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

submitted 9 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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The hardware is wholly unremarkable, but the pixel line supports Graphene. Custom Roms are a necessity if you care about privacy even a little bit, but there are other options.

Unfortunately in many places, illegal searches are the rule, not the exception and as such security is almost as critical. If you need security AND privacy there is simply no substitute.

Motorola hardware looks kinda nice though...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Be careful with Motorola, here's a Louis Rossmann rant about Lenovo/Motorola sucking, and here's the official unlocking policy and procedure he mentioned. Some specific issues to call out:

need to wait a week before unlocking the bootloader after purchase
you lose your Motorola warranty
you cannot sell or transfer your unlocked device (in linked legal agreement)

That's pretty scummy IMO, and why I'm not interested in Motorola devices. I don't intend to ever use the warranty or sell my phone, but I'm not okay with that being a legally binding agreement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

here's a Louis Rossmann rant about Lenovo/Motorola sucking

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

you cannot sell or transfer your unlocked device (in linked legal agreement)

The fuck? There's no way they can forbid doing that, right? Video game publishers would be all over that with physical discs to make it the same as for digital releases.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 9 months ago

Unlocked meaning you've unlocked the bootloader. So if you want to flash your own ROM, you agree not selling your device.

I'm not sure if it's enforceable, but it certainly chills people from trying.