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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by davchana on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:32PM (#18151038)
Well not OP, but the reasons I use Android instead of Apple are:

1. Price. 2. Availability. 3. Ability to install apps from apks, & any store instead of only their own store. 4. Many features, like double sim, memory card, otg, etc are only in Android.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by threeseed on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:54PM (#18152053)
Dual SIM is now available in the iPhone XS and XS Max.
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by rconti on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:08PM (#18152131)
2nd SIM has to be an eSIM though, I believe. I'm not familiar with eSIMs enough to say what the consequences of that are, though.
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by threeseed on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:53PM (#18152378)
Not all carriers support it. That's the only issue.
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by kalleboo on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:41AM (#18155080)
Is it? E.g., I haven't found any information on how difficult it is to swap between multiple eSIMs?
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by irrational on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:48PM (#18151144)
>Ability to install apps from apks, & any store instead of only their own store.

I enjoy the ease of pirating apps on Android too.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by davchana on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:23PM (#18151412)
Agreed, but then there are other reasons for direct apk installing, like not willing to pay Play Store for publishing test apps, orlike tubemate, the apps which are not allowed at store.
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by saagarjha on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:34PM (#18152991)
> I enjoy the ease of pirating apps on Android too.

This is an unfair characterization–am I a software pirate because I don't get all my apps from the App Store on macOS?

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by xvf22 on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:32PM (#18151485)
Third party APK installation implies piracy?
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