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Samsung Galaxy S10e, 142 mm high, 6 or 8 gigs of RAM.

https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s10/specs/

And LineageOS is offically supported https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/beyond0lte/

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S10e is great, except for battery life. But it’s not sold any more. New S22 is just slightly larger but it lacks audio out and memory expansion slot, which could be a problem since only 128GB model is available for preorder in my country.

I have 10e, and is a good size for me. Why would you put a LineageOS on it, what are the benefits? Samsung has updated the phone to the latest Android version. Also are the banking apps working after you replace the OS?

> what are the benefits?

No google and no samsung spyware integration into the system is a major upside. Lots of people also prefer the normal android distribution instead of the version Samsung designers agreed on.

If you decide to go this route, please note that only one variant of the s10e is supported by Lineage OS. The US variant (with a Qualcomm CPU) is not supported and cannot be unlocked.

S10e is great (my current phone), but not manufactured anymore, but the firmware is buggy (needs a hard reboot once a month at least otherwise at some points it will refuse charging), and the battery life is not ideal, to say the least.

It's okay-ish phone, but battery life is not stellar by any means. If I had to choose between a bigger phone with better battery that gets me through the day and a smaller one which needs power bank in the afternoon I'd opt for the former.

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