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.

  • @XEAL
    15•3 months ago

    Redmi Note 9 Pro with LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11).

    Stay away from Xiaomi’s phones if you plan to use the stock MIUI Android they come with. My SO has a stock Redmi Note 11S and MIUI is the biggest piece of bloated instrusive shit that I have ever seen on a phone.

    • umulu
      6•3 months ago

      Agree. I have a POCO F5 and, while it is not as awful as you say, it still sucks.

      However, I flashed a custom ROM on my so’s Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite, and that android experience is just bliss.