[Night_Thastus]

Yep. I like my midrange phone I got for ~$300. I'm not paying top-dollar just for GrapheneOS.

[floxy]

Pixel 9a was $350 during last week's Amazon prime day sale. Currently at $399. Likely to go down again for Black Friday, etc..

[giantg2]

I'd love a phone around that price that would run Graphene.

[buyanoldermodel]

Why not just buy an older pixel a model ...? Like a 7a ... It is cheaper and runs GOS.

[epolanski]

I personally can't buy phones without physical dual sim.

Dual eSIMs when travelling have failed me too many times.

[esseph]

Everything is moving to esim.

[epolanski]

Enshittification at its finest to save a $.

[drnick1]

Yet another attempt by carriers and phone manufacturers to take away control from users.

[giantg2]

When I was looking, the older models were around $500. Looks like they came down in price. I also looked at used, but my company stipend/discount would only apply to new.

[beeflet]

you can get a used 6a for ~$160

[micw]

You get a used 7a for that price.

[NoGravitas]

I bought the previous year's Pixel model for about $300 to run GrapheneOS, and I'm pretty happy about it.