I currently have an iPhone X. I like it, but it’s gradually dying. It’s also a bit too big. Perfect size would be the iPhone 7 or similar. I’ve had different brand phones before this, so while I’ve been on Apple for a while, I’ve had Samsung, Motorola, Sony, Nokia etc. all the way back to the Nokia 3210.

I’m becoming a bit fed up of big brands and so want to de-Apple myself, but also not go Google. I would love a dumb phone, but I do have some regular apps: MS Auth for work; Lemmy; Philips Hue; Sensibo; WhatsApp.

I was looking at alternative OS options such as Graphene OS, that in theory allow you to run Android apps without Google. But how well do they work?

This would be my primary (only) phone.

So given size considerations (iPhone 7), ability to not be Apple or Google OS, but also be able to run my key apps, what do my options look like?

I’d go into a store and ask, but say ‘not apple and not google’ and you get a vacant stare in response.

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    All 3rd party ROMs like LineageOS are usually bloated with bugs there and there. Wouldn’t recommend!

    This is just straight up not true. LineageOS is well maintained, it depends on which phone you have, and the more popular the phone, the better the support for it. Anything 3rd party comes with the risk of bugs, that’s a trade-off, but to suggest it’s “bloated” with bugs is patently false. Maybe if you’re using a device from a manufacturer that’s hostile to customroms, but I’ve never had any serious issues with anything I’ve run LineageOS on, and that includes a lot of devices.

    As for the wallet, that’s Google, which they said they want to get away from. I’ve also not had any issues using wallet on my phone running LineageOS.

    Your comment is basically just telling them to use a Google Pixel straight out of the box, which is the opposite of what they asked. I’m not sure why this comment has been pinned (according to Liftoff).