Oh I think I was misunderstanding linux phones vs alternate android OSes, I should have paid more attention to the terms. Yeah I had heard of some stock androids having ads in their UI and stuff like that which is insane. The pixel phones look quite affordable!
That does make sense what you're saying though. If I'm not in the best mental focus at the time it might not be best to delve too deeply into it. If I get maybe an older but compatible phone I can test without actually transferring my phone number over.
Oh interesting, why wouldn't you recommend them for normal usage? I don't use much on my phone, call/text, email, chat client, calendar is my normal usage.
In my view, since I'm already switching to a different ecosystem from apple, I might as well pick the one I want in the end since I'm not really familiar with stock android in the first place. Tercube looks good, though it doesn't support my carrier, hurm..
That's worked for me before on something else on a different lemmy instance, but it doesn't seem to be working for me this time. I wonder if it's because it's kbin? Not sure.
That's really exciting, I usually keeps phones for a very long time, but the problem that always gets them is having battery problems.