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[–] diptchip@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Just ordered my first iphone. :s

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Send it back. Not a good alternative

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Depends. When it comes to privacy they're a step up from virtually all vanilla Android distributions. And if you care about things like NFC payments and banking apps working reliably (= not potentially breaking with an update to the app or OS) in general that's your only option with Android. I'm not switching to a Pixel with Graphene, it just doesn't do what I need my phone to do. I might switch to an iPhone if the EU actually manages to force them to cut the walled garden crap.

[–] Turret3857 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Why? Did you know about custom ROMs such as GrapheneOS and CalyxOS before the purchase?

[–] diptchip@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes. I also ordered another orbic wonder (probably my 5th) but this one showed up in an opened box, so I aint gunna chance it. Will use it for music. I assumed the most secure second hand phone under 400 would be an iphone.

[–] Turret3857 2 points 2 hours ago

Used pixels can easily be found for under $400, and CalyxOS supports a few Motos that can be found for under $200.