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.

  • Mostly_Harmless@lemmy.world
    76·
    9 months ago

    iphone. They’re solid and they get updates forever so there is no rush to upgrade. I don’t miss Android and not getting updates 6 months after I buy the phone.

      • Mostly_Harmless@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        If you buy a non-flagship android you may get zero updates. I’m not hating on Android, but the update situation remains a joke for most Android phones.

        • Gingernate@programming.dev
          1·
          9 months ago

          That’s simply not true. Most 200 to 300 phones get a couple Android version updated and 3 or more years of security updates. You also can’t compare an iPhone to a non flagship. iPhones themselves are flagship devices.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
      33·
      9 months ago

      Well then you’re already unreliable and hyperbolic for giving advice as Android do in fact get updates well after 6 months. And no one can assure ‘forever’. Not even apple. I’ve had iPads complain they can’t be updated and force to go buy a new one.

      • Mostly_Harmless@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        Fanboi detected!   😂 Android phones vary in how many updates they will get based on manufacturer and price point of the phone. Google guarantees 4 years…that it. Others only reliably update flagship phones. I like the Android operating system, but the update situation is still largely a joke…as is the bloat in most Android phones.