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What's the latest on the iPhone vs Android (Samsung) debate?
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:03 pm
Am due for an upgrade. I have had a Galaxy model since I first got a smartphone 10 or so years ago. I have always been an Apple hater due to the charger thing and now the lack of phone jack (but it seems like Samsung has joined them on that). The few friends I have shite on me for ruining grouptexts with my android and I'm pretty insecure about that. Hate both Apple and Google as companies so I don't really know what to do.
This post was edited on 1/21/21 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:05 pm to Lou Pai
Don't mess with imessage
People will drop you from your life if you mess up a group text
People will drop you from your life if you mess up a group text
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:21 pm to Lou Pai
Tell your friends to join Signal like everyone in the world is right now. E2E encryption, full feature chat app. King of Privacy.
I picked up a Note 20 Ultra for a good deal at best buy. So far I'm liking it.
I picked up a Note 20 Ultra for a good deal at best buy. So far I'm liking it.
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:32 pm to Lou Pai
iPhone all day every day. I say that as an Open Source/Linux geek.
The two main things for me are security and ease of use. It's a phone and I don't want to tinker with it. I would give iMessage as a big reason why but there's always Signal, which android will eventually bake into their default message app anyway.
The ads I got on all my devices when I had a Google Pixel were creepy as hell.
I don't think I've ever plugged my current iPhone into anything. Wireless all the way.
The two main things for me are security and ease of use. It's a phone and I don't want to tinker with it. I would give iMessage as a big reason why but there's always Signal, which android will eventually bake into their default message app anyway.
The ads I got on all my devices when I had a Google Pixel were creepy as hell.
I don't think I've ever plugged my current iPhone into anything. Wireless all the way.
This post was edited on 1/21/21 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:45 pm to BeepNode
You meet a girl at a bar, what color do you want your text to be when she receives it? The answer is blue.
Posted on 1/21/21 at 9:27 pm to Lou Pai
Why did you do this...
quote:? I am firmly Android, and would not even consider a Samsung phone.
Android (Samsung)
Posted on 1/21/21 at 9:34 pm to AlxTgr
Apple's BS infrastructure is a huge turn off. Their whole goal is to trap you in their ecosystem forever. An iPhone is for someone who cannot work technology and wants the grandpa experience.
Posted on 1/21/21 at 10:00 pm to Lou Pai
You want a Pixel. Samsung has been trash since the Galaxy 3. The OS matters most and Samsung's skinned over version of Android is more bloated than it needs to be.
Also, you need new friends of they all have iPhones...
Also, you need new friends of they all have iPhones...
Posted on 1/21/21 at 10:09 pm to AlxTgr
Because Samsung is all I know mate
Posted on 1/21/21 at 10:53 pm to LSURep864
quote:
Signal like everyone in the world is right now. E2E encryption, full feature chat app. King of Privacy.
Do you have faith in that statement for 5-10 years?
I’ll stick with iMessage as I know their business model and it’s to sell me devices.
Posted on 1/21/21 at 10:54 pm to Maderan
quote:
Apple's BS infrastructure is a huge turn off. Their whole goal is to trap you in their ecosystem forever. An iPhone is for someone who cannot work technology and wants the grandpa experience
You’ve bought into the Samsung/Google terrible attempt at locking you into their ecosystem.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 12:56 am to MLU
quote:
You want a Pixel. Samsung has been trash since the Galaxy 3. The OS matters most and Samsung's skinned over version of Android is more bloated than it needs to be.
You are probably talking about Touchwiz. Samsung's One UI is legit. I like it just as much as pure Android. I didn't think I'd switch from the Pixel line but the new phones have been underwhelming. Love the S20.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 1:02 am to MLU
quote:
Samsung has been trash since the galaxy 3
I have an s10+ and its light-years better than any suckass iPhone I've ever owned. Thing's a workhorse.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:39 am to Maderan
quote:
Apple's BS infrastructure is a huge turn off. Their whole goal is to trap you in their ecosystem forever. An iPhone is for someone who cannot work technology and wants the grandpa experience.
LIke being in an eco system where your whole digital life--from Computer to phone to pad to Watch to home speakers to even headphones smoothly and effortlessly integrate is such bad thing...

This post was edited on 1/22/21 at 8:45 am
Posted on 1/22/21 at 7:18 am to TigerGman
quote:
LIke being in an eco system where your whole digital life--frorm Computer to phone to pad to Watch to home speakers to even headphones smoothly and effortlessly integrate is such bad thing...
Can apple still not text from the computer unless it's an apple computer? That would be the biggest turnoff for me.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:08 am to TigerGman
quote:These things can be achieved with industry or open standards rather than proprietary methods. What Apple does is called "vendor lock-in", and from a customer's standpoint it's never a good thing.
LIke being in an eco system where your whole digital life--frorm Computer to phone to pad to Watch to home speakers to even headphones smoothly and effortlessly integrate is such bad thing...
Whether the pros outweigh that con is up to each individual.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:16 am to Lou Pai
When I get that green text I get sad af.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:25 am to Lou Pai
quote:Give a Pixel a go.
Because Samsung is all I know mate
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