4 ms·

Yes I moved off pixel after 2XL and switched to OnePlus. I am much happier for it. They are great phones!

leetcrew 7y ago
what's the story on updates for non-pixel phones these days? the main reason I keep buy google phones is for the monthly security updates that seem to go on for at least three years after release, but every year the pixel hardware seems like a worse value.
- gertrunde 7y ago
  Can't comment on all vendors, but OnePlus at least are reasonably decent. My (two-three generations behind) OnePlus 6T got the February 2020 patches about two weeks ago if that's indication, and has been on Android 10 for a few months maybe? Patches lapsed a bit while they were concentrating on Android 10 though iirc.
  - tlarkworthy 7y ago
    My Google phones kept breaking after one year so it feels almost an academic concern to me
    - leetcrew 7y ago
      I got lucky, only broken button on my pixel 2 is volume up. probably the least important of the three :)
- solarkraft 7y ago
  The solution to this I propose to anyone who cares about hardware choice, privacy and software independence is to buy a phone supported by LineageOS and install that on it. You won't have any issues with a lack of updates for a long time, as they're automatically built in the CI for the model and shipped to you via OTA updates. Here's the list of viable phones (anything not on this list I wouldn't consider, in the Android world, anyway): https://download.lineageos.org/ https://download.lineageos.org/
  - solarkraft 7y ago
    Bonus: There is a version of LineageOS that works with apps usually requiring proprietary Google binaries without them actually being installed: https://lineage.microg.org/ https://lineage.microg.org/ Have been a happy user for a few months.
tracker1 7y ago
I had the One Plus One (first phone), only switched away when I went to Verizon for better coverage on the road. Is their band coverage for Verizon still partial? Haven't checked in the past year or so, last I checked you could use it with Verizon, but only with LTE bands.
- tlarkworthy 7y ago
  Dunno I live in europe

what's the story on updates for non-pixel phones these days? the main reason I keep buy google phones is for the monthly security updates that seem to go on for at least three years after release, but every year the pixel hardware seems like a worse value.

gertrunde 7y ago
Can't comment on all vendors, but OnePlus at least are reasonably decent. My (two-three generations behind) OnePlus 6T got the February 2020 patches about two weeks ago if that's indication, and has been on Android 10 for a few months maybe? Patches lapsed a bit while they were concentrating on Android 10 though iirc.
- tlarkworthy 7y ago
  My Google phones kept breaking after one year so it feels almost an academic concern to me
  - leetcrew 7y ago
    I got lucky, only broken button on my pixel 2 is volume up. probably the least important of the three :)
solarkraft 7y ago
The solution to this I propose to anyone who cares about hardware choice, privacy and software independence is to buy a phone supported by LineageOS and install that on it. You won't have any issues with a lack of updates for a long time, as they're automatically built in the CI for the model and shipped to you via OTA updates. Here's the list of viable phones (anything not on this list I wouldn't consider, in the Android world, anyway): https://download.lineageos.org/ https://download.lineageos.org/
- solarkraft 7y ago
  Bonus: There is a version of LineageOS that works with apps usually requiring proprietary Google binaries without them actually being installed: https://lineage.microg.org/ https://lineage.microg.org/ Have been a happy user for a few months.

tracker1 7y ago

I had the One Plus One (first phone), only switched away when I went to Verizon for better coverage on the road. Is their band coverage for Verizon still partial? Haven't checked in the past year or so, last I checked you could use it with Verizon, but only with LTE bands.

tlarkworthy 7y ago
Dunno I live in europe