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Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
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Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#92Wow, they even managed to simulate the choppy animations!
IME Android phones tend to feel smoother nowadays thanks to 120hz displays becoming widespread even in the midrange. Apple has 120hz on their Pro models but if you drop just one notch down from that $1000+ flagship then you're immediately back at 60hz.
My experience, sadly, has been the opposite. I had an iPhone 13 Pro Max with 120hz, and switched to a S22 Ultra, and although I can see the animations at 120hz, most of the time they feel stuttery.
I always was an Android user until that iPhone, I had it for about a year, and switched back to Android again because I thought I was missing some stuff, but I was wrong, I don't miss a thing of current Android, I think current iOS is simply smoother and more fun to use, and stutter free 95% of the time.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#93IMO it's fine. I had a Galaxy S9 a few years ago for two weeks (had to return it because of hardware issues) and it felt nice to use, smooth and modern. I've used many kinds of phones in my life, dumb phones, Symbian, Windows on PDAs and smartphones, Android from 1.6 up until now, and even though I'm firmly team Apple at this moment, I have to say that not having a dedicated "back" button or gesture and only occasion…
Swiping left to right from the leftmost edge of the phone onto the screen will execute the "back" function with or without the presence of a "back" arrow at the top-left corner.
I was actually looking forward to this coming to iOS, but it’s one of the things that work great until they suddenly don’t. Back from a photo in Photos? Swipe down or top left corner. Hide the keyboard? Middle right. Back from someone’s profile in Messages? Swipe down or top right. Back from a PDF in Files? No swipes, just top right. Some of these do make sense if you follow closely how the UI elements fly onto the screen, but are confusing if you don’t.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#94It thinks my iPhone SE 2020 is older than an iPhone 7 and won't let me see the demo.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#95The incessant Apple (iOS) / Google [and manufacturers] (Android) sniping is truly a sight to behold.
People going out of their way to declare (or at least make clear with varying degrees of intensity) just exactly which feudal overlord they're ready to "bleed for" (i.e., give money, personal data, and free promotion to). People who often act as if they have an appropriately suspicious view of corporations in just about any other interaction, come out boldly declaring that this company or that company is GREAT when it comes to privacy, or consumer choice, or .
One of the strongest and most consistent weaknesses of human psychology is the effect "flags" have on otherwise reasonable minds.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
> not to mention privacy I believe it's a stretch to say that Apple has the best privacy experience in the market, unless you believe Apple's marketing pitch on "privacy" verbatim. I think the best privacy on a smart phone today is likely GrapheneOS. Apple has sold it's users on privacy, but in actuality Apple is a for profit platform that has, and will, target it's users data as it needs to delight it's shareholders…
Which phone comes with GrapheneOS in the market? For off the shelf phones, Apple is still one of the best option for privacy on the market. Market is being able to buy a phone as is, not install a 3rd party OS.
I disagree completely with this sentiment. We've been told that's how you buy a phone. Do you also buy generic servers or PCs that way? Where you can only run one OS? Apple is the anomaly here. Phones should be able to run different OSes as well. The fact that there's a defense of Apple's not-so-great privacy record with "the market says this is what Apple says a phone is" - is an unfortunate, and successful, marketing campaign by Apple.
Whether or not I can install a different OS on a phone does guarantee an erosion of privacy. What you're arguing is that I should be fine with Apple because you can't install another OS. No thanks. And, yes, people do buy Pixel phones just because they can install a privacy respecting OS. Now, baseband is another problem, but - that's one that Apple has no claims to solve for either.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#97A virtual smartphone experience is a pretty cool demonstration of how smooth web apps can be. I'd love for other companies to also make these types of demos available so you can try out the software design before you spend money on it. I didn't know about the dialer/Google Meet integration, that's a pretty smart move. The messages app being labeled "Android Messages" was also a surprise, I don't know any other brand…
The way phone makers seem to be making phones more averse to web apps (apple’s 7 day eviction of web site data springs to mind), I don’t think this is the takeaway they want you to have.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#98Yeah, I'm just chomping at the bit to "experience" a bloated and proprietary half-Android franken-OS, and do it in a browser SPA. Sign me up!
I was a hardcore proponent for custom ROMs and unlocked bootloaders for the first ~10 years of my mobile phone experience, mostly Nexus and Pixel devices. With OneUI that came with the S10, I've changed my opinion. It's a much better UI and UX than AOSP or Google's default Android experience. I still support the devices that include unlockable bootloaders for long term updates and customization, but OneUI is hard to…
I use my phone as little as I can bear. Barebones GrapheneOS, Fdroid for most things, browser for bank/maps, and four days of battery life. Every proprietary Android ROM is a downsell for me.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#99Doesn't work if Firefox is the default browser.
Re: Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious about the "seriously subpar hardware" claim. What are you referring to specifically?
Yeah, I don’t get it, I used to be an android user since the first Galaxy S up until the Galaxy S7, I’m really sensitive to slow devices, so as soon as my androids got a little slow (usually after a big update) I switched to the new shiny one. Then I got tired of buying flashy and expensive phones that lasted 2.5 years so I give the iPhone X a try. It’s 2023 and I still use the same phone I still get updates and what…
My solution is to never use the vendor ROM. I only get phones with LineageOS support, and then I unlock the bootloader and flash LineageOS ASAP. Stays fast and gets updated longer than the official way. Even the Galaxy S3 still gets pretty good community support.