My old phone’s battery has given up the ghost. Can someone recommend a current generation smartphone, preferably Android, that strikes a good balance between usability and privacy? I’m also fine with an Android phone that’s not that great with privacy out of the box, but has good support for third party ROMs like Lineage or Copperhead. Even better if the phone’s chassis and battery can just unscrew so I can replace it myself.

I’ve looked into the Pinephone and other Linux-only phones, but I’d like to wait until the app ecosystem is more mature. At least with Android I can use the F-droid apps for privacy consciousness.

  • confetti_8tVST5@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Honestly in terms of privacy and repairability any current pixel (except the 7a based on a hugh jeffreys’ video. Big fan of his) running grapheneos is your best bet imo since google does make it easy to get original parts through their partnership with ifixit. Every other device isnt worth buying, again imo