I did the same thing with an older Galaxy S that I have lying around. I installed CyanogenMod on it without Google's services. Have been installing apps from F-

I did the same thing with an older Galaxy S that I have lying around. I installed CyanogenMod on it without Google's services. Have been installing apps from F-Droid. I use Apollo, VLC, K-9 Mail, OsmAnd and Firefox. At some point I also installed some apps from Amazon's App Store, but I then realized that I don't really need any of that crap. People saying that AOSP is not usable don't know what they are talking about. That said, I'm also planning to get a phone with Firefox OS and I think it has a bright future, just because it is based on web standards. I really like the approach taken by Firefox OS and Chrome OS.