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I'm am American and recently moved to Europe. I had to get a new phone because my old contract wasn't up. I had a LG G6 before, and ended up with a Huawei P20 a

by alttab 7y ago

I'm am American and recently moved to Europe. I had to get a new phone because my old contract wasn't up. I had a LG G6 before, and ended up with a Huawei P20 and can't imagine why someone would pay 3-4x for a Samsung or an iPhone. The camera is phenomenal!

TylerE 7y ago
> can't imagine why someone would pay 3-4x for a Samsung or an iPhone. Because an iPhone doesn't run Android. Android sucks. You couldn't pay me to own an Android phone.
- sbzodnsbd 7y ago
  Agreed. I don’t want to buy an iPhone. But I really don’t want to buy Google. Now I’m looking for a dumb phone.
gimli9000 7y ago
Products are generally cheaper when produced using stolen IP.
- tanilama 7y ago
  Apple has only 2 cameras btw. P20 has 4.
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - nailer 7y ago
    I'm not sure how this addresses the parent post's point
    - tanilama 7y ago
      Implying for the most popular feature of the smartphone, there isn't anything for Huawei to copy from Apple. It has been very long time that iPhone doesn't have the best cameras along all, what is the point of copying that?
- kyriakos 7y ago
  If that is the case why are apple and google not suing them to stop them from selling in US?
Jerry2 7y ago
Huawei phones send info to China. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3685669 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3685669
- dijit 7y ago
  And Android/iPhone in general send info to North America. Vilification of the other without pause to consider the status-quo is not an appeal to "whataboutism" it's just pointing out hypocrisy. I really wish I didn't have to care about NSA or huge US tech companies aggregating information. But I do. I cannot in good conscious condemn China for this if the alternatives are equivalent.
  - bassman9000 7y ago
    if the alternatives are equivalent. Is the info used equally in China? E.g. does the US have a social score system? Enough with the false equivalences.
    - dijit 7y ago
      I don’t understand how it’s false. Why do I care what score China gives me? I could also argue that the US tech companies are fully capable (and likely doing) the same thing. Sure, it’s not government funded but remove the “US is good” lens and it’s quite scary.
    - xbmcuser 7y ago
      It does what is the no fly list in the us exactly. Many people have got a low score of having a Muslim name or of being an aquantaince with suspected criminal to be put on the no fly list. Or having criticised some us agency all this get you a low score and stop you from flying. This system just doesn't have scores but it is the same damn thing.
- yhoneycomb 7y ago
  Seems like rampant vote manipulation is going on here to promote anti-Sinoism.

by alttab 7y ago

TylerE 7y ago

> can't imagine why someone would pay 3-4x for a Samsung or an iPhone. Because an iPhone doesn't run Android. Android sucks. You couldn't pay me to own an Android phone.

sbzodnsbd 7y ago
Agreed. I don’t want to buy an iPhone. But I really don’t want to buy Google. Now I’m looking for a dumb phone.

gimli9000 7y ago

Products are generally cheaper when produced using stolen IP.

tanilama 7y ago
Apple has only 2 cameras btw. P20 has 4.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- nailer 7y ago
  I'm not sure how this addresses the parent post's point
  - tanilama 7y ago
    Implying for the most popular feature of the smartphone, there isn't anything for Huawei to copy from Apple. It has been very long time that iPhone doesn't have the best cameras along all, what is the point of copying that?
kyriakos 7y ago
If that is the case why are apple and google not suing them to stop them from selling in US?

Jerry2 7y ago

Huawei phones send info to China. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3685669 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3685669

dijit 7y ago
And Android/iPhone in general send info to North America. Vilification of the other without pause to consider the status-quo is not an appeal to "whataboutism" it's just pointing out hypocrisy. I really wish I didn't have to care about NSA or huge US tech companies aggregating information. But I do. I cannot in good conscious condemn China for this if the alternatives are equivalent.
- bassman9000 7y ago
  if the alternatives are equivalent. Is the info used equally in China? E.g. does the US have a social score system? Enough with the false equivalences.
  - dijit 7y ago
    I don’t understand how it’s false. Why do I care what score China gives me? I could also argue that the US tech companies are fully capable (and likely doing) the same thing. Sure, it’s not government funded but remove the “US is good” lens and it’s quite scary.
  - xbmcuser 7y ago
    It does what is the no fly list in the us exactly. Many people have got a low score of having a Muslim name or of being an aquantaince with suspected criminal to be put on the no fly list. Or having criticised some us agency all this get you a low score and stop you from flying. This system just doesn't have scores but it is the same damn thing.
yhoneycomb 7y ago
Seems like rampant vote manipulation is going on here to promote anti-Sinoism.