fairphone does that.

Didn't HMD make a couple of those too? Obv not the same country of origin but from what I've seen they're considerably cheaper

Didn't HMD make a couple of those too?

Yes, the HMD Skyline has an easily removable backplate and battery.

600 euro, not so helpful. Thanks though.

I can relate to the feeling, but considering that their hardware and software support can get the phone going for twice as long (for me) as other mainstream ones, I feel tempted.

Typing this on an samsung xcover 6 pro right now. Costs less than 200 used, has a removable battery, up to 1tb micro SD card support, and a headphone jack.

Does it run lineage, because that is the only way I'll touch Samsung's abysmal OS ever again

Hi, I was considering samsung as an option. Could you please tell me why you dont like samsung? I'm looking for cons but review sites only want to sing praises.

Its 900$ where im at. I can get 3 phones for the same price. Terracube 2 apparently does too, but last time I had a Terracube, it failed pretty bad. Literally fell apart and no software updates at all.

As far as I know, this will be the case in the EU in 2027.

It does not, but I don't sign into any Samsung/Google things and replace every system app with one from F-Droid including the launcher. The experience is fairly similar to my old pixel with grapheneos like this. I am sure it is far cry from as secure, but I am realistic about my threat model and am willing to make trades to be more sustainable and convenient. The only other difference is the system ui skin, which does its job just fine IMO

Seems like it has a 778G SoC too which would be pretty solid for emulation as well. That's an interesting option!