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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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