Hi,

I will certainly buy a new android phone in the next month and I will need help choosing which one.

My requirements : has support from LineagesOs, ability to root, good battery, NFC and Google Pay should work even after root, camera should be at least OK, price under 200€ (or even 150€). I have seen devices in that range that satisfy almost all the requirements.

My current phone is Mi Mix 2 from 2019 and still usable but battery drain in one day even though I don’t use it that much. I changed battery recently but nothing changed so I am always carrying an external battery. So a similar phone with bigger battery and good camera can be a good candidate. I always bought Xiaomi devices and I don’t know how are the other brands.

  • @PoliticallyIncorrect
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    10 months ago

    IDK where you from mate but you should look for something good at AliExpress, you will have to wait some time cos it’s an international buy but it’s where I personally shop for electronic stuff. Plenty of refurbished stuff from 3-5 years ago at very good price, good luck 🙏🤞

    Edit: why did you specially look it can be rooted?

    What about these:

    Original OnePlus 5T 4G Mobile Phone Dual SIM Card 6.01’’ 6GB+64GB 8GB+128GB 16MP+20MP 4K@30fps Video Octa-Core Android CellPhone https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPUcLj0 Original OnePlus 6 4G LTE Mobile Phone Dual SIM 6.28’’ 6GB+64GB 8GB+128GB 16MP+20MP 4K@30/60fps Video OctaCore Android CellPhone https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNSWdf0 Original OnePlus 6T 4G LTE Mobile Phone Dual SIM 6.41’’ 8GB RAM 128/256GB ROM 16MP+20MP 4K@30/60fps Octa-Core Android SmartPhone https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqQdAZY Google Pixel 3 4G Original Unlocked Mobile Phone 5.5’’ 64GB/128GB ROM Snapdragon 845 Android Octa Core 12.2MP&Dual 8MP CellPhone https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMbcwKa Google Pixel 3 Qualcomm 845 LTE 5.5" Screen Smartphone 4GB RAM 64GB/128GB ROM Cell Phone Dual Camera Unlocked Original Mobile https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLVVjpG

    Let me know what do you think about these options.

      • @PoliticallyIncorrect
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        10 months ago

        You can use adb to uninstall pre-installed apps and private DNS and browser AdBlock to avoid ads, you don’t need root for that, I have some other good recommendations of devices you can buy if you will not need to root it.