cyanogen/LineageOS phone recommendations

[Stephen Partington]

Ubuntu phones are not ignoring the US Carriers, the carriers were the ones
who are basically ignoring the Ubuntu Phones.

There is a concept of the work/home split in android so you could split the
two, apps and everything.

https://www.android.com/work/
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/a-review-of-android-for-work-dual-persona-support-comes-to-android/


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Anon Anon <lokotejones at gmail.com> wrote:

> I want an Ubuntu phone so bad I cannot stand it. It seems impossible to
> find any information about it and US carriers seem completely ignored.
>
> I would just recommend buying the barest of bones and cheapest android
> phone you can use for work and put as little data as possible about you
> personally on it.
>
> Why waste time and money on a work phone? Just my 2 cents.
>
> On Dec 28, 2016 12:52 PM, "Stephen Partington" <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Samsung J7 is actually a good price point. As is the Moto G. and they
>> are popular enough to have some XDA love http://forum.xda-developers.co
>> m/galaxy-j7
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:43 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>> work requires a couple of applications I refuse to install on my personal
>>> phone, so I need a secondary phone.
>>>
>>> Any recommendation considering the following?
>>>
>>> I would like to go with LineageOS[0] once it's up and running or some
>>> other
>>> 'as free as practical' Android fork.
>>>
>>> I would love a Plasma phone or maybe even an Ubuntu phone, but need to
>>> grab some proprietary apps from the Android app store, so they're not
>>> much
>>> of an option for this particular case[1].
>>>
>>> I would prefer a phone with a working FM radio.
>>>
>>> In general, I prefer Samsung hardware.
>>>
>>> Cost is a large factor for this purchase. I will likely be trying to find
>>> someting on the second hand or refurb market. I'm perfectly fine with old
>>> hardware provided I can continue getting software updates.
>>>
>>> Currently using t-mobile, but would prefer something with radios for all
>>> the carriers[2].
>>>
>>> [0] In the midst of forking from cyanogen now that it has closed down.
>>>
>>> http://lineageos.org/Yes-this-is-us/
>>>
>>> [1] There is the possibility of buying a new primary phone and making my
>>> current phone the secondary. I presume this option is more expensive than
>>> I can commit to the purchase.
>>>
>>> [2] Not that Verizon is an option for me until it stops fighting net
>>> neutrality.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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