Not had it for long, but a fairphone 6 (the version thats sold in the US that comes with /e/OS instead of regular android).
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I’d never use an iPhone if my phone were my main device—but I just want a phone/camera that I don’t have to think about beyond those specific functions, and for that my iPhone 12 mini works fine.
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iphone 17. never used android because i grew up with ios and i really am attached to the ui. im really not interested in switching to graphene or a pixel, at least until it gets better or until iphone is shown to seriously be unsafe. stock iphone is safer than stock android and i’ll stick by my opinion, but i know almost everyone in the privacy space disagrees with me.
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iPhone 13 Pro. Planning on replacing the battery if it ever gets too bad, then maybe replacing it with a Fairphone a few years after.
Fold 7, love it for blending OSRS and YouTube.
Xiaomi 17 pro with Hyperos.
The cheapest new iPhone I could buy locally.
Yeah, but they seem to have a decent approach to AI, not slap it on everything.
Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS (fully degoogled)
Agnostic, for development. iOS and Android.
Daily driver is iPhone, but I keep a Pixel with stock Android for staying uptodate with services and latest updates.
Used to keep a phone around to run stock AOSP, but nobody runs that.
A Moto G7 Power with LineageOS.
I have an old Realme GT NEO 3 with the stock ROM. There was no LineageOS ROM for it when I got it but there's been one for two years now, so I may give it a try eventually.
The camera is not good but apart from that, it works. I have Google apps installed on this one and use mainly Gmail and Maps. Maps is shitty but I also use openstreetmaps on the web through Firefox. I don't have the YouTube app and watch videos in Firefox, with uBlock Origin, Sponsor Block and Video Background Play Fix. I tend to use the websites, or FOSS apps if possible through F-Droid. No weather app, I just go on the website with ads blocked. But I don't mind paying for some apps that I use if they are useful and don't have ads. Ads are the devil.
And my backups are simple, using FolderSync connecting via SSH on my headless Orange Pi.
I had three straight Pixel phones die from random hardware failures on me in the span of less than two years, so I have high hopes for this Motorola/GrapheneOS collab.
Currently using a Razr foldable. Which has lasted longer than two of the three Pixels put together. Stock Android. Would love to put LineageOS on it instead. Currently no rom for it and I'm not a developer.
EDIT: For backups, I do it the old fashioned way. Periodic device dumps into 3 different desktop/laptop computers. Not optimal, don't have the time or budget to do better right now. Again, I'm not a developer and frankly most of my life is not digital. The parts that are digital aren't a huge deal to me if they aren't airtight secure.
As politics go, I WANT people to know that I'm for trans rights and body autonomy and that I think all republicans deserve the gulag. Please record my full name and details with my convictions on those issues and display them everywhere when I'm gone. I will NOT go down in history lumped in with the masses under "Why didn't regular people fight back? Did they actually support this?" when this regime is studied in school with the scorn and ridicule it deserves. Anyway, I don't put my name out there on purpose with that stuff but if someone links me to the causes I support because there are memes about trans people in my Google account, all the better. I wear pride in public anyway, might as well wear it in private.
Stock? Nah.
I have something like a dozen tablets and phones stacked on my desk. I get new ones, but the old ones have enough life in them that I don't just count them as ewaste and wash my hands of them. Only two of those have current lineage available, and I can't be arsed to update what amounts to a picture frame that isn't connected to Wi-Fi. The rest get used as security cameras for very short term use.
Most of them still have the os they came with as, again, I can't be arsed to fiddle with the ones that I could dig up a rom for, or they couldn't be unlocked to do it in the first place. But none of them were ever stock Android. Since when I got them, I favored Samsung and LG tablets, the ui was highly altered from regular AOSP.
Now, my main phone? My absolutely amazing friend gifted me a pixel with graphene ready to go as soon s it reached me. But I do still use some play store apps on it, when I can't find something good enough that isn't (nothing touches poweramp, and I haven't had the budget to put towards a licence for it from the dev, yet. Higher priorities).
