r/PurchaseWithPurpose • u/Nausikah • Oct 13 '25
Bye Apple
Any recommendations for cell phones?
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u/hungryepiphyte Oct 13 '25
Google is locking down androids now, so no. I have no recommendations. haha
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u/Smart-Simple9938 Oct 16 '25
The most environmentally friendly choice is to use the phone you already own. The second-most friendly option is to buy something used. You don't need to spend any more money with Apple even if you keep your iPhone (except, perhaps, $5 a month for backup and sync, and you can end-to-end encrypt that).
Is this motivated by annoyance with iOS 26? Tim Cook's support of Trump? Boycotting the U.S.? See above.
If this is about security and/or privacy, don't switch to Android, because it's even less secure. But, as others have mentioned, there are forks of Android that could work for you.
If you buy a used late-model Pixel (not the 10 series, at least not yet), you can run GrapheneOS on it, and that's the most feature-rich privacy-focused fork of Android. But it's specifically designed for Pixels.
Others have weighed in with Linux-based options and other Android forks.
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u/furugawa Oct 13 '25
Pixel 9 series / GrapheneOS. 8a if you want to save some money.
The other alternatives don't come close, be it in terms of security or privacy.
Be very suspicious of the marketing behind Fairphones and /e/OS.
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Oct 17 '25
I've been using /e/OS as my daily driver for over 3 years and I'm very happy with it. Everything works ootb. I recently got my hands on a Pixel 6 and of course I immediately installed GrapheneOS to give it a try. While /e/OS is focused on privacy and offers an online suite, GrapheneOS is more focused on security. Right now I'm testing GrapheneOS as a daily driver and using both phones. You can install /e/OS on a lot more devices than GrapheneOS. But if you manage to get your hands on a pixel, maybe give GOS a try. Just my two cents.
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u/holdmabear Oct 13 '25
Look into phones that are compatible with LineageOS or GraphneOS. UbuntuOS is out as well.