Update I have come to a decision. Thank you to all who contributed suggestions. Please feel free to keep the discussion going to help others.
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I have the 8 Pro, and honestly, with another 6 years of updates ahead for it, I see absolutely no reason to take the leap for such a premium. Go with the 8, the “upgrade” isn’t worth all that money.
Fuck all that noise, Pixel 6a + graphene £130. Why waste so much money!?
Pixel 8 Pro — minimum 7 years support and hardware memory tagging support
These devices aren’t even constructed to last 7 years. I don’t see that either of those things are worth £600 personally.
Well if the support ends, GrapheneOS support ends too. That’s why more years of support is important here.
What relevance does that have to what I said? If the physical phone isn’t going to last that long then I’d argue it is of little importance.
Well if you recommend getting an older phone because it’s cheaper, GrapheneOS support may be a concern. Also I think a phone usually can last for 7 years with 1 battery replacement, good ambient temperature and careful use.
I mean, the 6a still has 3 years of support left so whilst it is older it is hardly at the end of its supported life.
Not everyone can change a battery in a phone, I can but I would still rather not do it on a phone that isn’t really anything special and whilst yes they could feasibly last that long I think in practical everyday use application by the time you are getting to three years of daily use it will be beaten up and physically not in great shape any more for your average user.
3 years is not that much unless the user doesn’t mind changing phones rather often and beating up a phone in such a short time is just a massive skill issue tbh.
I don’t know what your doing but with a case and screen protector, I have never ended on a phone looking worse than factory new.
Battery is a good point. I can have a phone shop change the battery for me.
I’d either get an older model for cheap, or get a 9 because of the satellite capability. I wonder if GrapheneOS supports the latter, and for that matter whether it supports the 9 at all yet.
Added prices to post title and looking up the satellite feature now, thanks!
Edit Does the satellite stuff work in the UK and could it be bad for privacy?
Look on Starlink.com. I don’t expect it’s much worse than your typpical evil ISP or phone caerrier in terms of privacy. Certainly you could route everything through a VPN and that might help a little.
Edit: oh wait, I confused this thread with a different one when I looked at my inbox. Starlink is a high speed service with a roof antenna. For satellite phone stuff, look at https://skylo.tech.
I personally would go with the previous model, and the A version. When 7 came out, I got a 6A for £299 new. Wouldn’t spend much more unless I had to.
Maybe a 8 - 8a?
Pixel 5… install Graphene OS on it and you still get updates
I’ll still need upgrade sooner. I’d rather do it now while I have time for it. I don’t want to be forced into messing with my main device later.
I’m sorry for being slightly off-topic, but ONE THOUSAND clams for an easily breakable/losable thief magnet is just bonkers to me. my desktop, laptop, tablet and phones cost way less than that in total.
you sure you separated your “needs” from your “wants”?
Breakable, losable, stealable? Skill issue
