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I mean, sure. We could all just list anecdotes on why one or the other is superior.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
The superior phone is the one you like to use.
:::I agree with your spoiler. But when you look at how Apple works, with there monopoly with their app store and how old phones get mediocre updates while newer phones lack significant improvements, while they do their best to make it exclusive (for example, even though usb C is forced on to them, they have their own version. But also removing the aux plus which sadly is copied by other brands). Samsung does the same, as they joined the fight against right to repair so they are just as evil as Apple imo. Many brands are either from mega corps and push apps onto you and love to exploit their users, or are Chinese brands stealing away customers with too cheap prices while their next line is just as bad as the competition while they hoard your data. It's hard to find a decent brand these days. It's just an ocean of shit companies.
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Well yeah, that's pretty obviously the point of this post
The main post, yes. Not the person at the root of this thread.
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Okay. I was accused of making this claim but I don't keep up with Samsung at all. Firstly, I found their product quality insanely abysmal. Secondly, their prices seem to have gone up. Thirdly, the bloatware they put on their phones could never be worth it at any price.
Yea, I wouldn’t personally get a Samsung, even if I was in the market for a cheap Android…
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128gb for the $599 model.
or for 559 you can get a 256 GB pixel
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Nothing else you mentioned matters. I provided you a link to a Samsung phone under the specified price, as requested. The rest of your comment was useless pedantry.
Not sure you know what pedantry means but that’s alright.
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Oh wow! Another super inspired meme hating on a subset of users’ personal preferences! So original, thank you! Haha, apple user and phones bad!
Big “I use arch btw” energy.
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This logic is outdated. The top of the line iPhones are no more (and sometimes a bit less) than comparable Android flagships.
Their base models come in around high-midrange Android, true. But some of the specs (CPU/camera) still beat out Android phones at their price range. Heck on CPU they often beat more expensive Android phones.
I'm not saying that because I'm a fan of Apple it's just like, it's not just them. I've had something like 9 Android phones and 6 iPhones. Really in the end they aren't that different day-to-day.
Sweet Jesus, why do you buy so many phones?
I bought the first iPhone the week it came out, and I'm at 2 iPhone's, 4 android phones.
You must be the target audience for these companies.
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Oh wow! Another super inspired meme hating on a subset of users’ personal preferences! So original, thank you! Haha, apple user and phones bad!
Big “I use arch btw” energy.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I actually think using something because "it just works" is a braindead take. Most things just work, that's literally the bare minimum. Plus most things that "just work" in my experience don't in fact just work.
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Sweet Jesus, why do you buy so many phones?
I bought the first iPhone the week it came out, and I'm at 2 iPhone's, 4 android phones.
You must be the target audience for these companies.
I'm a techie guy. I like tech. I run my own servers at home. I run a Lemmy instance.
Trust me I am very aware I absolutely do not NEED a new phone. But if I can get a good deal on a new one and recoup a significant amount by trading/selling the old - I do (after a year or so, usually)
It's something that interests me. Some people collect knick-knacks and probably spend more than I do on consumer electronics.
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I honestly don't know why smartphones got so powerful and expensive, and why everyone just rolled with it. No one iPhone user needs the hardware that the latest iPhone provides, and I'm sure as hell Apple doesn't even let you push that hardware to its limits. The average Joe just uses an instant messenger app and maybe a few social media apps, and that's it. Who in the world actually needs hardware so powerful and compact on a phone that it is on the verge of experiencing quantum tunneling?
Well, more power efficiency is always better and chips are the opposite of cars. The faster the chip can finish doing its calculations and go back to sleep, the less power it will end up using.
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2020 iPhone SE is my favorite phone. It’s the perfect size and power. Apple’s going to have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
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leaves out the part where their old iphone "just stopped working" after a required update.
Mine is 5 years old. Doing just fine.
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Mine is 5 years old. Doing just fine.
