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I feel like Android's overall quality in the past couple of years has dramatically improved. Any modern half decent phone will be quite snappy nowadays, and the

I feel like Android's overall quality in the past couple of years has dramatically improved. Any modern half decent phone will be quite snappy nowadays, and the software has been polished up a lot.

sundvor 7y ago
Yes. In particular (for me) One UI by Samsung. Their new S10 phones are a fantastic upgrade, and the new software is a major part of that. Last versions of Touchwiz weren't too bad, but One UI lifts the experience to a new level.
- CraftThatBlock 7y ago
  I agree, One UI would definitely win for "most improved" of the skins. Even stock (Pixels) is really great now.
copperx 7y ago
I use a Pixel 2 and I felt the phone extremely sluggish compared to my old iPhone 7 from day one. The Pixel 2 was supposed to be a flagship model, so it makes me reluctant to ever buy an Android phone from another manufacturer; I can only assume non-flagship phones are slower than the official Google one. Is this a correct assumption? The most frustrating thing about Android is its excruciating scrolling performance. When scrolling webpages you can see the animation isn't synced: the bottom part of the screen struggles to keep up with the top part, and it feels like the text is made up of a bunch of dancing ants, especially if you scroll slowly. iOS's scrolling is flawless. Reading stuff a primary use case of smartphones, why hasn't Google addressed this? Fortunately, Chrome on Android has decent scrolling performance and it's the only reason I haven't thrown this phone in the trash.
scarface74 7y ago
I bought my son a Moto G last year because that was suppose to be a good mid range phone. It was an awful experience - far from snappy. The performance was sluggish. He happily “upgraded” to my old iPhone 6s that was 3 years older and it was a lot faster.
- izacus 7y ago
  Of course, the iPhone 6S is faster in the same way as a 3 year old 3500$ SSD and top-of-the-line i7 equiped MBP is better than a new 600$ Acer laptop with a magnetic HDD. What's your point though? If iPhone 6s for its 3-4x the MSRP price wouldn't be better than the low-end Moto G, it would be pretty sad.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    The 6s in 2018 was still being sold for maybe $449. Not too much more expensive than the Moto G. A discontinued new 6s can still be found now for around the price of a Moto G and in real world usage is still faster.

I feel like Android's overall quality in the past couple of years has dramatically improved. Any modern half decent phone will be quite snappy nowadays, and the software has been polished up a lot.

sundvor 7y ago

Yes. In particular (for me) One UI by Samsung. Their new S10 phones are a fantastic upgrade, and the new software is a major part of that. Last versions of Touchwiz weren't too bad, but One UI lifts the experience to a new level.

CraftThatBlock 7y ago
I agree, One UI would definitely win for "most improved" of the skins. Even stock (Pixels) is really great now.

copperx 7y ago

I use a Pixel 2 and I felt the phone extremely sluggish compared to my old iPhone 7 from day one. The Pixel 2 was supposed to be a flagship model, so it makes me reluctant to ever buy an Android phone from another manufacturer; I can only assume non-flagship phones are slower than the official Google one. Is this a correct assumption? The most frustrating thing about Android is its excruciating scrolling performance. When scrolling webpages you can see the animation isn't synced: the bottom part of the screen struggles to keep up with the top part, and it feels like the text is made up of a bunch of dancing ants, especially if you scroll slowly. iOS's scrolling is flawless. Reading stuff a primary use case of smartphones, why hasn't Google addressed this? Fortunately, Chrome on Android has decent scrolling performance and it's the only reason I haven't thrown this phone in the trash.

scarface74 7y ago

I bought my son a Moto G last year because that was suppose to be a good mid range phone. It was an awful experience - far from snappy. The performance was sluggish. He happily “upgraded” to my old iPhone 6s that was 3 years older and it was a lot faster.

izacus 7y ago
Of course, the iPhone 6S is faster in the same way as a 3 year old 3500$ SSD and top-of-the-line i7 equiped MBP is better than a new 600$ Acer laptop with a magnetic HDD. What's your point though? If iPhone 6s for its 3-4x the MSRP price wouldn't be better than the low-end Moto G, it would be pretty sad.
- scarface74 7y ago
  The 6s in 2018 was still being sold for maybe $449. Not too much more expensive than the Moto G. A discontinued new 6s can still be found now for around the price of a Moto G and in real world usage is still faster.