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My phone's just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.

Thought I'd test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc

Bonus points if anyone's managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal

Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The cheapest piece of shit Samsung make because I break phones. I work outdoors in all weathers and I use my phone alot. I go through on average one a year and I dont want a broken or lost phone to ruin my month.

[–] Gingernate 3 points 9 months ago

I also work outside and am extremely rough on phones. I got a Galaxy s21 when they came out, Have not broken it in like 3 years

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I can get behind that, that's kind of the direction I'm leaning in too.

I tend to go the other way with that and buy the tougher phones so they last me a bit longer though, I'd rather pay 600 every 3 years and have a somewhat nicer phone than 200 every 1 year and have to put up with a crappy one

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Alot" doesn't exist, it's always "a lot". Above meme depicts an imaginary animal, the alot, in order to make the difference clearer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

To the people who treat that as a hard and fast rule, I wonder what opinion they hold of the word "another."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I guess they would think that an other and another have different meanings, like car pet and carpet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Car pet… is this petting a car or having a car as a pet. :)

Edit: or petting someone with a car

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Or a pet for the car. The precision of the English language, ladies and gentlemen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What does "an other" mean that "another" doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Give me another apple. (Another: one more of the same)

We regret to inform you that we chose an other candidate. (An other: a different one)

But the form "an other" is extremely rare, most likely because it is confusing in spoken language.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I don't think I've seen that usage, "...an other candidate." They'd either just use "another" or there would be a verbal ellipsis, like "We chose an...other candidate." Or they'd just say "a different candidate."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nothing, that's my point. It's a fusion of the words "an other" which is a phrase used in English so frequently that it became its own word, "another."

People are fine with that but they treat "alot" like it's a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Alot

I get that, but I didn't use a lot or alot in my comment. Did you reply to the wrong person?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried that once, but that one got lost and I was like "Yep, cheap shit it is"

Honestly the worst samsung A series shits from great heights on cheap off brand phones. They do pretty much everything I want except the whole tap to pay thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately tap and pay is the one feature keeping me from using custom roms/rooting/linux. Very much like having multiple options incase my card doesn't work, forgotten my wallet etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Get a Samsung S series FE (or Fan edition). They are usually cheaper versions of the flag ships with the same features but slightly lower specs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I had two Caterpillar CATphones before. It was awesome. One of them had an infra red camera and was waterproof down to 5 meters.

They were a bit on the slow side, but they sure could take abuse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you use the infrared camera? How was the experience?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was very low-res, but useful for finding where the cat threw up :p That was a regular use for it actually.

Other than that, it was fun to play with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds fun! I want to get one next time but it's not available in my country so I need to figure when I travel next!