Fairphone offers one of the few true alternatives to Google
https://www.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-plus-e-operating-system
The other being the Jolla phone: https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-october-2026
Alternative link https://archive.ph/iUpEr
I don’t have a money tree in my backyard so I don’t consider $650 a mid-range price. Especially not for a mobile device that’s guaranteed to get abused.
I paid I think $300-350 for my Pixel 4a years ago and it’s still working fine. That’s my price point for something I know I’m going to drop repeatedly.
I got one especially because its gonna get abused. I swapped my USB port for like 15€ myself after I carelessly fucked it up. Had it been a Pixel, I would have probably bought an entire new phone.
Fairphone is still very expensive for what it is, but they at least they try to offer repairability, long support and fairer material sourcing and wages. But I understand not getting one. You pay a premium price for a mid-range product.