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.

  • Lad@reddthat.com
    3·
    9 months ago

    Samsung Galaxy Z fold 4. I got it for a good price and just wanted to see what folding phones were like. It’s pretty awesome. Just hope the durability holds up for a few years.

    • zettajon@lemdro.idEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I got the fold 5. Two weeks ago it dropped out of my pocket (folded) as I got off a regular bus and dropped 3 feet right onto road asphalt. I had a tempered glass screen protector on both the front and back, and have absolutely zero damage other than 2 tiny dings on the aluminum frame, and had to replace the front screen protector as that one was cracked badly. The front screen had no damage after peeling off the screen protector, and the inner screen has no damage whatsoever. Cameras are also undamaged and the phone seems to have no internal damage. I personally vouch for the durability of the Fold 5 :)

    • flashgnash@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      I did see a couple of surprisingly cheap foldables on ebay, but I’m still somewhat wary of foldables and I ended up finding a fairphone 4 for a pretty good price

    • Jojo@lemm.ee
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’m running this. My friend got the original Fold, and she kept using it until the Fold5 came out and got that one. She still has the original and it’s in good condition, so that bodes very well.

      So far I like the Fold4. The big screen is nice for videos or even normal use (I have it open as I type this), but the small screen is fine for when you just need to see the time or something, and it fits in my pocket even better than the s2x ultra or whatever did.

      Edit: typo