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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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[–] Humanius 3 points 11 months ago

Google Pixel 6a

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Recently got myself a Pixel 7a and it's been a great experience.

[–] TeckFire 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] spacemanspiffy 3 points 11 months ago

A Librem 5. It's exactly what i want, a small desktop PC with modem in it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Pixel 8 sounds like what you're looking for.

[–] filister 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Blackberry Key2 because nothing beats a hardware keyboard. Tried it but cant life without one.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I use a Samsung S21 5G as my daily driver with an S8 as my phone for watching videos because it still has a headphone jack. This is going to be my last Samsung phone though, I can't support their constant injection of bloatware every update, their atrocious customer support, and the removal of good features.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

iPhone 13 Pro. Probably going to upgrade to a 16 Pro this fall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Pixel 4, probably gonna be on this phone for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.)

[–] MobBarley700 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm on a OnePlus 5. Had it for a few years now and love it. Best phone I ever had.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

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