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Interested in De-googling, but I would really like a phone with a decent camera, but I can't bring myself to pay $600 for a phone. Advice? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I recently asked for recommendations elsewhere regarding a cost-effective phone with the best camera that's a reasonable price. Almost unanimous recommendations for a Pixel a couple years old. I'm a total noob for privacy stuff but joining Lemmy under the dbzer0 instance, I'm feeling more motivated to learn more and get out from under the thumb of major corps as much as possible.

Can you have a Pixel and still de-google? It seems unlikely... Any advice?

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[–] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, as the other comment said, Pixel is actually an easy device to do this with because it has good community support.

[–] pabloscloud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And good operating system support

[–] Squiglet@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What version of pixel is recommended?

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on budget I guess. I went for 6A which was the cheaper model from last year after the 7 was out. I got mine for £299. The older models always drop, getting them around the time new ones comes out is really quite good value. I've not noticed any real performance issues. It's been a good step up from my old phone. I realised it was probably better to buy the lesser model a year old more frequently than buy brand new models for at least twice that. This was after my last 2 being top of the range Android phones. It depends on budget and what you're comfortable with.

It is also worth buying outright rather than contract, as to install GrapheneOS you need to be able to unlock and lock the bootloader and on come contract phones, they interfere with that.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

As new as you can afford. The older the model, the shorter its remaining update lifetime.