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Currently, I'm using a Motorola moto g100 and I'm happy with it. Good battery life, nice big screen, much improved performance compared to my last phone. Best phone I've ever owned. The main inconvenience is the location of the fingerprint sensor: I'd have preferred if it was on the front of the device somehow (definitely not on the back -- I often have it lying flat on the table).
I also dislike the fact it can only remember five fingerprints while I have 10 fingers. Who thought that was a good idea? :þ
Previously I had a Moto G5+ and a Moto G. I guess you could say I enjoyed the quality and relative lack of bloatware of these Motorola phones, while being more affordable than some of the alternatives I was considering at the time I bought them.
Going further back, I had a HTC Desire Z (with a slide-out physical keyboard). I picked it as my first smartphone because I was hesitant to get rid of physical keys, but as it turned out I hardly ever used them. Looking back, this one was clearly the worst value for the money.
Since I switched to smart phones I've been upgrading every 3 or 4 years.
Before the smart phone era, I had an Alcatel device (can't remember the exact model). I used that tiny near-indestructable thing for over a decade, only charging it about once a week. It was mostly an "in case of emergency" though, not nearly as heavily used as later phones, because it wasn't really usable as a miniature pocket-computer (like smart phones are). Still, I was pretty happy with it at the time: the only reason I got rid of it was because the '0' button broke, and in my country all phone numbers start with 0.
I also have an LG G Watch (Wear OS). A relative worked at Google when these were handed out to employees but didn't actually want it, so I got it as a gift. It's pretty old now: I've replaced the bands a few times and it won't charge past 70%, but it still mostly works and the battery still lasts all day. I'm not sure if I'll get another smart watch if and when this one finally breaks, though.
No Apple products, and my laptop runs Linux Mint. These days, I only use Windows at work or when helping relatives with tech problems (sigh).
Being very affordable was what brought me to OnePlus. Getting a 64GB phone for $350 in 2015 was HUGE. Now, they're just as expensive as everyone else. I liked OP for the lack of bloat ware and near stock Android experience. I'm using Nova Launcher because I went to having a single home screen in 2014 and haven't looked back.
And I just started using Mint after jumping off Ubuntu for the last ten years. Cinnamon has definitely been an adjustment for me. But so was Gnome after using Unity for so long
Another Motorola owner here, I've got the moto g stylus. I refused to give up my headphone jack when my old Pixel 3A finally crapped out.
It's a good phone but the screen is comically long. Like way longer than I would have liked. Also, the phone seems to struggle sometimes, so it's not nearly as good as the Pixel 3A performance-wise, unfortunately. And I got the stylus but I really don't use it much. I took a gamble on the phone because they had a promotion where it's $150 if you use it for three months. I'll probably stick with it, these things don't bother me THAT much.
Most annoying thing is that the screen is so long the scroll detection misses a lot so I accidentally tap on things when I really meant to scroll