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Not to be under-estimated either: Android in general and Chinese phones. Android has gotten pretty good. I broke my iPhone 7 earlier this year and am using a P
by aylmao 8y ago
Not to be under-estimated either: Android in general and Chinese phones.
Android has gotten pretty good. I broke my iPhone 7 earlier this year and am using a Pixel 2-- I thought I'd switch back, trade it for an X or an XS as they became available, but to my surprise I actually like it quite a bit.
Many of the complaints I used to have about Android have been worked out, and there's some cool features (like Night Sight) that I think I'd miss if I switched back.
Moreover, a lot of cool Android phones were released this year-- I'm sure the next iPhone, since it wont be an S, will be cooler and bring about a more radical change.
This past year in Android saw the release of many cool Chinese phones. I'd say the most exciting phones of the year came from Chinese manufacturers and featured creative ways to try to get rid of bezels and the notch-- finger-print sensor behind the srceen, two screens, notch-less with automatic mechanical parts, I recently even saw a slider-phone [1]! There's the promise of foldable phones too, which has me intrigued.
My cousin got a mid-tier Xiaomi phone-- it wasn't very expensive but it's pretty neat. If you do the side-by side comparison, it's not as great as an iPhone, but at the price, and for his use-cases, the big screen and fast chip are enough of a fit. I don't know how much iPhones cost in China, but I wouldn't rule out the fact that tariffs and macro-economics aside, Chinese phones have just gotten good enough, are probably more widely available, and honestly also just seem more exciting and creative.
Never thought I'd say this, but I hope Apple (and other manufacturers too) take some clues and inspiration from Chinese phone manufacturers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HCcP0YexTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HCcP0YexTU
- ttul 8y agoI would never in my life use a Chinese phone. Chinese manufacturers are _guaranteed_ to be in the pocket of the CPC and its security services. Moreover, their record on security and privacy is poor. For a device that is so intimately tied to my personal data, the premium I pay for Apple's brand is vastly inferior to the value I would lose by constantly worrying about my privacy with a Chinese handset.
- kakaorka 8y agoAlthough I prefer iPhones, I don’t think any American manafacturer is not in the pocket of the NSA.
- ttul 8y agoAt least NSA follows the rule of law. Yes, you can argue they sometimes don’t, or they they push things. But there is simply no comparison at all with China where there is no rule of law at all.
- ksec 8y agoI seriously do not understand how Chinese mobile phones business works. Either they have access to lots of no interest capital, or they simply have other source of Finance. Many of those things simply don't add up. I had often thought when these phones enter EU / US Market they will be subject to higher patents fees and will be $100 to $150 more expensive than Chinese Home Prices. But that didn't happen at all.