Alternative Smartphone operating systems

Android and iOS dominate and at present there are few viable alternatives unless you are happy to go back to a feature phone

Alternatives to Android and iOS

• Open Source Mobile OS Alternatives To Android
• KaiOS
• Graphene OS - The private and secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. Developed as a non-profit open source project.

Make your smartphone last - certainly not what Apple, Samsung et al. want you to do. Having reached peak smartphone - no need to upgrade every couple of years. Particularly if all you need is a new battery replacement for a phone with a sealed battery.

• Android Fix Kits
• Better Battery. Better iPhone.
• I bought a used iPhone 6 on eBay that needed a new battery. Here's how I swapped it myself.

Privacy smartphones?

• Purism - Librem 5 and Liberty smartphones designed using free software whenever possible; includes PureOS, a Linux operating system.
• Unplugged - replace your cell phone, VPN, anti-virus, and messenger with a unified personal privacy system.

A distraction free phone?

• Nothing Phone (2) review: A weird and wonderful mid-range Android

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