GrapheneOS lets you choose whether you want to have a sandboxed google play installation. This way apps such as Maps work. Basically you are in control (except for Google Pay).

I have never used an eSIM, but I’d like to know about them. Can anyone explain what are some reasons to use it?

May I ask how you solved the screen sharing problems? Also do you use keybinds for apps such as discord? When I tried Hyprland none of them were working.

Your comment made me happy

I see, fair.

I’ve searched your phone on xda and it has some ROMs which support it. Not official LineageOS though 🥲

I’m indeed very sensitive to the price. However, here in the EU the prices are much higher and a Pixel 7a costs 509€ in Google store and the 6a 349€.

I’ve been using my phone for almost 6 years now and now that I started uni I need a phone that doesn’t crash when opening Gmail or takes too long to do any thing. I’m sure the 7, 7a or 6a can do this fine but I’m trying to get the 8 because of the 7 years support so I can flash graphene and forget, while the others have less than 5 years if I buy them now.

And yes it is a huge amount of cash for me, I never had a phone that expensive, but I feel like I need a phone like this one and its original price is almost 200€ more expensive so that’s why I’m asking here. Can’t even consider iPhone as they’re literally unaffordable for me.

The prices are really high, I hope it gets better when Black Friday arrives. Else I guess I’ll have to get the 7.

yup I knew that (isn’t it where Macon and Atlanta are?) but I didn’t realise that it and the country have the same name. Thanks anyway!

Oh I didn’t think about it and the US state having the same name but now I imagine why OP said it 😂

why? (not from the US)

You can just check on protondb if any game you want to play works with Proton or doesn’t at all. But generally almost anything that doesn’t require an anticheat will work.