Under €600 upfront, GrapheneOS on a $499 Pixel 10a is the cheapest way onto the privacy top ranks

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Ten phone-plus-OS configurations, unchanged privacy and security scores out of 10, now with an upfront cost breakdown checked 17 September 2026 across official stores. Prices are shown in their native currency (USD, EUR, GBP-adjacent CHF footnote) and are not converted — euro and dollar amounts are not directly comparable. Every OS in the list costs nothing to license; the only cost is hardware.

Cost breakdown with privacy and security scores

Upfront = lowest reliable advertised device/bundle price for the representative configuration, before tax differences, delivery, duties, accessories or plans. OS cost covers the license only, not installation time.

ConfigurationRepresentative hardwareDevice / bundle priceOS costUpfront totalPrivacy /10Security /10Availability & caveatPrice source

Simple cost chart, grouped by currency

Bars are grouped by the currency the source quotes; USD and EUR bars use separate scales and are not comparable across groups. F(x)tec Pro1 X is omitted: discontinued, no reliable current quote.

The two highest privacy scores are also the two US-dollar extremes among always-buyable options: GrapheneOS on a $499 Pixel 10a versus PureOS on a $799 Librem 5 — store.google.com, shop.puri.sm
The nominal bargain is a mirage: the $399 PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition (privacy 9.0) is out of stock at the official store and cannot currently be bought new — pine64.com
Preinstalled privacy costs a premium in euros: the iodé SHIFTphone 8 bundle starts at €839, while installing CalyxOS yourself on a €549 Fairphone (Gen. 6) is the cheapest euro entry — shop.iode.tech, shop.fairphone.com
Every operating system in the list is free to license — the entire upfront cost is hardware; only self-installation effort separates preloaded options from Pixel, PinePhone and Fairphone routes — shop.fairphone.com

Ten phone + OS configurations; privacy and security scores (0–10) unchanged from the earlier evidence review of ~460 pages across independent hosts. Prices are the lowest reliable advertised list price for the representative configuration as checked 2026-09-17, in native currency, before sales tax/VAT differences, delivery, import duty, accessories, carrier plans and optional subscriptions; sale, trade-in and financing figures ignored. No currency conversion. Prices and stock change by country and date. F(x)tec Pro1 X shows a historical launch/preorder range for reference only. Full evidence spans several hosts; regional price variants (e.g. Murena $749 US) noted in caveats rather than added.

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