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Graphene has been my daily driver for the past year or so. The only thing I miss is the ability to do contactless payments. Otherwise, it's been awesome. I don't run any games nor do I care about any of the AI features. YMMV.

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Contactless payments do work on Graphene - but only with the Curve app. It also requires the card-holder to be from the UK or EU.

Not "only" the Curve app. Some banks provide NFC payments directly from their own app.

Alas I'm from the US so that doesn't help me.

for some people contactless payments are essential for their lifes

Those people will never be able to use Graphene or any other privacy-preserving smartphone. They'll be stuck with Apple or approved Android. At least that's how it looks today.

Or they can get a Garmin watch with contactless payment, or do what I do - stick a credit card in their phone case.

That seems a little excessive.

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