You shouldn't expect the next generation of Pixel phones to have GrapheneOS support out of the box. Google has stopped publishing device tree data, so custom ROMs for Pixels may not be a thing come the Pixel 10.

We're all hoping this is reversed.

As far as smartphones go the pixels aren’t so bad if you ignore the endemic battery issues that have affected every pixel device from the 4a up...

Not in the market to change phones now, but always considering options in case I urgently need to replace it due to catastrophic failure (and fear of making an uninformed choice due to urgency).

With that said, I have an iphone 11 right now with lockdown, stolen device protection, cloud encryption, and FIDO keys enrolled and it feels very secure whilst still letting me use banking apps normally etc. How does /e/OS compare to something like that and how vulnerable is it to being plugged in and downloaded or wormed by malicious actors, zero-click SMS attacks etc?

Better for what ?

For repairability ? The fairphone win easily

For privacy ? Graphene OS has a small edge, but e/os or calyx are still way better than stock android.

For not giving your money to evil corporation ? Fairphone is better.

I think Fairphone would say that they want you to keep using the FP4 forever, replacing individual parts as they fail. Their goal is the reduce waste in the smartphone industry, that's why they make it so easy to maintain your device. Maybe eventually the main processor on your FP4 will be too slow to keep up with even those light apps. At that point, you come back to Fairphone and buy whatever the latest one is.

And as Sunshine said, continually releasing new generations of phones keeps them enticing to the vast majority of smartphone consumers that don't already use a Fairphone. I'm literally looking at this new one and considering if that will be my next smartphone when my Pixel 7's battery starts to turn. Seems like a pretty good deal to me, tbh. Might finally rip me from Google's grasp.

When considering new customers or those who, for example, have irreparably damaged their Fairphone, it's important to recognize that selling a three-year-old device as new may not be appealing to them. Additionally, many people today rely on their phones as their primary computer and therefore require the performance necessary to handle a variety of tasks.

It's great for people running at the end of their phone's lifespan such as those with pixel 5as and iphone 8s.

I just replaced the battery in my pixel 7 and I’m asking myself the same. I use my phone for fewer tasks than you. Calls and messages only.

Murena is really cool!

One of the reasons given as to why GrapheneOS is not available for the Fairphone is because the end user cannot lock the bootloader.

They do really go well together. It would be cool to see a partnership between them but still remain as separate companies.

You can officially buy them in the US through Murena: https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/

They don't sell them in the netherlands and china?

Why are so many people obsessed over the headphone jack?

I'd argue that mid-tier specs are good enough for almost everyone.

In the past when phones improved significantly with every generation this would've been more of a problem for longevity IMO.