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The Pixel 3 I have I got used and it still works, although the back glass is broken and the battery health is 85%, and stopped getting updates around a year ago. I'd say it's 5 years run so far (released October 2018) is pretty good. If you know of any other devices that would be useful for 4~7 years please share! I think high end Apple and Samsung devices would, and they are now committing to longer software support, and are likely to carry though.

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Thanks for the input, you have a lot of helpful points! I encourage others to do there own research as I have done. In my research I find that liquid “screen protectors” increase the force required to crack the screen, and have add no functional scratch resistance, hence why I recommend the screen protector on top, glass is the way to go, as it will crack hopefully absorbing the force of impact and you can replace it instead on you display :)

Here's what I found in my research about screen protectors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIPOTDUnUfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUrevQKFbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knv5_zc8ghA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00WsL6cnvw

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Hello, here is a comparison of the 5G support specs. on the on T-mobile of two of the latest Fairphone's vs Googles latest Pixel. Note that as of writing the Fairhone 5 is not available in the USA

The Fairphone 4 https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-4/#tech-spec

5G supported bands n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n41/n71/n77/n78

The Fairphone 5 https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-5/#tech-spec

5G supported bands n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n41/n48/n66/n71/n77/n78

The Google Pixel 8 https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_8_specs?hl=en-US

5G Sub-621: Bands n1/2/3/5/7/8/12/20/25/26/28/29/30/38/40/41/48/66/70/71/77/78
5G mmWave21: Bands n258/260/261

T-mobiles 5G bands https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/t-mobile-network

5GUC (Ultra Capacity 5G)
Band n41 (2.5 GHz) // Supported on all the above 
Band n258 (24 GHz) // Only supported by the pixel 8
Band n260 (39 GHz)//  Only supported by the pixel 8
Band n261 (28 GHz) // Only supported by the pixel 8
5G (Extended Range 5G)
Band n71 (600 MHz) // Supported on all the above 

Hopefully this is helpful. Next would be the 4G LTE comparison.
P.S. I understanding what 5g frequencies are used in what cases in important to extracting meaning from this.

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U seem to misunderstand the whole point of this type of platform.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse.

For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere.

It is an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to Reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.

Each Lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.