• huginn@feddit.it
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      2 months ago

      Paying full price for a phone that was weak when it released 3 years ago that is also missing most US cell bands and is locked to T-Mobile.

      Oh and also the parent company doesn’t ship anything to the US, so parts are aftermarket only.

      That’s not available in the US: that’s you can hack together a workaround.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Yup, I looked into them because so many people talked them up, but due to all of those issues you mentioned, I crossed it off my list. I ended up going with Pixel 8 due to long software support, GrapheneOS compatibility, and acceptable repairability, though I would have preferred a PinePhone Pro (if it had better speakers and software support) or FairPhone (if it had better support in the US).

        I guess we’ll see what happens when my phone goes out of support (so, 6+ years?) or I break it.