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recommend me a linux phone? do they exist? are they usable?
Yes, they exist, but there is no reason to use them other than tinkering around. Also they have much worse security than Android or iOS. So if you need something private and open source there are a plenty of degoogled Android ROMs.
Suggest one of them too