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Comment by tasubotadas | Hacker News Reader

Are there any good non-Chinese smartphone besides Samsung? Preferably someone who delivers a stock android?

Pixel 5a. Made in Vietnam by the Taiwanese company Compal Electronics https://tw.appledaily.com/property/20210819/4W5C3MGDDJEILMIY...

Not Pixel 6 though. Still made in China https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/COVID-slows-Appl...

Consider the Gigaset GS4 or one of their older devices. The GS4 is not currently rooted afaik but some of their older devices (GS290?) are supported by (edit)e.foundation [1] and etc. As an additional benefit, they are made in Germany (though the origin of the parts is probably not exclusively German I guess.)

[1] https://doc.e.foundation/devices

If you care about privacy one of the few options is a Google Pixel with CalyxOS and no Google Services.

Just buy Pixel phones, the pure Android experience and day 1 updates are worth it. The new Pixel 6 will use LTS kernel and custom SoC, rumored to have updates for 5 years instead of what was a standard of 3.

Not Android, but made in the USA: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa (and can run Waydroid).

Made in the US is not a good thing as they spy even more than China. A good phone is open source and made outside China and Five eyes.

Pixel with GrapheneOS

And if GrapheneOS is too hardcore for you, CalyxOS

New Pixel ?

iPhone?

Depending on your definition that’s also a Chinese phone. You might be able to get one build in India, but that require a lot of effort.

The problem is that you’re more or less screwed if you trust neither China nor Google. Generally speaking the iPhone is your best option, but partly due to a lack of options.

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