I’m using a Pixel 6 Pro right now, and I’m looking around to see if there are any good phones. However, I have heard that there are ads in the newer flagship phones (Samsung, Xiaomi). I am willing to spend around USD$750 on a new phone, but I just don’t want any crazy ads or preinstalled apps like Facebook. Are there phones that don’t suck nowadays? I can buy a phone that is sold in the US, Canada, or EU.

(I don’t want to go through menus to disable ads (Xiaomi), and I’m currently looking at phones other than the Pixel lineup to see if there’s a better option for me)
(I also don’t want to mess around with custom bootloaders/systems, I rely on Google services way too much)

EDIT: If it wasn’t clear enough, I am not looking for things like GrapheneOS or LineageOS or others, I am looking for a phone and judging based on the stock system on it.

  • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Where’d you hear about flagship Samsung phones having ads?

    As far as I know, the only Samsung models that feature ads tend to be the lower end series that get sold in markets like India.

  • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Q: what’s a nice phone to buy? I don’t want to go through menus

    A: flash graphene os

    Cmon lemmy

    • sramder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Sounds pretty sweet to me… got a dialer with built in call recording.

      I can install a 3rd party app store without moving to the EU and waiting 4 more years.

      You can Dee-Google it by hacking the matrix with some ASOPs and pay $7 a month for a proton mail account while crying into your open office.

      Run some McAafsfeey antivirus for that hit of early 90’s nostalgia, or Norton if you’re really old and miss the 80’s ;-)

      Firefox with a real uBlock plugin would be pretty sweet? Do they have that working yet?

      I’m thinking pay-as-you-go burner but… oh right, android smart phone… I’m old and forgot what I was doing for a second.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Samsung completely blocking the ability to record calls in their US phones really annoys the shit out of me. Outside of rooting and installing a custom rom they just didn’t leave a way to do it.

        • tester1121@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I live in Canada and screen recording a phone call with audio doesn’t work, and the option that seems to be in the phone app for India isn’t on my phone, even though Canada is a one-person call recording policy country.

  • poszod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I bought the Zenfone 10 for those reasons and I’m pretty happy with it. I’m not going to buy a Samsung again.