This is the de-Googled, more secure version of the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS, the modified version of Android that is devoid of Google while...
    • bourgeoisie_burgers [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Will be interesting to see later if any issues , I know unlocking bootloader on motorolas is a pain. Pixels are super easy. Motorola was like two weeks waiting and half a days work. Hope they haven’t put any of that shit silently waiting …

  • hello_hello [hy/hym]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    3 hours ago

    These are more expensive than the budget pixel a-series (which are priced at $499, which is still very expensive and should never be bought new) but Pixel’s manufacturing quality is subpar compared to other OEMs and rarely do they make serious improvements between generations (and have a long track history of hardware defects, one of which was battery swelling that I personally had to deal with).

    Definitely a far better deal than the non a-series pixels. Seriously the only reason pixels are relevant in the smartphone marketplace is for Graphene OS or you’re completely bought into Google. They are such terrible phones otherwise.

    I’m not interested in flagship premium phones but at least there’s now alternatives to Google’s incompetence.