• djsaskdja@reddthat.com
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      I wouldn’t hold your breath. Even iPhones are over 6 inches now and they’re considered “small” phones.

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    It may finally be possible to use Graphene on a phone that doesn’t blow. I’m excited. Graphene is great but Pixels have had heating and battery issues for like 4 generations straight and perform objectively worse than any other brand at the same price point. Its also always been ironic that you need to buy a Google device to use one of the most secure operating systems, though I know security doesn’t necessarily equal privacy.

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      I’ve got a pixel 9 xl (free for some reason, verizon decided to give it to me i guess) and I haven’t had any issues. Beyond hating google, that is. It was a major upgrade to my last POS so i’m looking into graphene now

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        verizon decided to give it to me i guess

        every time since the galaxy s5 (which I think was exploitable in some way I don’t remember) my verizon branded devices have been locked with no way to unlock the bootloader :(

        good luck!

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    This is good especially because not only has Google abandoned their “Don’t Be Evil” motto long ago (if it ever really applied), but they are now very actively evil. They have been one of the most important supporters of genocide, proactively engaging the IOF to use their AI services in murdering Palestinians. While there’s no ethical consumption etc etc, my security wasn’t so important that I could justify giving Google money for their crap phones just because GOS used it.

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    I think AOSP is something like a month behind their planned release date, screwing up Graphene’s ability to support Pixel 10s. Plus with Google trying to kill sideloading, having a full alternative fork with OEM support would be great.