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Enough shit about reddit. Get back to work folk. Tell me a phone with no bloatware at all, or no app pre-installed at all.

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Pixel 6 w GrapheneOS is what I use, its lovely

[–] pillarist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Snag any Pixel that's affordable to you and slap GrapheneOS (or Lineage, whichever) and you're gold.

[–] scyrp@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sony Xperia 1 and 5 series phones. They actually do have some bloatware but it's not egregious at all.

[–] noneabove1182@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yup this is the way, the only bloat are preinstalled apps that can be disabled, the OS itself is extremely clean

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

PostmarketOS on a Pinephone, because everything after Android KitKat is bloat

[–] mikehunt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fresh lineageos install on any phone.

[–] lightrush@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Pixel as many have suggested. In addition to being able to take any of the popular ROMs, most of the apps on the stock ROM can be disabled.

For example:

[–] Peacecraft535@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just got a Pixel 7 Pro, there only thing it came programmed with were the basic Google apps.

[–] Quereller@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stock Android has so many additional components (assistant for example) compared with GrapheneOS.

[–] Peacecraft535@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Still, compared to the Samsung phones I've had in the past, there's very little bloat. It was literally just like 8 Google apps and that was all.

[–] scott@lem.free.as 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google Pixel with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS.

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not giving Google any money.

[–] limeaide@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How do you feel about buying used or refurbished? Genuinely curious since I often see people with this stance

[–] calcifer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Some of the Nokia lineup and many of the xiaomi phones are able to install custom roms very easily

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oneplus 5T unlocked, wiped and running LineageOS 20, no Gapps.

Fite me

[–] TheLonelyDude2049@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. Its performance and battery usage are amazing! I tried that a few weeks ago with my spare phone (OnePlus 5T).

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine only ever booted OxygenOS but the one time I it needed to enable Developer Options and ADB. Totally skipped the out-of-box setup, too.

Those were simpler days.

At this point, I'm so used to using AOSP-based custom ROMs like EvolutionX, ArrowOS, crDroid, etc, even if the stock ROM is good.

I always unlock the bootloader after a week or two from the day I purchase a new phone; just for the sake of trying the stock ROM a little before I jump into custom ROMs ship.