Which is the best phone company in terms of consistently putting out good phone products.
If you are looking for no fuss (and no bloatware), check out Fairphone. They provide OS updates for at least 5 years, and with the last one they say it will receive updates for even longer.
Of note that if you’re from the US, you cannot buy it I think. They don’t offer versions with the hardware for the networks you use over there, only for the rest of the world.
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Nevermind, this was old news! Awesome!
Not anymore. Now available in the US.
Are you saying that the GSM frequencies used in the US are not supported by Fairphone hw?
I know there are CDMA and GSM telkom companies but I assumed the re are plenty of common frequencies
Apparently just starting a few months ago, you can get fairphone in the US through Murena.
Sony. Often overlooked, but very solid smartphones. Maybe because they aren’t as sharply priced as a lot of the competition.
Fucking hate Sony. Had an Xperia and the bloatware was over the top. Main issue is Sony is priced higher than other OEM but with less specs. Just over itself. Sick of conglomerates
The iPhone is pretty good. :)
Jk, you might want to checkout the “Pixel” line, the manufacturers vary but it’s basically the flagship Android phone.
Dropping in with another recommendation for the Pixel line. They’re very solid phones without a lot of bloat (just Google apps, most of which can be removed easily if you want) and excellent cameras. They get decent support for software updates, and work pretty much flawlessly. I’m on the Pixel 6 Pro now, but I still have my Pixel 1 and 3 Pro, and aside from a swollen battery on one (which is cheaply fixed), they still all work incredibly well.
If you’re into rooting, they’re also very easily rooted compared to a lot of other brands. But the stock experience has been great for me, as is.
I just buy mid-range Xiaomi phones, unlock them and install LineageOS. So far, so good.
I’ve thought about doing this, but I’m worried about banking, payment, stocks (and other similarly picky) apps flipping the table when they notice it’s a rooted device.
