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Graphene has really caught my eye in the last several months, but unfortunately I couldn't find a good deal for Pixel phones (>128GB storage), used or new. That

Graphene has really caught my eye in the last several months, but unfortunately I couldn't find a good deal for Pixel phones (>128GB storage), used or new. That's the biggest bottleneck for adoption it seems. I just finally switched from an S10E to a S25Ultra (black friday deal brought down to $820), but not being able to use Graphene in the future hurts a bit for sure.

gruez 11mo ago
>Graphene has really caught my eye in the last several months, but unfortunately I couldn't find a good deal for Pixel phones (>128GB storage), used or new. [...] I just finally switched from an S10E to a S25Ultra (black friday deal brought down to $820), There are plenty of deals for pixels under $820: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=pixel&searcharea=deals&searchin=first&isUserSearch=1&sort=recent&searchtype=normal&filters%5Bforum%5D%5B%5D=0&filters%5Brating%5D%5B%5D=all&filters%5Bdate%5D%5B%5D=1095&page=1 https://slickdeals.net/search?q=pixel&searcharea=deals&searc...
morserer 11mo ago
Goodness, friend, where were you looking? A used 256GB Pixel 8 in good condition is $320. https://swappa.com/listings/google-pixel-8?carrier=unlocked&color=&storage=256gb&modeln=&edition=&condition=&sort= https://swappa.com/listings/google-pixel-8?carrier=unlocked&...
- whitepoplar 11mo ago
  One caveat--you have to be certain that you get a Pixel with an unlocked bootloader. There are a lot of Pixels (mostly sold by Verizon) that are unlocked for use with any carrier, but whose bootloaders remain locked. If you have one of these ex-Verizon phones, there is no way as of now to unlock the bootloader.
  - morserer 11mo ago
    This is true, and important. Thanks for the reminder. The list linked above (and the price tag deduced from it) is restricted to unlocked phones only for this reason.
    - whitepoplar 11mo ago
      There's no way to easily tell that those phones have unlocked bootloaders, though. Ex-Verizon phones may be completely carrier unlocked, will work on any network, and still have locked bootloaders. This isn't an issue for anyone running stock Android, but will restrict those phones from being used to run GrapheneOS.
      - morserer 10mo ago
        "not easily verifiable": true. If you have the IMEI, this will answer whether or not a Pixel is Verizon-sold, and thus, bootloader-locked. https://www.verizonwireless.com/bring-your-own-device/#checkDevice https://www.verizonwireless.com/bring-your-own-device/#check...
jacooper 11mo ago
Just wait for the new OEM to drop their phones with GrapheneOS support. Pixel hardware is garbage tier.

gruez 11mo ago

>Graphene has really caught my eye in the last several months, but unfortunately I couldn't find a good deal for Pixel phones (>128GB storage), used or new. [...] I just finally switched from an S10E to a S25Ultra (black friday deal brought down to $820), There are plenty of deals for pixels under $820: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=pixel&searcharea=deals&searchin=first&isUserSearch=1&sort=recent&searchtype=normal&filters%5Bforum%5D%5B%5D=0&filters%5Brating%5D%5B%5D=all&filters%5Bdate%5D%5B%5D=1095&page=1 https://slickdeals.net/search?q=pixel&searcharea=deals&searc...

morserer 11mo ago

Goodness, friend, where were you looking? A used 256GB Pixel 8 in good condition is $320. https://swappa.com/listings/google-pixel-8?carrier=unlocked&color=&storage=256gb&modeln=&edition=&condition=&sort= https://swappa.com/listings/google-pixel-8?carrier=unlocked&...

whitepoplar 11mo ago
One caveat--you have to be certain that you get a Pixel with an unlocked bootloader. There are a lot of Pixels (mostly sold by Verizon) that are unlocked for use with any carrier, but whose bootloaders remain locked. If you have one of these ex-Verizon phones, there is no way as of now to unlock the bootloader.
- morserer 11mo ago
  This is true, and important. Thanks for the reminder. The list linked above (and the price tag deduced from it) is restricted to unlocked phones only for this reason.
  - whitepoplar 11mo ago
    There's no way to easily tell that those phones have unlocked bootloaders, though. Ex-Verizon phones may be completely carrier unlocked, will work on any network, and still have locked bootloaders. This isn't an issue for anyone running stock Android, but will restrict those phones from being used to run GrapheneOS.
    - morserer 10mo ago
      "not easily verifiable": true. If you have the IMEI, this will answer whether or not a Pixel is Verizon-sold, and thus, bootloader-locked. https://www.verizonwireless.com/bring-your-own-device/#checkDevice https://www.verizonwireless.com/bring-your-own-device/#check...

jacooper 11mo ago

Just wait for the new OEM to drop their phones with GrapheneOS support. Pixel hardware is garbage tier.