Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns

Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by tasubotadas on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:43AM (#28617675)

Are there any good non-Chinese smartphone besides Samsung? Preferably someone who delivers a stock android?

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by hkmaxpro on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:54PM (#28620252)

Pixel 5a. Made in Vietnam by the Taiwanese company Compal Electronics https://tw.appledaily.com/property/20210819/4W5C3MGDDJEILMIY...

Not Pixel 6 though. Still made in China https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/COVID-slows-Appl...

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by abawany on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @10:08PM (#28624500)

Consider the Gigaset GS4 or one of their older devices. The GS4 is not currently rooted afaik but some of their older devices (GS290?) are supported by (edit)e.foundation [1] and etc. As an additional benefit, they are made in Germany (though the origin of the parts is probably not exclusively German I guess.)

[1] https://doc.e.foundation/devices

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by fabianhjr on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:00PM (#28617937)

If you care about privacy one of the few options is a Google Pixel with CalyxOS and no Google Services.

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by karolist on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:52AM (#28617814)

Just buy Pixel phones, the pure Android experience and day 1 updates are worth it. The new Pixel 6 will use LTS kernel and custom SoC, rumored to have updates for 5 years instead of what was a standard of 3.

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by fsflover on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:44PM (#28620114)

Not Android, but made in the USA: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa (and can run Waydroid).

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by Dah00n on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:37AM (#28627799)

Made in the US is not a good thing as they spy even more than China. A good phone is open source and made outside China and Five eyes.

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by HanaShiratori on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:53AM (#28617836)

Pixel with GrapheneOS

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by vvatermelone on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:01PM (#28617951)

And if GrapheneOS is too hardcore for you, CalyxOS

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by fortuna86 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:44AM (#28617694)

New Pixel ?

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by tmoravec on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:49AM (#28617777)

iPhone?

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Re:Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorshi... by mrweasel on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:18PM (#28618204)

Depending on your definition that’s also a Chinese phone. You might be able to get one build in India, but that require a lot of effort.

The problem is that you’re more or less screwed if you trust neither China nor Google. Generally speaking the iPhone is your best option, but partly due to a lack of options.

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