I’m looking for opinions from people about their personal preferences on the best Linux phones available today — both software and the phone hardware to accompany it.

My leading contenders right now are postmarketos running on a used Pixel or sailfishos running on jolla or Sony Xperia.

My priorities:

  • commitment to FOSS, no lock-in
  • Premium-tier phone hardware (camera, screen, battery)
  • performant Android emulation or performant web app integration
  • ongoing organization or community support
  • few/no dependencies on American companies or products

Subjective and biased opinions are welcome; I’m really trying to get a feel of how the earliest adopters are thinking.

  • airglow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    The FuriPhone FLX1 meets all of your requirements:

    • It runs the Debian-based FuriOS, which is FOSS.
    • Among phones with Linux (excluding Android) preloaded, its specifications are among the best available, including a camera with PDAF and OIS, a 120Hz screen, and a replaceable 5,000 mAh battery. It also supports 5G and VoLTE, and has IP68 water resistance.
    • FuriOS includes Android app support via a fork of Waydroid.
    • The phone and the Linux distro are actively maintained.
    • Furi Labs is based in Hong Kong.
    • ninthant@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      This looks extremely promising, thanks for sharing it.

      It’s the first I’ve heard of it but it already goes in the bucket of top options for me to consider.

    • ninthant@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      If possible yes, or if not possible I’m interested in seeing what is closest to providing an experience like that.

      I’ve been daily driving desktop Linux for the last 5y and off and on for 25y plus a lot of professional sysadmin experience so I’m pretty familiar with fiddling and such.

      So I don’t need a turnkey experience but I do want a pleasant and reliable experience once it’s all setup.

        • ninthant@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          2·
          1 hour ago

          Thank you for sharing that

          I looked at this previously but had some concerns with most of the devices being rather old (most recent options are 2021) and even so the camera support seems to be quite rough.

          Does this match your experience as an early adopter or am I reading too much into it?