This is fantastic news. Fuck g00gle

Yeah, I'd happily buy a non-pixel device if it can run graphene

Literally the only reason I bought a pixel. If they do this and it isn't shit, it my current pixel might be my first and last.

Good for them. This is 100% in the spirit of open source and basically what Amazon tried to do a decade or more ago.... and failed.

This is cool for most people, but if you're doing anything even remotely not liked by the state, they will probably use you owning this as evidence you are a criminal. People in Europe were already getting profiled for having pixel phones by the police bc of Graphene OS.

My hunch is that the OEM is looking to go after enterprise phone sales and views Graphene as a competitive advantage for that market.

Blackberry seems like a natural fit, but I don't know what their manufacturing capacity is looking like these days.

Don't disappoint me. I'd love to buy a non-Pixel GrapheneOS-supported phone. It won't be long before I'm in the upgrade market neither.