This is why I won't get a phone that isn't supported by LineageOS
[0] how on earth is 300 USD considered "budget" for a cellphone?
It's "budget" for consumers in wealthy western countries where 300$ doesn't even cover half a rent's pay, and it's "budget" when compared to flagship phone prices set by Apple which now cost 1k+ starting price and everyone else followed.
Also inflation happened. The 300$ you remember from pre-Covid as being "a lot of money for a phone", are now worth a lot less in 2024. So yeah, compared to current market prices, 300$ for a phone is now kinda budget.
Oh, don't worry, I'm an argy, I understand inflation haha. What I mean is, budget phones are sub 200 USD nowadays, with very cheap phones around 100 USD.
300 dollars seem like a lot to me, and "just" to have some plastic fake leather cover, or nextgen wifi which isn't fully deployed everywhere?
Got any link for that? Would like to read about it. A non-tech friend has one of those phones.
I had to wait a couple of days before Lenovo let me unlock the bootloader, not sure if that's because it was brand new or because you always have to wait a couple of days.
The LineageOS wiki doesn't tell you (and I understand their reasons), but if your friend wants to run any homebanking app he'll need to install Magisk too, and add the Shamiko module (and configure a couple of things, but it's all out there)
https://download.lineageos.org/devices/rhode/builds