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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by currenciessfe on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:20PM (#33184409)
What 100000 choices?

There are basically 6 Android phones. Of which only one matters - the Samsung Galaxy in it's 2 biggest sizes.

So basically you need to pick between 2 Samsung phones, the major difference being size.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:35PM (#33184615)
Wow, that's an intense level of myopia right there.

There are lots and lots (and lots) of people who don't need a Galaxy. Take my wife for example. Entirely happy (or as happy as you can with any contemporary portable computing device) with her old LG Aristo 5, it started failing a few weeks back, and we replaced it with a T-Mobile Revvl 6 Pro 5G. $219. Entirely adequate phone for her, and for most the people we know.

Yeah, I'm an old, and I don't personally use a cell phone of any kind.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by currenciessfe on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:57PM (#33184875)
No, the point was that if you don't want to choose between 100000 androids you buy the Galaxy which is the iPhone equivalent.
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:23PM (#33185614)
I don't know how anyone would interpret what you wrote in that way, but OK, fine.
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by preisschild on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:42AM (#33188327)
Google Pixels with GrapheneOS installed are great too.
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by sofixa on Thursday October 13, 2022 @04:19AM (#33188560)
What about Google's Pixels, Sony's Xperias, Oppo/OnePlus, Xiaomi? There's plenty of choice, but that's a good thing. You can decide if you want to spend $100 extra for that waterproof model, or if a good enough camera is good enough.
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