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Get a used Android phone that supports Ubuntu Touch and donate your savings to the Ubports foundation.
Eidt: Buying a PinePhone does not help with the software issue described in the OP, as Pine64 does only minimal software development themselves.
Recommendation very much appreciated. It looks like a Fairphone running Ubuntu Touch could be exactly what I want.
I just got the Fairphone 3+ and the first impression is fantastic!
Putting lineage os (no google) on it took about 10 minutes, the built quality feels very solid, and it's lighter than my old Samsung S9+ (which I'm about to sell).
After a day of light use the battery is at 86%.
it reminds me a lot of the Nexus 5 but naturally better and bigger screen.
Definitely would recommend it so far!
what's the camera like on the Fairphone using lineageOS
I think it is the stock camera. The app isn't overly fancy.
On the hardware side it seems decent. It's 48mp. Not a photo geek, but it works fine for my purposes:
family pics, pics for reminders, etc
That’s what I’m planning to do. I wonder how long though it would take to learn how to contribute to source code and to develop apps for Ubuntu touch.