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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Depends on what you want. A used Pixel 3a or some other model can be very cheap and has decent mainline support.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Does it now? I literally have one, tried postmarketos iirc, and it kept failing at several steps. Eventually put graphene on it which did work, but that's not quite linux.

    Edit: nope, I have a 4 or 4a, nvm

    I was talking about buying a phone that works out of the box primarily, but you're right, buying an older phone is an option. Though I'd like to have something on par with a flagship google/oneplus/samsung device in screen resolution, battery life and picture quality mostly

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I've got a Fairphone 5. For Mobian we still need to add the patches for speaker audio. Then it is a usable phone. Camera works, but image quality is not yet the same as for Android, but it is slowly getting there. For now I just carry an Android phone for photos, but I expect that to be unnecessary within this year, seeing how much effort some people put into it.

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