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by a2128 40 days ago
Retail phones for sale without Google Play Services:

All Huawei phones, which uses Huawei AppGallery after sanctions

FairPhone 6 /e/OS

Practically all modern feature phones: Nokia phones, HMD phones, etc. As I understand it, predominantly used by elderly and kids. But it's also gaining traction among millennials and Gen Z for digital detox and defeating mobile addiction.

Linux phones (Jolla Phone, PinePhone, FuriPhone, etc) - these you probably won't find in your local retail store but this is another competing platform being built from effectively an entirely different lineage minus the kernel