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.

  • salvagedrifter@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    Chop motion for flashlight and twist for camera is amazing. I wish I knew how to implement this on a non-Moto phone. It’s gonna be painful switching away at some point.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      3·
      10 months ago

      I remember having issues with the chop motion once and my coworkers looking at me like I’m crazy.

      Not my fault y’all settle for inferior products 😤

      Now let me continue hacking at the air with my fragile handheld computer.

    • Lesrid@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

      There are a few apps that let you do motion shortcuts, the issue I’ve found with them is that for whatever reason the apps consume inordinate amounts of battery waiting for the motion while the Motorola implementation seems to have no real energy issue.