I think the best thing with GOS on pixels has been that you could always buy a previous model year (within about 2-3 years) and load it up to save some money. I desperately want to ditch my old Pixel 7 Pro for a new GOS device, but $1600 is super expensive for a new phone right now. I miss the days where you could buy an older phone and add a custom ROM with little effort. I love that security is being taken more seriously, but I just want a basic, secure, de-Googled device that is affordable.
I had a Pixel 7 Pro laying around and its good enough, but I think it would be great if the camera was better. The GOS camera app consistently crashes on me when I use Night Mode. I switched from a moto RAZR 2024 and prefer the small form factor of the RAZR. I’ve debated on switching to a pixel 9a, but I’m holding out hope that we’ll eventually see a RAZR with GOS soon.
Ikr? Tone deaf af, especially in this economy. Pixels are expensive enough.
I think the best thing with GOS on pixels has been that you could always buy a previous model year (within about 2-3 years) and load it up to save some money. I desperately want to ditch my old Pixel 7 Pro for a new GOS device, but $1600 is super expensive for a new phone right now. I miss the days where you could buy an older phone and add a custom ROM with little effort. I love that security is being taken more seriously, but I just want a basic, secure, de-Googled device that is affordable.
I usually buy refurbished. I’m typing this on a refurbished Pixel 7a running GrapheneOS.
I had a Pixel 7 Pro laying around and its good enough, but I think it would be great if the camera was better. The GOS camera app consistently crashes on me when I use Night Mode. I switched from a moto RAZR 2024 and prefer the small form factor of the RAZR. I’ve debated on switching to a pixel 9a, but I’m holding out hope that we’ll eventually see a RAZR with GOS soon.
I use OpenCamera. It’s much better than the stock GrapheneOS camera.