Which phone to get in 2025?
Discussion
Pixel because GrapheneOS.
There's so much irnoy in having to buy a Gogole phone, to get a degogoled phone 😅
Yea, ironic that one of the biggest tech/ai/data collecting company makes phones who have the most open and secured hardware for using it with alternative OS 🤷♂️
I always assumed it’s so they could protect themselves at work…
My tinfoil cat sings long and elaborate verses about that...
Ever heard about e/os/?
(PS. Fuck their cloud, but it's a nextcloud so you can roll your own)
Thank for sharing....I might try it....lol
If you buy it online, you have 14 days to try. And you can send it back. Use protection back and front....
Yeah! I've got a bad experience recently buying a bike online. A transporteur come pick it up today for a return and refund. I hope the refund will goes without trouble and be fast.
It works, don't worry, If done in those 14 days you get your money back.
I rather but only smartphones, cause, on shop, you have 4days to return. And online is almost 2wweks.
Do you like to change phones often ?
I've got a Samsung A52s for about 4 years now. This phone have only 1 more security update in September, so it's time to change.
I don't like to change but I was forced.
My Sony Xperia has heating issues....it's dangerous.
So, last 3months I have been testing phones lol
Xiaomi has one of rhe best cameras now with Leica cooperation, but lousy battery performance. No way I will pay for a phone expensive that last not even a day.
Ohh looks simple and clean
Goooood Mooooooanig Mon cherry!
(I got myself a Huawei 🤗)
Now.... which Nothing and which Google pixel we talking about? 👀👀👀👀👀
GM ma chérie !!
I had a huawei a few years ago, a P20 it was durable for the price.
I'm eyeing the nothing 3a or 3a pro and the pixel 8 pro.
For the hardware and cameras the pixel is way better because it was a 1k$ phone in 2023.
I found an offer with a provider in France for 350€ 😯 so it's cheaper than nothing phone. I only have to get a plan there at 8€ per month, only 2€ more than my actual plan but with way more data, plus data is working everywhere in Europe.
I usually use this site and read users opinions.
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12545&idPhone2=13672&idPhone3=13649
I have a friend that has a Google and she is satisfied. We both are lovers of photography. She says it's good for portraits, and others. It has a good macro, but lacks depth of field. Not a good zoom.
Oh, and battery around 2 days.
Wow sounds good ! I've check few reviews and i think the pixel 8 pro is the best phone now if you can find it in sale under 500€. The extreme deal at 350€ with the provider i've mention earlier is already out of stock 🫠😅 i've set an alert if they restock.
How are you my dear ? What are you doing these days ? Still working or you got some vacation, days off?
Sad to hear that. Maybe explore the one nostr:nprofile1qqsr7ydtkt3rtk3dfhd96m0t9ufrzu68df695099dz26r58kx2jz7sqpyemhxue69uhhgmmjw3jkcmrfdehjucnpwdehq6tnw3hkctn0wfnj7mm4w33x77qrr9wm7 shared ? nostr:nprofile1qqsr7ydtkt3rtk3dfhd96m0t9ufrzu68df695099dz26r58kx2jz7sqpyemhxue69uhhgmmjw3jkcmrfdehjucnpwdehq6tnw3hkctn0wfnj7mm4w33x77qrr9wm7, what about the camera?
I am very well. I had wonderful holidays, tomorrow trip and party 😆 🤣
I wouldn't buy theirs. Rather get a second hand refurbished one, from the 222 supported models: https://e.foundation/get-e-os/
Actually, they have the Nothing CMF phone, which is an absolute banger for the bucks!
https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-cmf-phone-1/
Nice, i like the design of Nothing phone. But i'll check again if i can get the deal on the Pixel 8 pro for 349€ i don't think there is a better new phone at this price, it's almost x2 faster in performance than the CMF and have better cameras
I see on some reviews budget and mid Nothing phone are already slow and buggy at release, so it's not a good sign for the coming years, i like to keep the same phone for at least 3 years.
Maybe this OS make it better, it is lighter right ? What about the security updates on this alternative OS like this one or GrapheneOS ?
Upgrades come frequently, for both community builds and official. Here you can see the time stamps for the nothing builds: https://images.ecloud.global/official/tetris/
The best thing to do, is to do what you are comfortable with. I wouldn't pay too much attention to strangers online like me, but then again I would also never trust gogole to be even close to powerless over their own devices under any conditions.
Assess your threat model, weigh it against what you are ready to invest in terms of time and energy. You are already asking very good questions, so you are definitely on a good path from my pov.
Best of luck!