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Re:iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 ... by yunohn on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:21PM (#46816772)
> This is why it never has been and will never be considered a premium android phone.

You are entitled to your opinion, but the S series is objectively considered a premium android phone by basically everyone. By your standard, the only possible contender is Google’s Pixel lineup, but I get the feeling you might consider Google’s forced 1st party apps as intrusive too.

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Re:iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 ... by kube-system on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:28PM (#46816881)
gApps and its stipulations are forced on all downstream android partners too. That's just part of how the capital-A Android ecosystem works. Generally google's apps are decent though and people refer to their minimal distribution as being "not bloatware".
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Re:iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 ... by stackghost on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:24PM (#46819464)
>the S series is objectively considered a premium android phone by basically everyone

Not by anyone I know

>I get the feeling you might consider Google’s forced 1st party apps as intrusive too.

You'd be incorrect

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