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My phone's just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.

Thought I'd test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc

Bonus points if anyone's managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal

Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.

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I have an iPhone 11 Pro. It’s a few years old now, but still gets updates and is still quick enough. However, the battery is fading pretty quick and Apple has made replacement inconvenient at best. I’m going to order a DIY battery kit that will hopefully take care of that, otherwise it’s gonna be replacement time.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Pixel 7. It's fine.

[–] nac82@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Just bought a Galaxy s20+ ultra refurbished a couple of months ago. Only cost like 300 and had comparable specs to the current $1500 phones.

Wife has to have apple and I couldn't bring myself to buy her refurbished for her birthday... bit the bullet and got an iPhone that was 1 or 2 generations old, still cost like 800-900.

[–] TeckFire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

iPhone 13 Pro. Will probably keep it until the 16 Pro later this year maybe, or I might go another year. Nothing wrong with it so far, I mostly just want a type-C connector for convenience at this point

[–] filister@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A Librem 5. It's exactly what i want, a small desktop PC with modem in it.

[–] Slyme@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Recently got myself a Pixel 7a and it's been a great experience.

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Google Pixel 6a

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I really like the looks of those TCL NXTpaper phones. They use a matte color eink display that looks amazing.

[–] Feddinat0r@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Blackberry Key2 because nothing beats a hardware keyboard. Tried it but cant life without one.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

You can now get smartphone cases with physical keyboards build-in.

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rn using a Samsung Galaxy A32, planning to switch to a pixel 7a eventually

Pixel 8 sounds like what you're looking for.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I use a Samsung S21 5G as my daily driver with an S8 as my phone for watching videos because it still has a headphone jack. This is going to be my last Samsung phone though, I can't support their constant injection of bloatware every update, their atrocious customer support, and the removal of good features.

[–] Cyv_@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Pixel 4, probably gonna be on this phone for a while.

[–] MobBarley700@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

a Pixel 3 they're basically the Google equivalent to the iPhone I did some work merging code for my Fire tablet's Android kernel, and when I saw how much development Google put into Android, I figured Pixels would probably have the best drivers thing is kinda old, but it works great for my purposes no SD card slot though ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ but it came bundled with a few USB adapters, a wireless charger, and some headphones.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

My Pixel 6 Pro got smashed up in a bike crash, so I recently replaced it with a Pixel 7a.

I don't know if anyone's run desktop Linux on them, but I'd guess if there's any phone where that's been done, it'd be a Pixel. They make it easy to run other Android ROMs, and the Pixels are probably the most popular phones amongst the type of people who would like to attempt that as a result. (Personally, I stick with Google's Android.)

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

iPhone 13 Pro. Probably going to upgrade to a 16 Pro this fall.

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