Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US

Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by herbst on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:15AM (#32690355)

You need an apple account to use their store or? You can also use a different Google account (or account generally) for every app, on non botched stock android at least. You can also remove all apps with stock android, also Google apps. Samsung really skewed the view by shipping the worst possible android.

My Google account for my phone is just for that nothing else. My last phone cost $120 and lasted 6 years, it still works but doesn't run my banking app anymore. my current one was $250 and last for 2 years without issues already.

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by wartijn_ on Friday September 02, 2022 @10:08AM (#32691069)

I do have an Apple account myself, but apparently you don't need one[0]

And I checked on my old Android phone, an Nokia 6.1, which is supposed to have stock Android, and I can't delete these apps: calendar, drive, lens, gmail, chrome, files, photos.

[0] https://www.macworld.com/article/673831/how-to-use-an-iphone...

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by herbst on Friday September 02, 2022 @10:14AM (#32691128)

I am no specialist, just someone who avoided plenty of brands. My theorie is that they lock down some stock apps so it doesn't look so fishy when Facebook and co is locked too to get good ad deals.

Every phone I owned in the last 10 years allowed full control about apps without root. That's a nexus, a cheap Oppo and now a Xiaomi.

Edit:// I thought you need an account to activate the iphone? Not sure if I am totally wrong

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