I’m upgrading because my phone is losing (lost?) support. I use a OnePlus 7 Pro and love it and wouldn’t bother upgrading otherwise. I’d appreciate some recommendations of android phones you like, please.

Thank you in advance! (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

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    Used pixel, install grapheneos

    used because it’s better environmentally than buying new

    grapheneos because it’s more secure and private than stock android

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      I have had a pixel 5 and 6 and both died within 2 years. They would both hard crash and shut off for a bit and eventually stop powering up altogether. I never had that issue with other brands. I ended going back to samsung with an S23 and it works fine for now.

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        I had that with my original Pixel but Google replaced the phone under warranty up to two years later.

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      I do something the same, I buy last gen or gen before phones used on Swappa and then install Lineage OS so I can have a stable, updated, and efficient phone.

      I would say about 9h of screen on time for a Pixel 5 on its original OEM battery is not to bad.

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        They have different goals. I use /e/, where the focus is removing all communication with Google while providing an OS that’s as user friendly and ready to use as the competition.

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            I was just pointing out the differences in goals.

            Does Graphene OS come with microg, the open source reimplementation of Google Play Services, installed by default like it is on /e/ OS?

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              no, grapheneos doesn’t come with anything google installed by default. It does have some shimmed play services that you can install if you want though