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.

  • flashgnashOP
    2·
    9 months ago

    I can get behind that, that’s kind of the direction I’m leaning in too.

    I tend to go the other way with that and buy the tougher phones so they last me a bit longer though, I’d rather pay 600 every 3 years and have a somewhat nicer phone than 200 every 1 year and have to put up with a crappy one

        • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
          51·
          9 months ago

          “Alot” doesn’t exist, it’s always “a lot”. Above meme depicts an imaginary animal, the alot, in order to make the difference clearer.

            • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
              2·
              9 months ago

              I guess they would think that an other and another have different meanings, like car pet and carpet

              • TBi@lemmy.world
                2·
                9 months ago

                Car pet… is this petting a car or having a car as a pet. :)

                Edit: or petting someone with a car

                • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
                  3·
                  9 months ago

                  Give me another apple. (Another: one more of the same)

                  We regret to inform you that we chose an other candidate. (An other: a different one)

                  But the form “an other” is extremely rare, most likely because it is confusing in spoken language.

                  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    2·
                    9 months ago

                    I don’t think I’ve seen that usage, “…an other candidate.” They’d either just use “another” or there would be a verbal ellipsis, like “We chose an…other candidate.” Or they’d just say “a different candidate.”

              • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                Nothing, that’s my point. It’s a fusion of the words “an other” which is a phrase used in English so frequently that it became its own word, “another.”

                People are fine with that but they treat “alot” like it’s a problem.

          • flashgnashOP
            2·
            9 months ago

            Alot

            I get that, but I didn’t use a lot or alot in my comment. Did you reply to the wrong person?

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I tried that once, but that one got lost and I was like “Yep, cheap shit it is”

      Honestly the worst samsung A series shits from great heights on cheap off brand phones. They do pretty much everything I want except the whole tap to pay thing.

      • flashgnashOP
        2·
        9 months ago

        Unfortunately tap and pay is the one feature keeping me from using custom roms/rooting/linux. Very much like having multiple options incase my card doesn’t work, forgotten my wallet etc

        • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Get a Samsung S series FE (or Fan edition). They are usually cheaper versions of the flag ships with the same features but slightly lower specs.

    • cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      9 months ago

      I had two Caterpillar CATphones before. It was awesome. One of them had an infra red camera and was waterproof down to 5 meters.

      They were a bit on the slow side, but they sure could take abuse

        • cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          9 months ago

          It was very low-res, but useful for finding where the cat threw up :p That was a regular use for it actually.

          Other than that, it was fun to play with.

          • dutchkimble@lemy.lol
            2·
            9 months ago

            Sounds fun! I want to get one next time but it’s not available in my country so I need to figure when I travel next!