Hi all! I’m needing to replace my aging Razer Phone 2 (I know lol) and I want to wean off of Google a bit. I’m hoping to buy a mid range phone, no more than 500 Eur and install a custom rom (preferably Lineage). The officially supported phones on the Lineage page are a bit on the older side, but do you guys have any recommendations for which phones to go for? I’m looking for something relatively popular so I can find a pretty case, and hope for a larger community and support, and I kinda need either large storage or an SD card slot.
I’m hoping for high refresh rate and somewhat large battery, but most specs are negotiable.
I was considering the Moto G Stylus or some Poco phone, but I haven´t been able to find a source of Roms for those.
Speaking of which, where do you look for roms nowadays? I used to go to XDA for my Oneplus One, but it doesn’t seem nearly as robust.
Thank you!!!
One that comes instantly to my mind is pixel phones, since you can easily install grapheneOS in it and they are pretty new
Pixel 5 - $130 at Walmart, refurb, with a warranty. $160 on Amazon.
pixel 5 is end-of-life. This is the support cycle for GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-lifetime
If someone can’t afford buying pixel 6a then getting something that works with Calyx/Divest is probably better.
Surprisingly cheap, pretty cool