a Sony z3c running Firefox OS and a Samsung A5 running Tizen.
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Samsung Galaxy S10+, use LineageOS on it and have replaced the battery earlier this year after it finally started to last less than a day. Hoping to get another few years out of this phone before I lose support from Lineage.
I'm using a Librem 5 as my daily driver
What carrier? Do voice calls work?
I am in the USA using T-Mobile. Yes, voice calls work. Depending on when the device was shipped, it may require a modem firmware update. After that its a simple install of bm818-tools package, enable VOLTE and then reboot.
Pixel 4a 5G with GrapheneOS. Though it's finally starting to hold less and less of a charge, so I may "upgrade" to a newer yesteryear Pixel model.
Nothing is perfect. Even GrapheneOS has been accused of "sharing telemetry" by individuals (no source on that, just read random comments on different forums so you can probably ignore it).
Even without rooting your phone there are ways to degoogle a bit. I have a Crosscall phone (French brand) that is essentially vanilla Android with 4 OEM apps. I used adb to debloat it.
I recommend doing this especially if you don't have a Google account or don't want to use the Google stuff. Saves on battery. Then thow on some of the standard replacement apps (qksms, OSM, whatever).
There is a slew of DNS/host blocking apps/filters (think netguard, blockada) or monitoring apps like Trackercontrol that help as well if you can't root or put Lineage, eOS, GrapheneOS, Divest, iode, Copperhead, etc. on your phone.
Pixel 4a with GrapheneOS
Unfortunately most of the "privacy phones" really aren't that great of a smartphone experience due to them running Linux which isn't nearly as developed for smartphone use as Android or iOS.
I personally use a Samsung Fold 4, and run Firefox w/ add ons, DDG for search and app tracking protection.
Apple likes to boast about how iOS is more privacy focused than Android, though. Grain of salt.
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