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> You can buy cheap Android but if you go much below $399 you’ll be replacing it a lot more often. Not true - I've been using using a $100 Motorola G6 for the

> You can buy cheap Android but if you go much below $399 you’ll be replacing it a lot more often. Not true - I've been using using a $100 Motorola G6 for the past 8 months with no issue. I bought it as a "temporary" replacement when I cracked the screen on my $399 X4 which I had used for 2 years with no issue (silly me, with a price that low I decided to self-insure). I ended up using the G6 as my primary phone because it's pretty good phone and does everything a modern flagship can but with expandable storage via microSD - the only downside is that the camera doesn't take amazing pictures

nxc18 7y ago
I’m wondering if I have an unfair bias against android. I think perhaps the ecosystem has evolved in the last few years and it sounds like even the more affordable devices are offering good performance now? I’m going to pick up a G6 and see how it goes.
scarface74 7y ago
I bought my son a Moto G in 2016. It was dreadfully slow. Not just for games, even simple apps. He was glad when he got upgraded to my hand me down 2014 iPhone 6s, in 2018. I had already replaced the battery. If high end Android phones are usually two years behind iOS in performance, can you imagine how bad a low end or midrange Android phone is?
- sangnoir 7y ago
  Motorola's G-series is midrange at best - so not only was you assertion wrong; but you don't have to imagine what you experienced. Moto's high-end is the X-series, and frankly I saw no speed difference when I switched between the two (I don't play games, so it's possible my G6 has weaker GPU perf & I wouldn't have noticed).
  - scarface74 7y ago
    The parent post: “You can buy cheap Android but if you go much below $399 you’ll be replacing it a lot more often.” The Moto G is a cheap phone below $399. It was horribly slow. I was referring to that sentence. As far as high end phones Benchmarks comparing GPU and web performance for high end Android phones compared to iPhones are readily available. The iPhone 8 is now two and a half years old and is still faster than any Android phone. Also, compare the performance of the $329 iPad 6th generation to most Android devices. https://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks

nxc18 7y ago

I’m wondering if I have an unfair bias against android. I think perhaps the ecosystem has evolved in the last few years and it sounds like even the more affordable devices are offering good performance now? I’m going to pick up a G6 and see how it goes.

scarface74 7y ago

I bought my son a Moto G in 2016. It was dreadfully slow. Not just for games, even simple apps. He was glad when he got upgraded to my hand me down 2014 iPhone 6s, in 2018. I had already replaced the battery. If high end Android phones are usually two years behind iOS in performance, can you imagine how bad a low end or midrange Android phone is?

sangnoir 7y ago
Motorola's G-series is midrange at best - so not only was you assertion wrong; but you don't have to imagine what you experienced. Moto's high-end is the X-series, and frankly I saw no speed difference when I switched between the two (I don't play games, so it's possible my G6 has weaker GPU perf & I wouldn't have noticed).
- scarface74 7y ago
  The parent post: “You can buy cheap Android but if you go much below $399 you’ll be replacing it a lot more often.” The Moto G is a cheap phone below $399. It was horribly slow. I was referring to that sentence. As far as high end phones Benchmarks comparing GPU and web performance for high end Android phones compared to iPhones are readily available. The iPhone 8 is now two and a half years old and is still faster than any Android phone. Also, compare the performance of the $329 iPad 6th generation to most Android devices. https://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks