Good to know, thanks. Now I'm not as annoyed as I was, lol.

Didn't HMD make a couple of those too? Obv not the same country of origin but from what I've seen they're considerably cheaper

600 euro, not so helpful. Thanks though.

Its 900$ where im at. I can get 3 phones for the same price. Terracube 2 apparently does too, but last time I had a Terracube, it failed pretty bad. Literally fell apart and no software updates at all.

Does it run lineage, because that is the only way I'll touch Samsung's abysmal OS ever again

Seems like it has a 778G SoC too which would be pretty solid for emulation as well. That's an interesting option!

You've got a better mechanic than me I guess. If you bring in an old shitty car for repairs you can expect more than one thing is in bad shape.

What do you mean? Did your phone already have damage to the screen, or they were making you preemptively pay in case the screen broke?

During which time I have no phone.

Not acceptable. Bought something else.

I had a Nexus 5 (also LG) and it was the best I'd had for years. Ran lineageOS on it (maybe it was CyanogenMod still I can't remember) but that thing was the shit.

I left it on top of my car once and ended up destroying it. Swapped the modem into an EU model (the modem and GPS module survived, all other components failed) and had basically a brand new phone afterwards.

The Nexus 4 was a great phone in my opinion.

Had it rooted and everything for about 6 years.

I don't agree. Many of the cheaper phones are pretty shit and barebones. I've had Samsung flagship phones for years, and they have never disappointed me. Friends and family have had the cheaper Samsung phones, and they have been pretty hit and miss. You just kinda get what you pay for. Wanna pay €200 for a phone? You get something that can barely turn on, that's it.

More then 400 charge cycles? So like... All of them

Does 400 charge cycles really amount to just over a year of use for most people? I’m assuming one cycle means a full power cycle, not just a top up.

For reference (and I understand it’s a bit apples to oranges) I’ve had my iPhone 15 since Dec 2023 and charge it every night and it’s currently showing 125 charge cycles.

Don’t Be Evil.

I love how they just make things worse indiscriminately now. Like you'd expect that if a company turns evil, they make things worse for profit, but google often doesn't even care about that and makes everything worse randomly.

The clearest example I have is the maps app, which used to let you tap once to clear the search and directions bars off the screen. They removed that in one update for absolutely no fucking reason, so now a third+ of the screen is blocked at all times. If that space displayed ads or something at least I'd get that they were making an app shittier for profit, but nowadays more often than not everything just seems to be shitty because they don't give a fuck anymore.

More accurately, to attempt to avoid a battery fire for people who can't or won't replace the defective batteries.

I have kinda bad battery issues on graphene and have been having it even on my old pixel 5 (currently on pixel 8a).

Could it be because I use google play services? Maybe I'll get a huge decrease in battery consumption if I cut this off. But I do need it for maps and stuff

Meaning you charge till 80% full, or at 80% max charging speed? just curious.

I have no recommendations for versions. Depends in your case.

Although I'll mention that some people don't like that Pixel by default doesn't include the bottom menu on the screen, and uses other swiping features on the screen to do the same thing.

However in your system settings you can change the UI to gave the navigation menu at the bottom of the screen similar to Samsung.

I've got a 7 and works great

Graphene lists all the pixel models they support and for how long. https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-lifetime

Finally had to ditch my 3a this month because Google is psychotic and it's too old for graphene or lineage. Sucks bc the phone still works great. I've temporarily got an 8a running graphene, and am loving it, but will be switching to a 9a shortly for non pertinent reasons. It is such a weird feeling of relief to be on a secure OS.

Considering it is a Google phone their long term support is still crap compared to things like Fairphone or even iPhone.

At least it beats Samsung, I'm not buying any product from them ever again

i originally wanted to get pixel, after the 5A died from a fall, but i went with OP instead better battery life, dont really care about the photos that much.

... yet

pixel 5 was there last great one, thats when they decided to enshitify with AI, devoting the whole line to only AI. decided not to use snapdragon, instead trying to save money on thier in house brand.

Because children can die in a fire, I guess.

It's probably a GDPR or similar requirement.