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Xiaomi. Or poco, redmi... Same stuff. For 200 bucks you get awesome phones and you can usually always remove stock and install LineageOS. They are all freely uockable and still under warranty after that.
Get a model near its end of market life, buy new the oldest you can find... Unlock, install LineageOS, enjoy.
I bought my Poco X3 NFC for 160€ 4 years ago and still rocks today with LineageOS 21 (Android 14).
(It usually take 6 months to 1 year for each new model to get LineageOS support, so don't buy the latest model Also worth looking if there is official support on LineageOS before buy, or at least some unofficial ports).
Asus Zenfone are nice as well
Can you unlock them easily and still have valid warranty as well? That would be a great point
Asus bootloader is locked. This brand is a dead man walking just like sony
It's dead to me too then. Useless crap. Maybe the best hardware and software, but still closed crap.
This is a very good advice for someone who is buying a new phone to install a custom ROM on it, since they are indepandant effort they need some time to hack things and find workarounds
Yes, I am a maintainer for a 4 years old device, and I would love to be able to buy it new today! New battery and all.