Everyone has their preferences, I would love to hear why you guys prefer using Android!

  • A Chilean Cyborg@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I dislike Apple alot, stupidly Expensive, more than they devices worth, very restrictive on what you can do with them (treat their customers as kids) and their monopoly.

    There is also a wide variety of Android phones with different price ranges, and features (like my beloved headphone jacks), wider customisation and a somewhat better repaiability sometimes.

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      1 year ago

      I first made the switch to android after my iphone 5 died and found out the newer models wouldn’t have an aux output. I have significantly more chances to use a 3.5mm plug than bluetooth in my life, so it was an easy choice.

      7 years later, and I still have the same phone. No bloat, and updated the way I want it. I charge it once per day at high-performance mode, and the battery is holding strong.

      I keep an iphone dongle in my car for friends, because I am a gentleman, but they always remark on how easy it would be to just have the damn aux port.

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        1 year ago

        Which brand is your Android phone and are you running an alternative Android-based OS like /e/ or LineageOS?

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          1 year ago

          galaxy s8+, just regular pie

          I’ve never felt the need to install something else, since pie is so customizable as it is, and I like the way it works. no doubt there’s some good OS out there, but I haven’t felt the need to go that route.

          do you prefer a different OS?

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            1 year ago

            I actually don’t have an Android phone. Well, not yet. I want to get one. I’m just waiting for the right one.

            I want an Android phone which has a headphone jack, an easily-replaceable battery, good enough specs to easily manage 3-4 major OS upgrades, and support from an alternative Android-based OS like /e/. Though, I have to admit that I’m starting to worry that I’m asking for too much.

            I’ll probably get a Fairphone 5 if it’s released in the US and has a headphone jack.

            I’d go with /e/ because it’s free of bloatware and Google’s spyware.

      • A Chilean Cyborg@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think my first “real” phone ever was a Used Iphone 5 and My hate for apple started when I wanted to use some niche apps I wanted to use where android only, and I would need to ask my mother to lend me her phone for a second, eventually I got my hands on android phone and not only I could use said apps (they would eventually reach ios tough) but do a whole lot ton more things with my phone, here androids are more popular than Iphones tough, as they are mor of a luxury product.