Great, point me at the source repo so I can build my own distribution with a few things removed, some changed and others added.
What? No source? Really? But you said there was no more reason to get Android devices...
After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
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Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#32I don't love Google but the fact that Apple has been caught doing shitty stuff like slowing down older phones and having to pay out a $500 million settlement when they were caught is enough reason for me to stay away.
Can this myth die? They throttle phones with old batteries that cannot provide enough current. This avoids that phones reboot spontaneously. Replace the battery and it is as fast as ever. I used an iPhone 6s (2015) until recently and it was still butter smooth on iOS 13. I gave it to my niece who is still happily using it.
>They throttle phones with old batteries that cannot provide enough current.
Stop gaslighting. They were forced to admit to doing so, after enough people made a stink about it for a very long time. And iphone batteries are not user servicable.
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#33hahaha, And Iphone here where I live is around U$S 1500-2000
A Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is around U$S 1000, and a Xiami, top of the line, similar hardware, is U$S 500-700.
But the 90% of the really good non-premium phones are in the range of U$S 300 to 500
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#34Writing that as a mobile game developer: As long as supporting variety of devices on Android makes me suffer during long debugging evenings - I think that open nature of Android makes the mobile innovating much faster. Competition between Android phones is enormous - which results with such great hardware features like 90Hz+ displays, truly full screen displays, under-screen fingerprint reader. Picture-in-Picture, Sp…
> I think iOS would be never like nowadays if no Android was released, without Android will never innovate as much - due monopoly of one company using that OS. The same would be true the other way too. Without iOS and Apple, Android-the-OS would be stuck with data sucking, data slurping, battery draining apps and users being buried in an ecosystem that thrives on this right from the company making the OS (most Androi…
I think the idea is that there's competition in android lands because of multiple companies providing hardware and android custom roms to go along with.
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#35Like other commenters, I think price is the big one.
I used to go for Android developer phones since the first in 2008, and liked the fact it wasn't cluttered with manufacturer or carrier bloat. Over time, I became exasperated at the short lifespan of the soldered-in batteries, given the price of each device. The (Huawei) Nexus 6P was the final straw.
In January, I picked up a Nokia 4.2 Android One device, and I use it without any contract on a PAYG SIM[1]. On Android One, there should be two years of OS updates and three of security updates following the device launch last May. It works well, and the battery performance is fine[2]. I chose a smaller device unlike my previous phablets, and haven't dropped it during use yet. The Nokia design is good, and so is the build quality (Foxconn?). I appreciate the vanilla Android without the aforementioned bloat.
The unlocked handset was £99 ($122) at the time from a shop on the high street. I don't think Apple is going to be attracted to that end of the market. When this one dies, I'll look around for another Android One device with the longest update prospects.
[1] The phone is not my primary computing device, and I mostly receive calls and use WiFi for data when using apps and browsing. I'm not a gamer.
[2] I keep battery saver mode on pretty much all the time, which is great for battery life but probably not so much for chatty background services.
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#36Ah yes, because everyone can afford a MacBook and a $1k license fee to publish on their store
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#37I don't love Google but the fact that Apple has been caught doing shitty stuff like slowing down older phones and having to pay out a $500 million settlement when they were caught is enough reason for me to stay away.
Can this myth die? They throttle phones with old batteries that cannot provide enough current. This avoids that phones reboot spontaneously. Replace the battery and it is as fast as ever. I used an iPhone 6s (2015) until recently and it was still butter smooth on iOS 13. I gave it to my niece who is still happily using it.
I do believe the American legal system disagrees with you
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#38Until there is a full fledged Firefox with uBlock Origin, there is no way for me to leave Android.
If you ever get tired of Android’s failings as I did, know there is Microsoft Edge on iOS with adblock built in. You can still send tabs to desktop Firefox from Edge if you have iOS Firefox installed.
That said I use Firefox almost exclusively for the night mode, which is where I’m swiping this message from.
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#39Apple can't compete on price and more apps are available for free on android. Having the most features only matter to a very small population. Something rarely talked about. Having an iphone gives the impression you have more money than technical ability.
What kind of "technical ability" do you need to operate a phone?
Rooting your phone would require a certain technical ability. Possible on andriod..
Side loading apps?
Technical ability like making an app for andriod cost me 10 dollars once. 100+ yearly for apple.
But you missed the key point. It doesn't matter both can be operated by non-technical people. If you look at the populations who own each one group has a higher technical ability than the other. One has people willing to pay 10x more for a phone, willing to pay for apps that are freely available in the other's store app store.
Re: After iOS 14, there's almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
#40Myriad Android phones are substantially cheaper than even the iPhone SE. $200 is a lot of money for a lot of people.
Considering how important they are for most people at this point, it’s worth it. For most people’s only device, it’s got to work and work reliably.