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I've been running a pixel 5a with GrapheneOS for 1.5 years. I think what surprises me the most is aherence to the moxie school of thought, where everything is completely seamless and easy to run. Everything just "works".

Samsung A50, the cheapest smart phone I could find 5 years ago and it's still going strong. I really don't get the flagship phone craze. I, as I think most people, only use my phone to browse the web, check emails, sometimes watch a youtube video and well, phone people. This little guy has been perfect for that and has no sign of getting slower. The battery still easily gets me through a day with music listening (love the jack btw), web browsing and even some light GPS use.

Not gonna lie, I sometimes miss having a good camera with me, but after buying a half decent DSLR I'm still at or a bit below what a flagship costs nowadays.

When this phone dies a couple years from now I'll probably just get the new cheapest phone in Samsung's lineup lol.

Pixel 7 on CalyxOS

Pixel 6. I wish it had a print reader on the back. I really would love to have that feature back since the under-screen readers are bad on every phone I have ever tried. I get dirty hands at work every day so I have to use a screen protector and even without the protector the print reader is mostly useless. I will not buy a Chinese phone to get it so I have drawn a line somewhere I guess.

Fairphone 3 with /e/OS

Pixel 4a because it was the newest cheapest Pixel at the time and I wanted to run GrapheneOS. Ended up switching back to Calyx and eventually to stock after I realised I was sacrificing a lot more convenience than I wanted.

I am using Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G with PixelOS (custom ROM) for unlimited Google Photos original quality backup, Overview Selection and no stock YouTube (I use Revanced Extended). All apps work fine with root as well as it gets timely updates with features. Also, it has 12 5G bands, most of which are supported in my country. It's sleek and light (158g) which makes handling it easier. I hate MIUI because of ads and so removed it after 7 days of buying it. Will think of flashing /e/OS later (never thought they will support my device but they do not).

iPhone 12 mini, latest OS. I am a little worried about the whole App Store policies thing, but I also think Apple gets enough things right that I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt until they actually do something stupid. I’m hoping they’ll come back to something comparable to the mini form factor again. I’ve always preferred the smaller sized phones with the idea that I’ll just move to a computer or tablet if I need something bigger. I don’t want to carry a larger phone all day.

Interesting to see so many Android comments. I think it goes to show the demographics of people that are using Lemmy compared to other platforms.

Pixel 4, and lineage os. Privacy and limited google apps.

I'm using Samsung Galaxy A51 just because my grandfather repairs those and gave it to me. And default OneUI android that the phone ships with, because I'm afraid of rooting.

I am using a Google Pixel 6a with stock Android.

I bought the smartphone in short notice only because I was sick of OnePlus Nord 2 5G adjusting the settings for me. With a Google Pixel device, I am in charge for real! 😌 I am done with Chinese shit 😆 Too much control.

Then why not root OnePlus Nord 2 and install a custom ROM? Na, I am too much of a coward to do that. Am afraid of bricking the phone like what I did with my Samsung Galaxy S III Mini. After that, I told myself, no more custom ROMs.

I'm rocking a pixel 6 pro. I like having the option of being able to unlock the bootloader and install custom roms, and the easy access to reflash the official os with just adb/fastboot as opposed to other androids requiring extra tools. Getting updates every month is also important to me.

iPhone 14 Pro Max. I know, I know, but the battery life can’t be beat. Great speaker, screen and camera too. Used to have a Huawei P30 Pro that was awesome though

Pixel 6A. I like the Stock OS & the camera of the phone. Got it for very cheap as well.

LG G7 Thinq. It had all the features I wanted and was a good price. I actually did look around a month ago and nothing else on the market compares even years after it came out (I could get close to what I wanted but I would need to go high end) which is a shame bc I'll have to switch for 5G at some point. Google and Samsung removed the 3.5mm jack so I'll never buy from them.

Galaxy J7. It's incredibly slow, I can't flash it or root it. But it runs what I need, unlike Apple would, and the battery is still great after 6 years and it has a headphone jack.

Pixel 3 with CalyxOS.

