I just bought a Google Pixel!
So that I can install GrapheneOS on it.
I wish it didn’t have to be that way, lol. Can’t we have some quality third party hardware?
Can’t they work it out? I don’t want to use Google hardware and I don’t want to use Google software. One provides one fix the other lacks.
This is sooooo incredibly sad!!! I’m currently on an older iPhone and probably getting a Pixel next month; I would really have liked it if there were a bigger variety of phones where I could live truly Google-free, and I would much prefer not having to give Google money to not be reliant on Google…
Buy second hand or refurbished. Better for the planet, cheaper and you aren’t directly giving google anything :)
This is the route I’m probably going to go. Once I’m comfortable getting Graphene set up the way I need to. I do a lot of electronic payments and such so I need to make sure all those will work.
It’s just a shame it doesn’t have any extra micro SSD card slots for extra storage…
I went through three Pixels (6, 6 pro, and 7) with Graphene before I finally gave up. Not because of Graphene, but because Pixels break so easily, and even small damage to the screen will almost certainly render the phone unusable. I’m a contractor, and I need a phone that can handle some moderate abuse. But even with Otterbox cases, my Pixels could just not hang.
Sadly, with a heavy heart and a wounded concience, I’ve gone back to Samsung. Yes, they spy on me, and yes I absolutely detest it, but at least I can drop my phone once a month and not have to replace it or pay $200 for a screen replacement.
That really blows. I have an office job and am generally easy on my electronics. Hopefully I won’t have any serious problems, but thanks for the heads up.
Dropped my phone (Pixel 7) a number of times. Can’t say I am trying hard.
I have a matte screen protector and a regular case on my phone. No cracks.
Tell me you don’t have a note without telling me you don’t have a note;-;.
Always wanted a pixel myself, but similar thing being in a trade. My note 9 has a bent screen ffs and still works perfectly. It just needs to be pressed shut pccasionally… 200$ to replace the screen though, fuck that.
Lmao, not trying to jinx myself here, but I break my phones yearly, except this pixel 8 pro, which mostly only has the scratches on it that I got while waiting for the liquid glass screen protector to come in. This phone is a pretty good contender for being my longest used, minus my BlackBerry z10, a phone I miss dearly (you could replace everything minus the main board for 40 bucks). But yeah, it’s got some scratches since then, but again, I seem to break my phones yearly.
