Pixels, simply because they run Graphene. Buy them used and have a degoogled phone within 10 minutes of delivery.

none. its so frustrating that we have such a neat technology that is so dystopic now.

I used the LG V-series until they stopped making phones. They never dropped the headphone jack or micro sd slot. Great flagship phones, imo. Sad they gave up on the market.

For my latest phone I went with an Asus ROG phone for the headphone jack, extra USB port, and bigger battery. But Asus is exiting the phone market too.

Which brand do you guys want me to kill next?

Any phone that allows me to install GrapheneOS with a locked bootloader. Currently, that’s only the Pixels. Maybe, one day, I’ll add Moto to this very short list.

Fairphone would be great with GOS. Security, privacy and repairability is my fantasy.

Technically Google Pixel, because of GrapheneOS. Realistically I don’t have a single mobile phone brand that I like

Fairphone I’d say. The phones are not without their issues, but they really put a lot of care into repairability and sustainability, which I appreciate.

I love Sony phones. But Sony doesn’t love me (exited the North American market, expensive AF).

I’m clinging to my Xperia 5 IV as long as I can.

Fairphone A lot of people want graphene but E/OS is there for the fairphone…

Or any of the other alternative is.

Actually I wonder why the graphene people don’t develop for FP. Seems like a better Plattform than to throw google some money for their pixels

I love Motorola. I miss droids, specifically, but that’s a bygone era unfortunately. I’ve tried all sorts of different brands and haven’t found another that uses gesture controls like Moto does. Chop chop for flashlight, wiggle wiggle for camera? So damn handy. I’ve had a Samsung for the last while and while you can (kinda) program the buttons, it’s such a lame imitations.

Just give me a new droid that is smaller than 5.5", please.

OnePlus is still my favorite, even though they’re nearly impossible to get in the US. I broke the screen on my 9 Pro (I fell and smashed it between my hip and a rock) and had to replace it with a Samsung. Two of my friends got 9 Pros and love them. Another friend got a 7 Pro in 2019 and is still happy with it. That something like 84 in phone years. :-)

I started out with Motorola phones and I suspect I’ll be going back the next time I buy. Unless I figure out a way to get a OnePlus at a reasonable cost.

One that doesn’t take away bootloader unlocking

Not sure anymore. It has been Samsung for a really long time because of excellent hardware (except from when it had a dedicated bixby button).

The hardware is still excellent (at least in the flagship models), but the software part has gotten so bloated and annoying that I’m going for something else next time.

The bloat is partially android itself, but Samsung layers it’s own crap on top of that again.

I might go for Jolla next. Or a pixel with graphene.

Fairphone, I guess? But I unfortunately can’t have any of their phones. My requirements are so specific that I have given up on ever finding a phone that meets them all and is better than my current one from 2019. I mean, find something that is small (below 6 inches), has SD card and headphone support, and an open bootloader. That alone seems impossible. So yeah, I’m gonna stay with this old one. Its not like there is much happening in the industry anyway, and its even better for the environment than buying a fairphone for example. And it still runs well sooo. I’d just love to have a zoom camera and an IR blaster, the one I have doesn’t.

I have a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL with GrapheneOS loaded on it and I love it for almost a year using it.Planning to buy a Motorola phone in 2 to 3 years once they add some old features back to the phone but Im really waiting for iSIM.

I miss the Nexus line of phones.