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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
#162I’ve got a Galaxy for work (S20). I got it the year it was released and I can’t believe people choose to use it. It just feels horrible compared to the iPhone. Delays in the keyboard showing, UI lag all over the place, constant updates and notifications for Samsung things I’m not interested in. It was so bad I did a factory reset, thinking I’d screwed something up…but no, still the same. It’s a similar feeling to whe…
I was given an S21 FE for work last year and I tried giving it an honest shot (similarly resetting it in the hopes it would improve) but after a few months I gave up and put the work SIM in my personal iPhone.
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#164Next step: Samsung asks EU to enforce an OS-ballot screen, so people can choose either iOS or Samsung Galaxy OS on an iPhone.
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#165Reminds me a bit of the early 00s (pre-smartphones) when some phone makers (I know Ericsson, can't remember if Nokia, too) had interactable web app versions of their phone UIs, complete with menus, settings, limited programs and surrounded by an image of the phone.
i've been looking for them; i seem to remember some were flash-based.
i have found some win32 emulators mostly for j2me development, but not those ui emulators.
would be fun to have them again!
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You can't swipe across the opposing screen edge with your thump without letting go of the full grip on the phone and holding it only partially, risking it to fall. Glass phone body only makes things much worse. You can do it with a back button in a sane position though, without compromising a grip. Android allows navbar gestures since ver.10 and I never enable them because buttons are simply better, even though they…
Dropped my iPhone 13 around 4-5 times, on the floor, in the bathtub without water, on the desk. Not even a scratch. I was afraid of the glass back but this thing _is_ sturdy. "Risking to fall" was a good reason about 4-5 years ago, but since then the devices got much better protected from falling IMO
I was saying the same thing until one fall proved it wrong. You can be unlucky and break the back with what looks like a minor fall.
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#167Lol. This clearly shows it's made by Samsung/Android manufacturer. They just don't understand why people use iOS.
After scanning the code this happens:
1) Hey! Please copy this page URL and open it in Safari!
I open it in safari
2) Hey! Please add this to your home screen!
sigh...I add it to home screen and open it
3) Now I'm greeted with mandatory 5-10 seconds long UI tutorial
4) Finally I can start using it
This is exactly why I use iOS despite Apple being asshole company. After I scan the code I want end result IMMEDIATELY. No bullshit. I don't wanna press 20 buttons and change browsers, add stuff to homescreen etc.
Next time open it right away in whatever browser I choose to use and then add additional option: "Hey! Wanna get a full screen experience? Add this to your iOS homescreen in Safari and try out. Click here to start!"
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#168The 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 abo…
> "From my tutor, [I learned] to be neither of the Greens nor the Blues, the Parmularius nor the Scutarius; to bear hard work and have few needs; to do my own work and mind my own affairs; also — have nothing to do with gossip." That's Marcus Aurelius in the ”Meditations" talking about supporting teams at the chariot races and gladiator fights. It seems very human to get all tribal about something subjective and inco…
How does your phone's alpine linux setup work?
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can't swipe across the opposing screen edge with your thump without letting go of the full grip on the phone and holding it only partially, risking it to fall. Glass phone body only makes things much worse. You can do it with a back button in a sane position though, without compromising a grip. Android allows navbar gestures since ver.10 and I never enable them because buttons are simply better, even though they…
Dropped my iPhone 13 around 4-5 times, on the floor, in the bathtub without water, on the desk. Not even a scratch. I was afraid of the glass back but this thing _is_ sturdy. "Risking to fall" was a good reason about 4-5 years ago, but since then the devices got much better protected from falling IMO
Just broke the back of my phone two hours ago from a low height. In a Tech21 case as well. Glad I paid for the super AppleCare+++.
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#170Holding this in my hands next to a real galaxy s23 phone, it is amazing that this one on my iPhone 14 pro is SMOOTHER! Probably helps not to have 10000 pointless preloaded apps running the the background!
(I prefer android to iOS but Samsung has never been a good choice. Only pixel was. Too much preloaded shit on Samsung phones that you cannot get rid of, like Bixby and 4-6 social media apps du jour)