My phone’s just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.

Thought I’d test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc

Bonus points if anyone’s managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal

Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.

  • cro_magnon_gilf
    2·
    4 months ago

    I had two Caterpillar CATphones before. It was awesome. One of them had an infra red camera and was waterproof down to 5 meters.

    They were a bit on the slow side, but they sure could take abuse

      • cro_magnon_gilf
        1·
        4 months ago

        It was very low-res, but useful for finding where the cat threw up :p That was a regular use for it actually.

        Other than that, it was fun to play with.

        • dutchkimble@lemy.lol
          2·
          4 months ago

          Sounds fun! I want to get one next time but it’s not available in my country so I need to figure when I travel next!