Get a Pixel 8 and flash graphene on it. still 6 yrs of guaranteed updates.
you can get a used or refurbished one if you are.on a budget. Simplified privacy will sell you one for BTC or XMR.
ignore the Apple fags.
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I’m not interested in Graphene as of now. I’ve ran it before. I mainly want to use my own apps and a quality camera
8 pro camera is great. The first phone that convinced me to leave my interchangable lens camera at home for most occasions. Having the telephoto is a huge difference.
even so, getting updates from Google for the next 6 years is a big advantage.
if they fell apart it'd be less of a sell but Ive never had a Pixel have a hardware problem.
the only option is GrapheneOS on a Pixel at the moment (due to the bootloader)
stock Android = Google sells your personal information
stock Samsung Android = Google and Samsung both sell your personal information
iPhone = Apple privacy washes you and sells your information
it would be nice if there was a GrapheneOS type OS for iPhones but there is not, yet... sadly
there are no rules on who these companies sell your data to including the police, governments, and others or on who these companies resell your data to
it took me about a year to completely divorce Apple, their ecosystem is set up to lock you in
people like to joke about the old Google 'we're not evil' and now they are evil... Apple under Tim Cook = the same evil