Hi there, I’m still using a OnePlus 7 Pro as my daily driver, using a Custom rom (YAAP) and the phone is still going strong. But after 7 years, I feel it’s time to get a new phone.
What I care about most: a responsive phone that is going to last a long time, good battery, good enough camera, and possibility to install custom roms in the future. When looking at the second hand prices In the UK, I’ve narrowed it down to two phones, at roughly the same price: OnePlus 13 or Google Pixel 10 Pro.
The Pixel line is known for GrapheneOS, but it seems the OnePlus 13 has a decent community around LineageOS.
What do you think? Any advice for one phone or the other, or perhaps another option I haven’t considered?
I have used a lot of OnePlus devices, but can’t recommend it since OnePlus has exited EU market. I doubt their firmware support continues as before. OxygenOS 16 seems to have issues on many models.
It’s also getting harder and harder to root phones and get even basic Play Integrity to pass. Google and device manufacturers are closing up Android, and I don’t like it at all. Some manufacturers (Samsung and Honor?) don’t even allow unlocking the bootloader.
I don’t know what I would go for next. I’d rather not but new phone at all, it seems old ones are better. But maybe second hand Pixel with GrapheneOS, at least it has manual native call recording.
We don’t own the devices we buy anymore.
It’s sadly the same for most brands these days… OnePlus 13 seems the last one allowing bootloader unlock from the brand.