Never touched a pi unless it was a pie being shoved down my throat.
Ngl though, if I wasn't lazy as fuck, I'd likely swap to lineage on my older oneplus that's my backup phone. Just don't feel like dealing with the time it would take. So it's as stock as it was when I got it a few years ago. I doubt I'll ever do it unless I get a newer graphene device and it gets retired to the desk for infrequent uses. That's how I end up with a still working Galaxytab 2 lol. Barely still working tbh.
Remarkable! So you have been using graphene OS for a long-term? How would you rate it overall? Do you ever get frustrated by some of the limitations or jankiness that can come up with various apps?
No bullshit, I've yet to run into jank. My bank is a credit union that isn't a bunch of assholes, so their app works fine.
I don't need any authentication apps, so no worries there. Ifi ever do, there's some known to work with graphene.
I'm happier with graphene than I have been in years with android overall. Last time I was really happy with android, we were still in single digits. The ever increasing limitations Google was applying broke my joy of it s an enthusiast.
But graphene at least returns me being able to use my device without the layers of Google bullshit unless I just want to.
So no frustrations at all just easy to use handled computing.
I've had this phone since early last year. I think? Might have been june? Damned if I can remember without digging up old messages lol.
Whe I got it, my plan was to use the pixel for my second line in case I couldn't make the transition. I switched sims out two days later and haven't looked back since. If I could put graphene on my second phone, I would.
Fold 5. Battery is getting annoying, so decent odds I pick up the 8 when it drops in the summer. I miss the days when you could just pop a battery out. It's expensive but the larger screen is amazing and I'll probably never go back. I'm not married to having a Samsung foldable specifically, but the only really competitive options are banned in the US.
You like the fold? I'm due for a new phone.
I had a ZFold 4 for a good long while before switching to a Pixel with GrapheneOS (OP is right, it's a legal requirement when joining lemmy). I can share my experience.
I really loved it but I also had very specific use cases. It was great for reading long-form content on the go and much more comfortable browsing websites, mostly those where they don't have / use mobile-first design like old forums. It was also great for sharing content in person, like sharing a spreadsheet or slideshow in person became so much easier. Some edge cases were nice to have, like taking a conference call you could split screen at the crease and prop it up for a more laptop-like experience. Ultimately it did away with the tablet use case between my laptop and phone.
Downsides were definitely price, it's like an $1800 phone, probably more now. I kept it for probably 4 years and still use it occasionally so I feel I'm getting my moneys worth. Not sure how the durability is these days, used to have issues with screens cracking even though mine is going strong. They redesigned it from 5+ in a way that it folds fully flat now and should extend screen life.
It really boils down to "is the screen real estate of two phones worth paying the price of two phones?" It has all the flagship features you'd expect, so you're really buying the form factor.
I don't really have any of those edge cases, but I've never had a tablet, and this looks like a neat alternative. How is reading a book on mobile screens, these days?
Depends on the book. For stock digital graphic novels, it's much easier on the Fold. For webcomics they are usually optimized for a narrower vertical screen. Same applies to static PDFs.
Text really comes down to the viewer. Assuming it's a book format that can be reflowed, reading can be just fine. I still prefer the wider format so I'm not constantly scrolling or tapping to turn pages, probably helps with eye fatigue too but not sure how long you plan to read on your phone anyway.
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Lineage OS on a Pixel 4.
Moto Edge running Lineage with microG for GPS
Stock android on a Pixel 10. I'm far too lazy to mess with installing operating systems when I don't absolutely have to.
I thought it would be a Fairphone with a Stallman-approved FSF app set.
Graphene os on a pixel 6 for work nr and banking apps
Ubuntu touch on a volla Quintus for personal nr and self-flagellation
Samsung Galaxy Duos running iodéOS.
Stock Pixel, I do have Nextcloud and other stuff, but I usually don't want to risk bricking my phone and I'm okay with some of the tradeoffs of using Google things, not okay with being shackled to it though so I do have some alternatives setup ready to switch but for the most part I'm okay with the tradeoffs.