As an FP4 owner, what is the point of getting an upgrade? I don’t use my smartphone beyond calls and texts and a Lemmy app and listening to music.
What can you do on a new phone that you can’t do on an old phone?
Honest question, I’m not being facetious.
chloyster@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Approaching the point where I need a new phone. Curious what would be better. A fairphone 6 with calyx or /e/ os. Or a new pixel with graphene. I’ve heard graphene is the best but the fairphone is very tempting
cole@lemdro.id 2 weeks ago
You shouldn’t expect the next generate of Pixel phones to have GrapheneOS support out of the box. Google has stopped publishing device tree data, so custom ROMs for Pixels may not be a thing come the Pixel 10.
We’re all hoping this is reversed.
slauraure@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Not in the market to change phones now, but always considering options in case I urgently need to replace it due to catastrophic failure (and fear of making an uninformed choice due to urgency).
With that said, I have an iphone 11 right now with lockdown, stolen device protection, cloud encryption, and FIDO keys enrolled and it feels very secure whilst still letting me use banking apps normally etc. How does /e/OS compare to something like that and how vulnerable is it to being plugged in and downloaded or wormed by malicious actors, zero-click SMS attacks etc?
pasdechance@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
I don’t have any of these devices, but Android devices do have lockdown and stolen phone protection if you use a Google account. Same, there is anti-phishing FIDO, etc…
The alternative ROMs for Android devices are based on Android, but there are users that do no want any Google in their phone and that takes away a few functions (like find my phone stuff [correct me if I’m wrong here]).
GrapheneOS is the strict option and locks the bootloader. e/OS can relock the bootloader on official builds. An unlocked bootloader is a security risk.
Different ROMs have different issues when it comes to banking apps or biometrics.
I don’t use an alternative ROM, but I use an Android phone without a Google account. The most concerning missing function is find my phone, but there is an app for that.
If someone has your phone and it isn’t locked, they can potentially connect it to a computer and extract info. A locked Android device, like a locked iPhone, increases friction for whoever is trying to access the device. Relying solely on what I’ve read, iPhones are far more annoying to gain access to.
01011@monero.town 2 weeks ago
As far as smartphones go the pixels aren’t so bad if you ignore the endemic battery issues that have affected every pixel device from the 4a up.
Mihies@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Yep, I have a pixel 6a and will never buy a Pixel again because of this battery clusterfuck
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Better for what ?
For repairability ? The fairphone win easily
For privacy ? Graphene OS has a small edge, but e/os or calyx are still way better than stock android.
For not giving your money to evil corporation ? Fairphone is better.
chloyster@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Basically I would prefer not to buy a pixel, but if graphene is that much better than the other OS’s I would consider it