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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by notyourday on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:53PM (#30077869)
> Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I had a Nexus 6P and after that experience I promised myself that I will never buy a Google hardware device ever again. The company has the wrong mentality regarding its handsets and how to take care of the customers who buy them.

Regardless, as of 2020 the only non absolute shit Android phones are Pixels. Essential, which was another non-shit Android, is dead because rather than re-iterating its boneheaded founder decided the market was in the TV remote control like device.

Samsung's flagship phones push ads as a part of the operating system. Let that sink in. On a $1,200 phone!

OnePlus can't make its interface not crash. Neither can it convince the carriers to whitelist its profiles in the United States for 5G and Wifi calling.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by totalZero on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:01AM (#30082634)
Samsung flagship phones are excellent, their customer service is attentive, and the devices aren't assembled in China.

I admit that Bixby is a ridiculous barnacle whose eradication would improve the product.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by notyourday on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:16AM (#30084618)
Their hardware is excellent. The stock S21 Ultra and A32, A42 and A52 software is garbage.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by mr_aks on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:23PM (#30078967)
I believe Samsung cancelled ads last year. Source: https://www.engadget.com/samsung-removes-ads-pay-health-weat...
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by notyourday on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:14AM (#30084600)
My neighbor has a Galaxy S21 Ultra. It had ads last week.

Out of all sucky Android devices and due to my work I probably touched at least 3/4 of models sold via non-grey market channel in the US the only phones that are functional are Pixels, which sucks.

My wife has an iPhone 12. Pixel 6 today is either in the same class or beats it. Of course it is highly unlikely that it will beat it in 2024 given Google track record of refusing to reiterate.

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