Hope you guys don't mind me posting this in this community. Upvote or downvote if you like or dislike it.

Particularly would love a Fairphone. Have considered buying from https://clove.co.uk/ and have considered asking if friends in Europe would be willing to ship.

But before I do, I want your opinions. Does anyone have any good options?

I'm not looking to buy a Pixel nor a Samsung of some cracked convenient store version of a smartphone.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You are pretty much limited to the USA for a fairphone or pinephone, or Europe.

There are alternatives, though. I keep a oneplus 6t for testing because it's supported by almost every Linux and android rom.

I'm suggesting the second option because you will want to try Linux on a phone before you commit to daily driving it.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I would look into one of these. I do not strictly need Linux on my phone, but again following with my avoidance of a cracked convenient store version of a smartphone, Apple being hard included.

    Options I would consider buying in Canada:

    • Murena (France) with /e/OS (France) on:
      • Fairphone (Netherlands)
      • Hiroh (USA)
      • SHIFTphone (Germany)
      • Teracube (USA)
    • Punkt MC03 (Switzerland)
    • Volla (Germany) with Volla OS or Ubuntu Touch (Germany)
    • Jolla (Finland) with Sailfish OS (Finland)
    • Purism Librem (USA, manufactured in the USA)
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Judging by your choices here, I would strongly suggest you dig into what these phones can actually do.

    The punkt phones, for example, have an extremely cut down set of features and are more like a dumb phone.

    Volla phones are not certified for north america, so you will not get volte or half the LTE bands.

    There are a lot of nuances to getting off the big brands and changing devices isnt just about leaving google and apple.

  • source
  • parent