Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone

Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by Osiris on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:12PM (#30075540)

I've had an Android phone since the TMobile 3G (second ever Android phone) and I'm starting to seriously consider an iPhone.

I'm not an Apple fan. I don't use any Apple products right now. However, it's impossible to deny that Android phones are always 2-3 years behind Apple in terms of hardware and software.

I also never spend more than $500 on a phone, which has iPhones out of reach.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by pjerem on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:39PM (#30077705)

You can get a lot of used iPhone for $500. I bought my XS maybe 3 years ago for a little less than 500€. I’m still using it. The battery starts to age but not enough for a replacement (it generally finishes the day but I have no more extra buffer). Other than that, I can’t imagine what could make me buy anything else.

I would totally love an iPhone mini because i find the Xs too big but i don’t feel like it’s worth spending money. I would also totally buy a non-googled Android (because I don’t like nowadays Apple mentality) that I could keep updated for years but it just doesn’t exists.

So here I am, with my Xs, which honestly, feels like, to me, an exceptional phone for 2022: beautiful, fast, updated, nice picture quality, reliable, and totally cheap. It would be a total dream if the App Store wasn’t a dictature or if side loading was possible.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by kingaillas on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:09PM (#30076482)

>I also never spend more than $500 on a phone, which has iPhones out of reach.

I migrated to Android back in the IPhone 8 and IPhone 10 Max Plus++ whatever era. I just couldn't deal with a $1000 phone.

But now Apple has the IPhone SE which goes for as low as $399.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by wand3r on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:47PM (#30076116)

I think the iphone SE is under $500. I used an apple iphone 8 up until this Christmas. The iphone SE is basically a slightly upgraded iphone 8 which i think has 1 more gb of ram or something.

I will sometimes just buy a model or 2 back used or refurbished since they last for quite a while. You could probably get the 11 for under $500 as well.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by lotsofpulp on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:08PM (#30076469)

iPhone SE is $400 (64GB) and $450 (128GB):

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by schmorptron on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:21PM (#30078947)

Ah, same here. I really like the positives the iphone seems to have, but can't justify buying a phone that's as expensive as they are to myself, and then still be bogged down with consciously user-hostile design choices like no headphone jacks, sd card slots or app-sideloading. Sucks, because everything else about iOS is super cool and well thought-out IMO.

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