Picked it because I don't want to spend $500+ on a new phone and I want to be able to control my OS. Just buying the phone and using Android on it to going to CalyxOS saw a huge increase in performance, theoretically because it's not working to process all the data collection. My phone should be MY phone and not someone else's bottom line.

Xiaomi Redmi 9T because cheap. I won't reply.

pixel 6 pro in order to use graphene os

Samsung Galaxy S22. Wanted it to be an upgrade from my dying OnePlus 6, but smaller. Not much choice for small, but beefy phone.

Samsung zfold 4, because I fell in love with the fold the moment I saw it. I'm a bit sad that my favourite launcher doesn't know what to do with the fold, but even with the crappy Samsung launcher, it's still an amazing phone.

iPhone 11, bought three years ago. I chose it mainly because of its good battery life, since the only feature I really care about my phone

OnePlus 11 Pro, highly customised UI, rooted, and propped up security.

Will never touch an iPhone with their clumsy unintuitive OS, nor an Android where I can't get root access to remove all the unnecessary clutter and harden the OS.

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, no custom rom so I'm on One UI, Nova Launcher.

My last phone's charging port had gotten loose, and didn't consistently charge unless held at a specific angle, and at the time the A52 seemed to hit a sweet spot of power vs price. It also still has a microsd card slot and a headphone jack, which were must haves for me.

Historically: My first "Smart Device" was an iTouch around a year after they first came out. I was already into "jailbreaking" things from my Wii and PSP, my main media player was an iPod nano with rockbox on it, and in college I bought a cheap router then installed DD-wrt on it so it performed above its price range. I was all about controlling and tweaking my stuff. Then I got a hand me down Android when my dad upgraded his phone and haven't looked back.

Still haven't rooted any Androids yet. Not too much I've wanted to do that required it. The few times I have wanted to root, the method has always been too cumbersome to follow up on.

Recently got a refurbished S20 ultra for the 5g.

This thing is great. 12 gb of ram, 128 gb internal storage, microsd slot up to 1tb, 108 MP camera...

I worked in a refurbishing warehouse of Cisco products, so I know they're good to go, so I always buy refurbished electronics when I can. Got the phone for $350, learned later that it retailed for like $1200 or something when it was released.

This thing is tits.

Google pixel for the following reasons:

Smart insights via Google assistant:

1. Bill due soon reminders via Google assistant. It can read my email and remind me of upcoming bills, their amount, who it's too, and when it's due. Sends a notification to the phone.

2. Finance watchlist notification: at the end of each market day it will send me a notification just showing me how my watchlist performed for the day

Phone:

3. Call screening, business calls, spam, and robo

4. Hold for me feature.

5. Phone trees visual

6. Visual voicemail - live transcripts

Google translate:

7. Live translation of audio

8. Translate any sign or text via Google lens

9. Search visually via Google lens

Customization

10. Theme settings independent of device. You can set each app individually. Some apps are better in light mode

Google assistant integration in the phone. Call and text people, reduce volume, paused audio, set volume, google search, turn on flash light etc. You can control features of your phone with your voice. It's fantastic.

It's a really smart, smart phone.

Fold4.

My S9 died a month ago and I really couldn't find another phone that I was excited about. Nothing really had any "cool" factors about them. Many of them felt almost like downgrades compared to my S9. Lack of headphones jack, SD card reader etc...

The Fold4 was above my price range but i found one on eBay for $750 so i grabbed it.

So far I am liking it. It is bigger then I would have liked but the foldings screen is super nice you can have apps side by side. Great for multitasking. I also do a lot of remote access to my desktop and a large screen is perfect for that.

OnePlus 8 Pro but I'm thinking about switching to Pixel 7 Pro, or 8 if I wait long enough.

Does anyone have any experience with Pixels? Are they worth it?

Poco X3 NFC with LineageOS.

200,-€ price, excellent photo quality if paired with fitting GCAM mod (AGC) plus config. Powerful enough as daily driver, privacy-frieendly enough after some simple changes, runs everything I need & if it drops & breaks (2 kids at home...) it's an affordable loss (I'm diligent about backups).

I'm getting a Sony Xperia 10 III cause one can also install SailfishOS on it. Sony provides AOSP for their phones, and a headphone Jack.