Not in a literal sense but apple do tend to cripple old iPhone with their newest software update. I should know i owned an iPhone 12 mini on ios 17. That little bugger stutter everytime i pull down the control centre, scrolling through safari, scrolling through app, delay when pressing keyboard and yes, the battery is above 90% iirc.
My wife's iphone xr is even worse, granted it has been 7 years but god damn, that thing make my blood boil. Its still on ios 17, i cant imagine how slow it's gonna be on ios 18. Battery is at 82% though but i dont think replacing battery is worth it at the moment. Just waiting for the right moment to upgrade.
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Not in a literal sense but apple do tend to cripple old iPhone with their newest software update. I should know i owned an iPhone 12 mini on ios 17. That little bugger stutter everytime i pull down the control centre, scrolling through safari, scrolling through app, delay when pressing keyboard and yes, the battery is above 90% iirc.
My wife's iphone xr is even worse, granted it has been 7 years but god damn, that thing make my blood boil. Its still on ios 17, i cant imagine how slow it's gonna be on ios 18. Battery is at 82% though but i dont think replacing battery is worth it at the moment. Just waiting for the right moment to upgrade.
My Oneplus 5t running LineageOS still works really well, snappy even.
It's a year older then the XR
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Oh wow! Another super inspired meme hating on a subset of users’ personal preferences! So original, thank you! Haha, apple user and phones bad!
Big “I use arch btw” energy.
We are making fun of the choice to buy an overpriced and super restricted phone, like literally I couldn't install ytliteplus on an European iphone in Europe, why because apple needs to give an id to apps for it to install without a PC or Mac server which needs to be connected every 7 days, I think.
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Not in a literal sense but apple do tend to cripple old iPhone with their newest software update. I should know i owned an iPhone 12 mini on ios 17. That little bugger stutter everytime i pull down the control centre, scrolling through safari, scrolling through app, delay when pressing keyboard and yes, the battery is above 90% iirc.
My wife's iphone xr is even worse, granted it has been 7 years but god damn, that thing make my blood boil. Its still on ios 17, i cant imagine how slow it's gonna be on ios 18. Battery is at 82% though but i dont think replacing battery is worth it at the moment. Just waiting for the right moment to upgrade.
My XR with 18.6 runs just fine compared to my 15. Of course it is a bit slower overall as it's a couple of years older.
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Not in a literal sense but apple do tend to cripple old iPhone with their newest software update. I should know i owned an iPhone 12 mini on ios 17. That little bugger stutter everytime i pull down the control centre, scrolling through safari, scrolling through app, delay when pressing keyboard and yes, the battery is above 90% iirc.
My wife's iphone xr is even worse, granted it has been 7 years but god damn, that thing make my blood boil. Its still on ios 17, i cant imagine how slow it's gonna be on ios 18. Battery is at 82% though but i dont think replacing battery is worth it at the moment. Just waiting for the right moment to upgrade.
Funny, I have an XS from the same year and it’s totally fine on iOS 18. I might even replace the battery.
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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 256GB - $1299
Apple 16 Pro Max 256GB - $1199
Google Pixel 9 Pro 256GB - $1199
The only person being represented by this meme is OP.
Galaxies and pixels are half off msrp like 6 months later.
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Last time I went to my cellphone carrier offices to upgrade my hardware, they were already pushing the iPhone 15 or 16, but I went in there and asked for the iPhone 10, managed to get the very last one they had in stock. It cost a fraction of what the latest ones did, does everything I need it to do, and a couple of years later it's still purring like a kitten.
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We are making fun of the choice to buy an overpriced and super restricted phone, like literally I couldn't install ytliteplus on an European iphone in Europe, why because apple needs to give an id to apps for it to install without a PC or Mac server which needs to be connected every 7 days, I think.
You might be making fun of that, OP is just vomiting up weak, tired memes. As another user already put it, neither iPhone nor Android is that great anymore.
