrapheneOS support, it would be a no brainer for many. A phone you can repair yourself, which is fairly produced, with the safety and the absence of Google from GrapheneOS would be a good combo

[–] FutileRecipe 8 points 7 months ago

I think if Fairphones get GrapheneOS support...

Then Fairphone needs to up their hardware security and software support. GrapheneOS has minimum requirements that vendors must meet for GrapheneOS to support them, and Fairphone doesn't measure up. Only Pixels do, at the moment.

[–] TCB13 5 points 7 months ago

Me too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Fairphone should also work on the fairness side of things, because they dropped the headphone jack and, with a heavy heart I'm sure, started selling unfair Lithium Earbuds...

Their reasoning was, in part, people who bought their modular repairable phone said it was too big.