Inspired by @AndyP’s question, I thought it might be interesting to get a vague picture of which way forum members got /e/OS installed on their phone. So let’s see …
Command line for me my first was an LG Nexus because it was on the supported list and I was able to pick it up on a Saturday afternoon for $40 Canadian. The second phone was a Motorola G 2015 again low cost but with bigger screen. I have since passed them on to granddaughters to stream video over Newpipe because I don’t want them using Utube directly
I bought a preinstalled FP3 (this is counted above) and did two times a complete reinstall using easy-installer, the first time very soon, some weeks after I bought it, because the OTA update could then not change from Android 9 to 10 (?).