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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by helloooooooo on Friday September 02, 2022 @08:55AM (#32690091)
I switched from Android to iPhone. I was tired of my Android phones (Samsung Galaxy’s) only receiving updates for ~2 years. On top of that, I found that there was a lot of “jank” when using some apps. They would crash, fail to load, slow down etc… I attribute that mostly due to the Java based code. I also hated having both Google and Samsung trying to bait me into their “ecosystems”. They also have both the device OEM and Google prying their big data vacuums into the devices.

My iPhone on the other hand, I am still on my first one, and it is 4 years old and still gets updates. And judging by history, it should still get updates for at least another 2-3 years. Apps don’t crash. The battery is just starting to go on it, but a replacement isn’t very expensive. And the entire Apple “ecosystem” is optional here. Apple is just starting to spin up an ad ecosystem, but the privacy features of the device are quite unparalleled (although I wish I were able to install an on device ad blocker that actually works)

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by herbst on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:00AM (#32690168)
To be fair Samsung is pushing the worst possible android experience consistently since they make phones.

Their android flavor is nothing like stock android, buggy and gets barely updated. The phones to expensive for the actual build quality.

Samsung is just the most ugly side of Android. A pixel or even a Xiaomi that ship with stock and allow removing unwanted apps without hacks is not even compareable.

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by jrm4 on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:20AM (#32690421)
Hijack my own thread for curiosity. Can Americans get Xiaomi or similar Chinese brands? I've always been curious to try one because I feel like I could hack my way around stuff but life/family keeping busy stuff...
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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by herbst on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:24AM (#32690469)
No American but you can just order them from China directly they sell EU and US versions on AliExpress.

I can only recommend Xiaomi, cheap, very good build quality and you don't need to hack or root anything and still have full control over your phone. I've had a cheap Oppo before and it drowned, fell and more and still goes strong 8+ years later.

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by spaghettiToy on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:32AM (#32690585)
Avoid Samsung on every single product line they have.
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