| ▲ | akersten 2 days ago |
| In my experience, Samsung is a label that means "stay far, far away." From the Galaxy Note fiasco to my microwave to my dishwasher to ... Probably at least three other products before I learned my lesson. I even refuse to buy QD-OLED monitors out of indignation that Samsung makes the panels. Maybe I'm alone but maybe one day we'll boycott lousy companies out of business. |
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| ▲ | anonymars 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| In favor of what? The Android ecosystem is pretty lousy. Which manufacturers allow you to easily migrate to a new phone (Samsung has Smart Switch) and have, let's say, 4+ years of security updates? Genuine question. In my case I also wanted an SD card slot so it was slim slim pickings indeed. (And still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress!) |
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| ▲ | Thorrez a day ago | parent | next [-] | | >Which manufacturers allow you to easily migrate to a new phone (Samsung has Smart Switch) and have, let's say, 4+ years of security updates? Pixel phones get 7 years of OS and security updates. Do you consider Pixel phones to allow you to easily migrate to a new phone? Disclosure: I work at Google, but not on Android or Pixel. | | |
| ▲ | throw123xz a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Going from a phone with a Snapdragon SoC to a Pixel with the Tensor SoC was a big downgrade for me. It gets hotter quicker when doing more demanding tasks, battery drains faster if network conditions are not perfect, etc. We've been having some warm weather (~30ºC) around here and the other day my Pixel 8 Pro started warning me about the phone being too hot when I tried to record a video. I like Google's Android skin and their long support periods, but Tensor holds these newer Pixels back. | |
| ▲ | amlib 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Pixel phones are available in very few regions, Samsung is available virtually anywhere. | |
| ▲ | fud101 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Pixel phones have been awful hardware since the 5. So there is that. The tensor chip is a dud and can't be fixed. I'm done with Samsung for good after my current phone which I bought a few months ago. I'll probably replace it with an Oppo or something again, never going back to Samsung. |
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| ▲ | npteljes a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Pixel of course. And yeah the Androids suck mostly. Pixels suck too in some ways, for example, they are quite bulky, and heat up a bunch. But overall, by far the best Android experience in my opinion. No SD slot though. | | | |
| ▲ | ryukoposting 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | LG back in the day. I miss my V20. What a weird, but wonderful phone. | | |
| ▲ | gblargg a day ago | parent | next [-] | | I'm still using a V20 as my main phone. The recent app icons at the extra top section of the screen really make juggling active apps fast. I don't think any phone has had this feature since. | | |
| ▲ | ryukoposting a day ago | parent [-] | | I loved the second screen. Does Spotify still work with it? That was a cool thing. |
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| ▲ | moooo99 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | I was an LG G3 user a long time ago. With the exception of the overheating issue, it was a lovely phone. LG really did have some unique devices |
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| ▲ | tock 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I love the phones Nothing makes. And they are offering five years of Android updates and seven years of security upgrades on their upcoming Nothing phone 3. | | | |
| ▲ | msgodel a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Get a UMPC with a modem card, put Linux on it, use jmp.chat to do all your carrier value add over IP. |
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| ▲ | danparsonson a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Great SSDs though, generally speaking |
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| ▲ | blacksmith_tb 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I have a Samsung clothes washer and a drier, they've been solid (but they aren't net-enabled... luckily). |
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| ▲ | makeitdouble 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Galaxy Note fiasco Has any smartphone maker succeeded in getting more than a few percent of market share, released more that 2 phones while being immune to that level of fiasco ? |
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| ▲ | Zak a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes. I have never been asked "do you have any weapons, explosives or [phone model]?" before boarding an airplane about any other phone, ever. There have been other phones that had very occasional battery fires, but nothing on remotely the same level. | | |
| ▲ | makeitdouble a day ago | parent [-] | | On the other side Apple dealt with the BatteryGate of 2017 and Google paid back all remaining users of the Pixel 4a. Each of these is also unique and unseen ever before for a phone. |
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| ▲ | brianbest101 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It’s really hard to beat the “it’s a felony to knowingly carry our phones on to an airplane” level of fiasco | | |
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| ▲ | Gigachad 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Samsung phones have been filled with preinstalled spyware since the beginning. Outside of fairly unusable Linux phones, Apple seems to be the only one taking privacy seriously. |
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| ▲ | compootr 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | manufacturers aside, grapheneos and lineage work well because of Google's work on their phones | |
| ▲ | sitzkrieg 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | apple privacy is marketing but ok | | |
| ▲ | int_19h 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | If it's mostly marketing, why was Facebook so up in arms about forced opt-in for tracking in iOS? | | |
| ▲ | Grimeton a day ago | parent [-] | | Because Apple blocks everybody else from spying on you but Apple themselves are still perfectly spying on you. And not just that, by disallowing all other apps to get their hands on your data you even tell Apple which data it can sell for a higher price because it's only available via Apple and noons else... Let that sink in. | | |
| ▲ | joshstrange a day ago | parent [-] | | Let what sink in? Your completely unprovable/unproven conspiracy theory? You are suggesting that Apple is actively tracking you in other apps (apps that aren’t allowed to track you themselves). I find that completely preposterous and a huge risk for Apple to take given their marketing. > Because Apple blocks everybody else from spying on you but Apple themselves are still perfectly spying on you. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Specifically Apple spying on users and collecting info tied to their identities in 3rd party apps. | | |
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| ▲ | newdee a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | All marketing? None of it is real? Citation? |
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