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What is a good non-Apple phone to get? (hexbear.net)

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Yeah, so my phone is pretty much breaking and I need a new one. My mom convinced me to upgrade from my iPhone 8 to an iPhone 15 because we got a really steep discount, but goddamn I fucking hate this phone. I’m still using my iPhone 8 just because I really can’t stand the 15 at all, and the 8 was already a downgrade from the phone I had had before.

Well, I’ve wanted to get out of the Apple ecosystem for years and I think now might be the time. I feel okay about it since I really did get this iPhone 15 at a really nice discount so it’s not the hardest loss (also I’m pretty sure I can still return it, but even if not). But I know nothing about non-Apple phones. Is it possible to get a Xiaomi phone in the USA? Does Samsung still have issues with their phones exploding? Any insight is appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd recommend some Chinese phone with LineageOS tbh. Xiaomi or OnePlus like some people said before are good, downsides are they may not be very new, and some phones are a pain in the ass to flash custom roms. The Pixels are cool but they're Google so kinda sus. I have a 7a and it's very good, it's just a good phone with no google bs for 300 bucks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Xiaomi 11Ts are going for about $300 and are great. Mines been running for almost 3 years now and is still as snappy as day 1. Battery lasts about 2 days of regular use and even with heavy usage will still usually last all day.

The HyperOS is alright, but they do really want you to use their wallpaper app. Luckily rooting is easy and you can unlock the bootloader from the developer options screen.

Final plus is the fastboot splash screen is a communist rabbit fixing the android guy.