Mobiles with the 3 essentials, SD-slot, Removable Battery and Jack-stick.

JesusIsJehovah

LG V20 is the last flagship of Google Android phones with these 3 essentials in a mobile, it is an old mobile now with what, 4 years of age? But I would still contend it as the winning phone on the marked today even with all of its issues.

Librem 5 is a full Linux mobile based on freedom and openness which is in production and work in progress - which I keep my eyes on, but sadly it seems to have a long way yet. The hype was that it was close to being ready but in essence there is a long way yet for it to get to the point of being a replacement.

A new very interesting one I just found today is something called the FairPhone3 with Google Android which I think is in sales already and can be easily rooted as I understand although still some work to do I guess as you need to contact the seller. But just that they give you the possibility goes in the right direction for sure! Also possible to install other systems on it and very easy to replace parts.

I'm going to keep my LG V20 alive as far as it goes, needs some repairs and it has issues charging - although I have 2 chargers for batteries which helps on that. There has not been anything since the LG V20 that has had any interest in sale and ready to ship. They have to have the essential 3!!! I want to get off Android and away from being jailed in as they near all want to do. FairPhone3 is a very interesting one that I want to take a closer look at, although sadly only with 64 GB internal as my LG V20. Would have been nice with at least 128 GB as it quickly fills up.

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JesusIsJehovah

The problem with the FairPhone3 is its cost - I can get around 4 used LG V20's for the same price as one Fairphone3.... So... pretty sad. Although you would own the FairPhone3 as you can easily unlock it. But beside that it seems the V20 is still stronger then the FairPhone and a lot cheaper. The FairPhone3 as i understood it can't do 60 fps in 1080p, yet the V20 can do that. Not a big issue - but still when you think about how many years they are apart... You get a phone that might just be beaten by the V20 in most of the categories for 1/4 of the price. And both phones have the 3 essentials - although there seem to be a community in regards of the Fairphones on there website without bullshit ads and such. And it is a great strength that you can actually own your phone you know.
I really need to figure out how to change these colors while writing, I near can't see what I'm writing in the box.
Anyway, just a minor update - I seem to have found a place in Denmark where I can get a V20 for not that much, and that would be helpful so I can set it up and then reset the other. And hope it will fix the Charging as well as other issues.
I guess the phone might also become cheaper and cheaper as it becomes older and older and interest might decline. Even if the Phone is actually still pretty solid. With its many faults I still see it as the number 1 mobile on the marked... Which is sad as near to everybody has gone into luna land. Like really who in there right mind would ever put glass on a phone or not be able to change battery on it or remove the jack-stick or the micro-slot and so many other things......... So whatever the cost, it is nice to see FairPhone3 and the company behind it actually having some sanity left in a world that has gone utter nuts.

JesusIsJehovah

There is another option around the corner that might or might not have the ability to quickly change battery. Sadly I think it might not become a possibility, but I think it has the other 2 and there is a version with 128GB internal memory, something which at least would be minimum for me as I fill it up quickly and it is tedious to clean up all the time.
https://www.shiftphones.com/en
Hmm, at least I'll have to look into it - it does seem like it might have the removable battery, I'm not sure I'll have to at some point look deeper into But here it is, in any case for me or others to check it.

JesusIsJehovah

Seems it does have a removable battery, as far as I remember they where not sure of it not long ago when reading but.... Maybe I either was misreading or they have changed it:

SHIFT6mq
6 inch Smartphone - regular price 844€
pre-order for 799 €

New modular design
6 inch FullHD+ AMOLED Display | 18:9 | Gorilla Glas 5
Dual rear camera (16 MP / 24 MP ), Video 4K
13 MP front camera,
SHIFT-OS (Android™ 10) | Custom-ROM-Support
Qualcomm® snapdragon 845
8 GB LPDDR4X RAM
128 GB int. storage ***, ext. up to 512 GB
4G LTE | Dual SIM: 2x nano, parallely usable
Battery 3850 mAh (removable) ***
76,4 mm x 159,8 mm
USB 3.0 Typ C, headphone jack ***
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, Fingerprint sensor
Incl. 22 EUR device deposit
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pre-order now! Delivery expected end of Q1 2020 *

Although not cheap for sure...

JesusIsJehovah

Forum on the LG V20 - Rooting it and such - a place I'm still not banned from at least! :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv20/