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1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 16:55:21 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
   If I want to buy a new device to run #LineageOS, how do I do that? Determining the `supported + still in production + straightforward install' set for LineageOS seems somehow even more impossible than it was for #CyanogenMOD.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 17:02:28 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
     The ranking at https://stats.lineageos.org/ just screams `this is a #retrocomputing project for people who revel in obscurity, go buy an iPhone'.
   • ​ (kmicu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:31:25 EDT ​

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     @rozzin pretty much any popular model is supported. Galaxy series from Samsung, OnePlus series, LG flagships and so on. First find your favorite phone and then check if Lineage ROM exists for it.

   • ​ (kmicu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:45:59 EDT ​

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     @rozzin Regular (poor) folks cannot afford to buy a new phone every 2 years. They want updates for inexpensive phones like ~70$ Samsung Galaxy S3. So you can have fully working S3 with the latest Android version. (Also I9300 is popular because you can use Replicant ROM on it. So no binary blobs.)Check top countries: India, China, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia and so on. T…
   • Orbifx (orbifx)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 10:26:53 EDT Orbifx

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     @kmicu @rozzin it is absurd to buy a new mobile device even every 3-4 years. These devices are neither environmentally friendly nor affordable.