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2023-11-24

: phones

Phone            | Battery     | Charging jack
Samsung SCH-R390 |        Good | Micro USB-B, no OTG 
        LG UN280 |      Decent | Micro USB-B, no OTG 
iPhone SE (2016) |      Dismal |         Proprietary 
  Unihertz Titan |   Excellent |            USB-C PD
       Pinephone | Upgradeable |            USB-C PD
     Punkt MP-02 |   Excellent |     USB-C but no PD
 Google Pixel 3A |   Excellent |            USB-C PD

Phone            | Codecs                     | Firmware    | Headphone jack
Samsung SCH-R390 | No FLAC, no Vorbis, no VP8 | Proprietary |          3.5mm
        LG UN280 | No FLAC, no Vorbis, no VP8 | Proprietary |          3.5mm
iPhone SE (2016) | No FLAC, no Vorbis, no VP8 | Proprietary |          3.5mm
  Unihertz Titan |               Configurable | Proprietary |          3.5mm
       Pinephone |               Configurable |  Changeable |          3.5mm
     Punkt MP-02 | No FLAC, no Vorbis, no VP8 | Proprietary |     over USB-C
 Google Pixel 3A |               Configurable | Proprietary |          3.5mm

Phone            | Keyboard             | OS          | SD    | WLAN
Samsung SCH-R390 |             Hardware | Proprietary | Micro |   No
        LG-UN280 |             Hardware | Proprietary | Micro |   No
iPhone SE (2016) |             Software | Proprietary |  None |  Yes
  Unihertz Titan |             Hardware | Proprietary | Micro |  Yes
       Pinephone | Software or hardware |        Open | Micro |  Yes
     Punkt MP-02 |             Hardware | Proprietary |  None |  Yes
 Google Pixel 3A |             Software |        Open |  None |  Yes

Samsung SCH-R390
	Also known as the Freeform 4.
	I used this extensively and enjoyed it at the time.

Samsung SCH-R480
	Also known as the FreeForm 5.
	No significant changes from the FreeForm 4 beyond aesthetics.

LG UN280
	Also known as the Freedom II.
	I used this extensively and enjoyed it at the time.

iPhone SE (2016)
	I used this extensively and despise it.

Unihertz Titan
	I used this extensively and despise it.
	Bad hardware keyboard (no dollar sign).
	Vendor unlawfully non-compliant with GPL 2 licensing on Linux,
		for this reason I would avoid this phone like the plague.

Pine64 Pinephone
	I love this phone a lot.
	Hardware keyboard available as an extension;
		hardware keyboard also adds a second battery,
		tripling the battery life of the phone.
	Firmware is proprietary by default
		but the vendor allows using free firmware.

Punkt MP-02
	Sucks.

Google Pixel 3A
	The official OS is proprietary so I use an old GrapheneOS build.
	100% FOSS phone but reliable unlike the Pinephone.

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