I’m using a Pixel 6 Pro right now, and I’m looking around to see if there are any good phones. However, I have heard that there are ads in the newer flagship phones (Samsung, Xiaomi). I am willing to spend around USD$750 on a new phone, but I just don’t want any crazy ads or preinstalled apps like Facebook. Are there phones that don’t suck nowadays? I can buy a phone that is sold in the US, Canada, or EU.

(I don’t want to go through menus to disable ads (Xiaomi), and I’m currently looking at phones other than the Pixel lineup to see if there’s a better option for me)
(I also don’t want to mess around with custom bootloaders/systems, I rely on Google services way too much)

EDIT: If it wasn’t clear enough, I am not looking for things like GrapheneOS or LineageOS or others, I am looking for a phone and judging based on the stock system on it.

  • @BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    15•9 months ago

    I don’t see any ads on a non-rooted Samsung.

    If you’re seeing ads, its because you’re using apps that deliver ads.

    Google services still work on Graphene, Lineage and DivestOS. With Graphene they run in a sandbox, with DivestOS they run in a user context.

    I’ve done all of them. My google stuff works fine.

    • @Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      I don’t see any ads on a non-rooted Samsung.
      If you’re seeing ads, its because you’re using apps that deliver ads.

      Wow, that’s interesting, I’ve actually been avoiding Samsung, because I’d heard there were sooo many ads even on top models.
      I can see you have a decent amount of upvotes, so I guess that means it’s probably true.

      But does no ads include not nagging about Samsung services? AFAIK Samsung has many Google equivalent services they advertise.