my phone screen finally bit the dust this morning.
how do I get a new phone without a notch, with a headphone jack, made by someone besides Google (who has refused to honor their warranty on 2 phones I previously owned) and with an unlocked bootloader so that in a couple years I can put LineageOS on it without getting a new phone?
@wiggles There’s an ongoing reddit thread where you state your criteria and the hivemind offers suggestions.
For a first crack, how about something like the Redmi K20? Of course there’s no guarantee that any particular phone will stay supported for two years, but there are some pretty old Xiaomis on the roster, which points to a healthy community.
@sidekick I don’t want to buy from Chinese companies if I can help it. I know it’s somewhat pointless of an exercise since parts wind up coming from there regardless, but I would prefer not to enrich Xiaomi or Huawei.
@wiggles That’s fair. But if you ask on the Reddit thread, I suggest you make that clear upfront - people who go to the trouble of finding a phone that meets your criteria will likely be annoyed to find their suggestions failed some other criterion that wasn’t stated in the spec.
@sidekick yeah I should’ve included that in my OP as well. I thought I mentioned everything that really mattered to me but I guess I missed something
@realcaseyrollins @sidekick I’m retiring a Samsung S9 and really the only thing I disliked about it was: locked bootloader, and the fucking Bixby button, which I didn’t notice until I got home with the thing. I almost returned it over that stupid feature but instead paid some indie dev like $2 to disable it..
But Samsung is pretty alright. I’ll look at the Motorola line, too, been a few years since I’ve considered them.
Wish I could just use a PinePhone or that the Librem was a success :(
Sony Xperia 10 and 10 Plus also have LineageOS support, headphone jack, and no notch; and are made by a Japanese company unaffiliated with Google.
@sidekick @realcaseyrollins I’ve always been tempted by Sony phones, because I love small phones & they have traditionally made some of the smaller ones, but I’ve never actually known someone with one so I have (I guess until now?) been unable to talk to anyone who actually knew if they were any good or not
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