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Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being) by pathartl on Monday October 10, 2022 @10:28AM (#33151845)
Some people are willing to make that sacrifice because their limited feature set doesn't impede on their day-to-day use. I know quite a few people who use their phone for nothing but texting, a camera, and two factor auth.

Hell, I, who would be considered a power user, spend 99% of the time on my phone browsing the web, Reddit, some Facebook, using a calculator, or taking photos. Most of my computing is done on an actual computer because the form factor of a phone just doesn't satisfy my needs.

Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being) by MomoXenosaga on Monday October 10, 2022 @10:46AM (#33152044)
The reason why I'm on Android instead of a iOS 1200 euro Apple device with fancy sensors is because I don't give a shit about making pictures or videos.
Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being) by Semaphor on Monday October 10, 2022 @10:56AM (#33152155)
For me, that is also why my phone was 200€
Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being) by MomoXenosaga on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:33PM (#33156648)
Exactly, Android has phones in the under 400 euro range.

I'm just not a cool person flashing expensive iPhone taking Instagram pictures. Drop the camera suite and image processing and you can cut half the cost of a smartphone!

Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being) by Semaphor on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:32PM (#33158438)
What I actually want is mediocre camera, high build quality, small form factor. But I’m pretty sure there are not enough of us, so I have to go with medium cam, build, and size.