# Heavily torn on whether to buy a Fairphone with debloated Android or Pixel with GrapheneOS (maximum repairability vs maximum privacy)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/heavily-torn-on-whether-to-buy-a-fairphone-with-debloated-android-or-pixel-with-grapheneos-maximum-repairability-vs-maximum-privacy/34518
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2026-01-08T02:46:45Z
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## Post 32 by @anon39279085 — 2026-01-08T09:06:56Z

for people who cannot afford a pixel _cough_

> [@Any privacy-focused phone picks?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/any-privacy-focused-phone-picks/34419):
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> My father promised me that, this year, he will buy me a new phone. I’m from Brazil, and because he finds a Google Pixel far too expensive, he didn’t even promise me to buy one. As such, GrapheneOS or CalyxOS are both out of the table. And I’m trapped in a Catch-22 situation. With those issues, there is also the fact that I can’t switch to a dumb phone because I rely on my phone banking (yes, I have a bank account while being a minor) and communication. With that out of the way, I want good cho…

(recent example)

or people who insist on options like me and perhaps op unless they pick GrapheneOS and one friend I will keep anonymous, this is the their only choice, no ifs, no buts, no counter arguments will be accepted after this.

see my quote where I clarified also:

> [@anon39279085](#):
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> I think I need to clarify more on this, what I’ve made is mostly meant for those who cannot get a Google Pixel and there are a fair amount (we’ve just had a brazilian facing this situation)

the parenthesis reffering to above

Honestly having to repeat myself because people dont understand a single thing is already mentally draining, I agree with @kissu OP has all its facts now and **we should leave it up to them to decide**

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