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What android phones do you recommend and why?

I'm upgrading because my phone is losing (lost?) support. I use a OnePlus 7 Pro and love it and wouldn't bother upgrading otherwise. I'd appreciate some recommendations of android phones you like, please.

Thank you in advance! (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

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  • A lot of these recommendations are for super privacy focused anti-Google setups or other niche concerns.

    If you just want a nice, straightforward phone, that's going to do normal phone things, and have security updates for a long time...

    The pixel 8 is quite compelling.

  • A Pixel (with long security updates) because GrapheneOS is the operating system to use.

    It's limiting but that's the way it is.

  • I look into it, but can't seem to buy anything not Motorola. They're reasonably clean out of the box, have good batteries and survive getting wet even with no IP rating. Using Moto G52 currently.

  • I've never been an Apple guy and I stopped finding Samsung acceptable after the S10. My answer has been to go to Sony's Xperia 1 line. I have a 1 IV and, honestly, I'm pretty happy with it. Point and shoot photos aren't great on it, it really is meant for manual photography, but it's not bad, either. The reasons I went for it were the form factor, the lack of a notch or punch-hole, the external SD card support, the physical 3.5mm jack and the front firing stereo speakers. It's nuts what you can get when you don't obsess with not having zero bezels.

    The downside is... well, I don't trust Sony for long term support, either. It helps that their phones are very similar outside of updating to the latest processors, but they clearly aren't super focused on software updates, if that's your priority.

    But yeah, hey, screw Samsung, Google, Apple and their dumb ecosystems and actively removed basic features. This thing is easy to use one-handed, has very solid hardware and is not a clone of those three despite having flagship internals. It's expensive, but I'm also gonna use it for multiple years, so I have no regrets about it at the moment.

  • Samsung Galaxy A54 proved to be good value while I was waiting for a repair , but I love my S23Ultra.

  • Depends on your use cases and budget

    I see alot of people are recommending the fairphone and I wouldn't mind getting one myself but they lack support for alot of major features do not have good price to performance whatsoever and have generally lackluster support when it comes to replacement parts ive seen people waiting absolutely ages for just a replacement usb c port on there fp4 just buy whatever will best meet all your usecases within your budget

  • If you don't mind the Chinese government having access to your data I highly recommend OnePlus phones. High quality and loaded with features for much lower cost than Samsung and iPhones. Also not loaded with bloatware. My first phone lasted 4 years (more if I just didn't feel like upgrading at the time, there was nothing wrong with it). My second phone is still going strong 2 years later so far. Probably will upgrade in another 2 years again.

    Edit: literally just read the text and saw you had a OnePlus 7. Oops. My current phone is the 9 pro, no complaints.

    • In a way, it's better if a foreign government has your data and not your own.

      • Yeah I don't ever plan on visiting China or pursuing a career in politics so I don't see it as much of an issue. They can blackmail me all they want with my browsing history but I can't afford to give them anything worthwhile.

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