Yah this is absolutely true, I bought a used oneplus 9 last year for $200 and it is so much better than anything new you can get for that price.
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Altomes@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Honestly in my mind the best phone is a used one with lineage, like my oneplus 8t was $130 it’s in great shape with 256gb and I’m relatively confident it’ll receive updates for years to come from Lineage.
turbowafflz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’m running lineage on a moto g7 I got for $150. It works pretty well for the most part, but it chugs a bit when I try to use a browser
clark@midwest.social 8 months ago
I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but do older phones running Lineage still receive updates? Say, Samsung S9, is it worth installing the OS despite its age? Not too knowledgable on this area, just wanna learn!
drengbarazi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Looks like Samsung Galaxy S9 is [still receiving updates}(wiki.lineageos.org/devices/starlte/). Last build (nightly) was like today.
clark@midwest.social 8 months ago
If the device no longer supports updates, is it safe to still run Lineage on it?
Altomes@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Correct, lineage is actually a great way to extend the life of a device safely
loki@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
It is safer than not updating at all. Unsupported devices have a lot of exploits and vulnerabilities.
LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Budget Redmi 4A from 2016 just got updated to android 14.