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Interesting, this is why I switched from android to apple ~ 5 years ago. I was expecting a very important phone call for the outcome of the surgery of a person

Interesting, this is why I switched from android to apple ~ 5 years ago. I was expecting a very important phone call for the outcome of the surgery of a person very close to me. The smartphone, the Samsung galaxy S7 edge, finally rang, and I was trying to answer the the call, but no, android was doing something more important in the background, the whole UI was frozen and the phone call banner was not responding to touch. Finally, the phone rebooted by itself, and then it was back to normal. But my call was missed. I did not get to listen to my person, because my android smartphone, was more smart and less phone.

alyandon 4y ago
I have similar issues sometimes with the dialer app on my Pixel 2. I can't have a phone that doesn't prioritize being a phone over everything else that might be competing for cpu resources so my next phone is definitely going to be an iPhone.
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eastbound 4y ago
I switched to iPhone when I learnt Android didn’t have encrypted storage at the time. The whole Android stack is rife for criminal prosecution, between GDPR, permissions, freezing when calling 911…
system2 4y ago
zls 4y ago
After using Android for 10 years, a similar experience made me switch. I'd just bought a Pixel 5, and I received a call from a pizza delivery driver. I say I received a call because the phone rang. Otherwise I'd never have known. The UI didn't show it at all, even though it was responsive, and the missed call log section never populated. Nothing except the ringer sound. The next day I switched to iPhone and have never regretted it. Like, if my phone can't receive calls or even capture that a call was missed, none of its other features matter.
- eertami 4y ago
  > Like, if my phone can't receive calls Do you not remember the iPhone 4, which couldn't be held in your hand while taking a phone call? The iPhone 8 I was given by a client wasn't perfect either. It would regularly miss notifications - even direct pings in messaging apps - then spam many at once 3-4 hours later. I was never able to fix it, so the phone was just a paperweight with a 2FA app on it. I've certainly had more problems with Apple devices (Macbooks & iPhones) in my experience, and I'm glad I now work somewhere where we all get Linux laptops and are not forced into dealing with Apple's locked down and underwhelming software.
mikotodomo 4y ago
So much this. The idea of being unable to call 911 when you need it is absolutely horrifying. I'd argue that one of the main reasons for owning a phone is to protect you. I think Android's entire company needs to be shut down and taken over.

alyandon 4y ago

I have similar issues sometimes with the dialer app on my Pixel 2. I can't have a phone that doesn't prioritize being a phone over everything else that might be competing for cpu resources so my next phone is definitely going to be an iPhone.

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eastbound 4y ago

I switched to iPhone when I learnt Android didn’t have encrypted storage at the time. The whole Android stack is rife for criminal prosecution, between GDPR, permissions, freezing when calling 911…

system2 4y ago

zls 4y ago

After using Android for 10 years, a similar experience made me switch. I'd just bought a Pixel 5, and I received a call from a pizza delivery driver. I say I received a call because the phone rang. Otherwise I'd never have known. The UI didn't show it at all, even though it was responsive, and the missed call log section never populated. Nothing except the ringer sound. The next day I switched to iPhone and have never regretted it. Like, if my phone can't receive calls or even capture that a call was missed, none of its other features matter.

eertami 4y ago
> Like, if my phone can't receive calls Do you not remember the iPhone 4, which couldn't be held in your hand while taking a phone call? The iPhone 8 I was given by a client wasn't perfect either. It would regularly miss notifications - even direct pings in messaging apps - then spam many at once 3-4 hours later. I was never able to fix it, so the phone was just a paperweight with a 2FA app on it. I've certainly had more problems with Apple devices (Macbooks & iPhones) in my experience, and I'm glad I now work somewhere where we all get Linux laptops and are not forced into dealing with Apple's locked down and underwhelming software.

mikotodomo 4y ago

So much this. The idea of being unable to call 911 when you need it is absolutely horrifying. I'd argue that one of the main reasons for owning a phone is to protect you. I think Android's entire company needs to be shut down and taken over.