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You should take a look at GNU/Linux mobile operating systems every once in a while. They're making great strides and both popular GUIs KDE and GNOME have been working on making mobile a target in their ecosystems.

Fairphone comes with a five-year guarantee for repairs and parts, so none of that early planned obsolescence, and it works with all the Linux mobile distributions I have had my eyes on.

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No planned obsolescence but they removed the headphone jack & started selling the earbuds which are one of the kings of e-waste compared to getting a nice pair of headphones or IEMs that will last a decade or more.

Try GNU/Linux phones, Librem 5 or Pinephone. They're repairable, with the headphone jack and lifetime updates.

Sorry boo, but the telephony is generally pretty garbage on all the Linux options & a phone still needs to be a phone. A lot of those important apps won’t be supported as well as they only cater to the Android/iOS duopoly.

Calls work fine for me on Librem 5. There are many posts on their forum with similar experiences, e.g., https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-phone-review/21085

That’s one phone with overpriced features unfortunately. I understand you’re paying for a small batch, niche device (that some users have had a lot of issues getting the thing shipped) to get a slow CPU, measly RAM/storage, meh camera, & an IPS panel. I’d rather go the route of postmarketOS with BYOD that with better specs (even a 4–5 year old phone can easily outcompete) & an OLED panel, but much of the effort is not in telephony (I understand it’s all volunteer hackers, but it’s an unfortunate effect). The PinePhones have the same spec issues even with a better sticker price. It’s just too hard to justify. I flashed postmarketOS & Ubuntu Touch on an old OnePlus 1 which has similar specs & it’s gruelingly slow. Phones in the last 3 years are now all ‘good enough’ (hence sales across the board plummeting as upgrades have meant a lot less finally), so until the specs can get there, it’s gonna be a pass.

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