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andre Nov 14, 2022

Can anyone recommend a mobile phone with the following features?
* no Google services (e.g. by running an alternative rom)
* not too expensive (it's for children)
* not too bulky
* gets updates
* runs Signal
* at least 4G
* not produced by Google => no Pixel devices

EDIT: * no iPhone

I still own a Samsung A3 2017 which would fit those requirements. Unfortunately, I did not manage to flash it with an alternative rom.

#PurchaseRecommendation

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Philip Kaufmann Nov 14, 2022

@a32 I'd say Fairphone 2, only problem LineageOS-wise it's stuck at LOS18.1 currently (and it seems to be a hard barrier).

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fanf42

@PhKaufmannMR @a32 why à pb to be stuck in 18.1? It should give you a couple year ahead no? (on the other hand, I didn't followed how lineageOS version support evolved since several years...)