Bonus if its less than 300 and has a replaceable battery. Preferably one that doesn’t explode.
Used S23 is in your budget
Fairphone?
If the battery is expanding you should contact support. If you bought it from Google they might replace it. They did for mine out of warranty after seeing some pictures.
There’s always the Moto G Power. It’s $300 but the battery isn’t the most accessible
It may explode soon? I have a 6a, as well. Is that something I should be worried about?
Yep. It looks like it’s probably the 3rd party charging cables…but not sure
Exploding batteries is just Li-ion doing its thing and succumbing to thermal runaway while at it. Bad battery batches are common. Just replace it.
While, I’m not sure if you’re in the US or elsewhere, here is my response from a US perspective. Another consideration is what carrier do you use, especially if you’re in the US. A phone with a user-replaceable battery that is under $300 is going to be hard to find, at least new.
My recommendation for a new phone would be the CMF Phone 1. While the battery isn’t user-replaceable in the “pop out” sense, it is designed with a more accessible battery for easier replacement than most modern smartphones. https://us.nothing.tech/products/cmf-phone-1
For used, this is also challenging. If you can find a Fairphone 3 or 4 in the US that works with your carrier, that would be perfect. The Fairphones have batteries that are removable by popping off the back cover. They are typically around $300 I think.
Thanks for the info. Ill check it out.
Ive been wanting a Fairphone 4 for a LONG time. ITs just 2x the cost of the competition. IF I were to go by my original comment, that means I want it to last at least 4 years (or less than 100$ a year in cost). What is nothing os?
Nothing OS is a custom OS by Nothing Technology Limited built on Android. It is not privacy focused like you would get with GrapheneOS but has very little bloat. It is proprietary to Nothing phones. There are unofficial versions of /e/OS available on on XDA for the CMF Phone 1. The Fairphone 4 also has the ability to run custom ROMS like /e/OS and LineageOS.
Here is a video talking about putting /e/OS on the CMF Phone 1: https://youtu.be/TkTzmM9izCo
No replaceable battery but any cheap Pixel with GrapheneOS. It’s secure, no Google by default, has the most standard UI possible, and Android Auto works great. This combo is the iPhone of Android IMHO. Some applications may not work for some reason but I haven’t met those yet.
Aren’t the pixel line the ones that have the bad batteries? I mean what you are saying is why I went with a Pixel that was supposed to be supported for a long time.
Aren’t the pixel line the ones that have the bad batteries?
Where did you hear that? Only one Pixel model has had a legit battery issue (4a I think).
I would get a new battery and throw GrapheneOS on that bad boy.
Im not real confident in replacing the battery on the phone. Last time I tried on an older phone, it bricked the device. Is there somewhere that does this?
Search around. I think Google has “certified” some repair chains, so it’s probably pretty easy to find someone who will do a decent job.
Lots if places will do it, you can often find them in malls.
Gonna be honest, kinda bummed. I cant seem to get a good phone that lasts. Every 2 years Im getting a new phone…I kinda hate it. I thought the 6a with the extended software support was going to last at least 4 but it seems its not even going to last 2 years.
The pixels are pretty good. U can put GrapheneOS on em and they are reasonably repairable as well.
Jerryrigeverything has said don’t buy Pixel because they have horrible battery glue making them worse to repair than Apple.
But it’s probably still the best because of Graphene.
