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What sucks about Android?

CameronNemo 5y ago
Performance, battery life, dependence on Google, inconsistent UIs from different manufacturers, bloatware from networks, networks control updates, most phones don't even get much in the way of updates.
- climb_stealth 5y ago
  This is always interesting. I don't even buy phones anymore if they don't support Lineageos. It fixes all those issues. It still surprises me when I see stock Samsung devices and how utterly rubbish they are. And they are sold as premium flagship devices. The amount of bloat and garbage is incredible. waves fist at sky
  - CameronNemo 5y ago
    Oh sure. All that was typed by a lineageos user. But such a small minority is likely to use that in the grand scheme. Hence why I thought it relevant to evaluate the "stock firmware".
- xdennis 5y ago
  > dependence on Google This is silly considering you can de-Google an Android phone. You can't de-Apple an Apple phone.
  - Rexxar 5y ago
    But apple is not an advertisement company (and I don't have iPhone for information)
  - CameronNemo 5y ago
    Few people go to the trouble of installing new images on any device they own. Android is quite the exception, not the rule.
- naoqj 5y ago
  Even the Pixel software just feels like a knock-off of iOS. Same UI paradigms, gestures, etc but everything feels cheaper.
  - postalrat 5y ago
    They are both copying each other.
    - hunterb123 5y ago
      I don't think that was his point. Companies take features from competitors all the time. But even with that "feature sharing", Android's flagship phone still feels like more of a knockoff compared to any iPhone. Having owned every Pixel and the Nexus predecessors, they have about a 3 year lifespan, software is slow and freezes start after a few updates, the battery isn't great to start but shits out after year 2, then oled burn-ins. But I got $5 for my Nexus 6P bootloop class action settlement, so there's that I guess...
      - postalrat 5y ago
        When your reviews are nothing by lies why should I believe anything else you said?
    - bitwize 5y ago
      But when Apple copies your feature, your feature gets better. When you copy Apple's feature, it feels like a cheap knockoff.
      - easrng 5y ago
        Google's swipe typing is better than Apple's clone of it.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
  What are you doing on your phone where performance matters, or what Android phone are you comparing to a relatively new iPhone? I have a 2 year old mid-level Android and have had 0 performance issues or crashes (aside from Android Auto).
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    Android phones seem to know when you're in an urgent situation. Need a quick photo? Is maps giving you a direction? Oh let me freeze up! Let me hide the soft keyboard until you restart! Let me get into a bootloop!
  - rtpg 5y ago
    Just using Google maps was super slow on my flagship galaxy phone compared to an iPhone SE. Or rather, stuttering was the bigger problem in those cases. I’m sure the geek scores were similiar in raw performance
  - CameronNemo 5y ago
    Browsing the web, using normal apps. Things are just snappier on iOS in my experience. It is not a big deal. But it is one area that android could be improved.

Performance, battery life, dependence on Google, inconsistent UIs from different manufacturers, bloatware from networks, networks control updates, most phones don't even get much in the way of updates.

climb_stealth 5y ago
This is always interesting. I don't even buy phones anymore if they don't support Lineageos. It fixes all those issues. It still surprises me when I see stock Samsung devices and how utterly rubbish they are. And they are sold as premium flagship devices. The amount of bloat and garbage is incredible. waves fist at sky
- CameronNemo 5y ago
  Oh sure. All that was typed by a lineageos user. But such a small minority is likely to use that in the grand scheme. Hence why I thought it relevant to evaluate the "stock firmware".
xdennis 5y ago
> dependence on Google This is silly considering you can de-Google an Android phone. You can't de-Apple an Apple phone.
- Rexxar 5y ago
  But apple is not an advertisement company (and I don't have iPhone for information)
- CameronNemo 5y ago
  Few people go to the trouble of installing new images on any device they own. Android is quite the exception, not the rule.
naoqj 5y ago
Even the Pixel software just feels like a knock-off of iOS. Same UI paradigms, gestures, etc but everything feels cheaper.
- postalrat 5y ago
  They are both copying each other.
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    I don't think that was his point. Companies take features from competitors all the time. But even with that "feature sharing", Android's flagship phone still feels like more of a knockoff compared to any iPhone. Having owned every Pixel and the Nexus predecessors, they have about a 3 year lifespan, software is slow and freezes start after a few updates, the battery isn't great to start but shits out after year 2, then oled burn-ins. But I got $5 for my Nexus 6P bootloop class action settlement, so there's that I guess...
    - postalrat 5y ago
      When your reviews are nothing by lies why should I believe anything else you said?
  - bitwize 5y ago
    But when Apple copies your feature, your feature gets better. When you copy Apple's feature, it feels like a cheap knockoff.
    - easrng 5y ago
      Google's swipe typing is better than Apple's clone of it.
onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
What are you doing on your phone where performance matters, or what Android phone are you comparing to a relatively new iPhone? I have a 2 year old mid-level Android and have had 0 performance issues or crashes (aside from Android Auto).
- hunterb123 5y ago
  Android phones seem to know when you're in an urgent situation. Need a quick photo? Is maps giving you a direction? Oh let me freeze up! Let me hide the soft keyboard until you restart! Let me get into a bootloop!
- rtpg 5y ago
  Just using Google maps was super slow on my flagship galaxy phone compared to an iPhone SE. Or rather, stuttering was the bigger problem in those cases. I’m sure the geek scores were similiar in raw performance
- CameronNemo 5y ago
  Browsing the web, using normal apps. Things are just snappier on iOS in my experience. It is not a big deal. But it is one area that android could be improved.