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== Alternatives to Android ==
== Alternatives to Android ==
*iPhone and iPad - the most popular alternative.
*iOS for iPhone and iPad - the most popular alternative. Although closed source and collecting/sharing some private data, Apple's default settings are more privacy respecting than Google's.
*Ubuntu Touch - open-source, Linux operating system. Not based on Android.<ref>https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/</ref>
===Android derivatives===
''Based on Android, but modified from the original Google release, these systems support Android applications, but come with various improvements.''
*GraphineOS - A hardened Android fork, focused on security and privacy.
*[[LineageOS]] - Designed to keep older devices supported and usable, this system provides updates for devices which their manufacturers have abandoned, as well as numerous newer devices.
*[[CalyxOS]] - A privacy focused fork
*/e/OS - A "degoogled" system which removes Google's proprietary code, thus reducing privacy invasions
===Abondonware and unsupported options===
*Windows Phone (dead) - arguably more powerful than either Android or iOS, many think it was a superior option, but Microsoft killed it off in 2017 due to failure to penetrate the market. The latest is Windows 10 Mobile.
*Windows Phone (dead) - arguably more powerful than either Android or iOS, many think it was a superior option, but Microsoft killed it off in 2017 due to failure to penetrate the market. The latest is Windows 10 Mobile.
*Symbian OS - discontinued some time ago, but some think it was good, and it featured Opera.
*Symbian OS - discontinued some time ago, but some think it was good, and it featured Opera.
*Blackberry 10 - uses a microkernel for better reliability, and also allows direct filesystem access (unlike Android and iOS), but restricted (unlike Windows and MacOS). Newer blackberry devices now use Android.
*Blackberry 10 - uses a microkernel for better reliability, and also allows direct filesystem access (unlike Android and iOS), but restricted (unlike Windows and MacOS). Newer blackberry devices now use Android.