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Maybe because most people compare budget Android phones to the Apple's flagships

by mt_ 5y ago

shrew 5y ago
I'm unsure this is true. I was certainly disappointed when I went for a Samsung S8 at launch and found it laggy and glitchy 12 months in, and unusable at 18 months. As a short term money saver, I bought a 2016 iPhone SE and was amazed to find it got 2 more years of updates before I finally decided to retire it. Between lacking support and poor performance over and over in the Android ecosystem, it became a very easy decision to move over to the Apple lock-in unfortunately. Their phones generally stay out of my way and work snappily when I need them to. It's a real shame to have had this experience, and to watch others around me have similar issues before jumping ship to Apple. I think the competition provided by the big Android vendors is important, but I just can't justify dropping money on a new device every 18 months.
- wingworks 5y ago
  I've been with Android since the beginning (though Apple everything else). But I'm just tired of needing a new phone every year just to get ok performance. A few weeks back I got a free iPhone 6, and was amazed at its performance. When I compared it to my OnePlus 2 phone from a year later, it's night and day performance wise. My next phone will be an iPhone, no question.
rtpg 5y ago
I had a top of the line samsung, and the _native_ google maps app was slower than a web view google maps on an iphone SE. I think that there's a lot of stuff about tuning, but the latency story (at least up until 3 or 4 years ago) on Android has been absolutely garbage, no matter what geekbench scores the phones get. Sony phones and the Google mainline phones seem to work well when I use them though (though ultimately lots of android apps are also just not very good)
fomine3 5y ago
iPhone SE series is exceptional. It's always flagship SoC performance for mid price.
duxup 5y ago
I've experienced it up and down the Android line, top of the line Samsung, nexus, pixels and so on. I have no idea what it is that causes it, but it's a thing.

Maybe because most people compare budget Android phones to the Apple's flagships

by mt_ 5y ago

Maybe because most people compare budget Android phones to the Apple's flagships

I'm unsure this is true. I was certainly disappointed when I went for a Samsung S8 at launch and found it laggy and glitchy 12 months in, and unusable at 18 months. As a short term money saver, I bought a 2016 iPhone SE and was amazed to find it got 2 more years of updates before I finally decided to retire it. Between lacking support and poor performance over and over in the Android ecosystem, it became a very easy decision to move over to the Apple lock-in unfortunately. Their phones generally stay out of my way and work snappily when I need them to. It's a real shame to have had this experience, and to watch others around me have similar issues before jumping ship to Apple. I think the competition provided by the big Android vendors is important, but I just can't justify dropping money on a new device every 18 months.

wingworks 5y ago
I've been with Android since the beginning (though Apple everything else). But I'm just tired of needing a new phone every year just to get ok performance. A few weeks back I got a free iPhone 6, and was amazed at its performance. When I compared it to my OnePlus 2 phone from a year later, it's night and day performance wise. My next phone will be an iPhone, no question.

rtpg 5y ago

I had a top of the line samsung, and the _native_ google maps app was slower than a web view google maps on an iphone SE. I think that there's a lot of stuff about tuning, but the latency story (at least up until 3 or 4 years ago) on Android has been absolutely garbage, no matter what geekbench scores the phones get. Sony phones and the Google mainline phones seem to work well when I use them though (though ultimately lots of android apps are also just not very good)

fomine3 5y ago

iPhone SE series is exceptional. It's always flagship SoC performance for mid price.

duxup 5y ago

I've experienced it up and down the Android line, top of the line Samsung, nexus, pixels and so on. I have no idea what it is that causes it, but it's a thing.