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I'm up to 43 separate preinstalled apps disabled on my Samsung tablet and the experience has never been better. Samsung duplicates everything included in a stan

I'm up to 43 separate preinstalled apps disabled on my Samsung tablet and the experience has never been better. Samsung duplicates everything included in a standard google account and then loads up on the partner crapware and poorly functioning clone apps.

acchow 4y ago
How does Samsung continue to sell so many phones every year? It is baffling to me.
- questime 4y ago
  The other android devices are even worse, Apple is eating their lunch
- pxtail 4y ago
  In a very simple way: it's basically single remaining option if someone doesn't want to live in Apple dreamland for some reason (there can be multiple from economical to ideological) AND do not want to own "chineese" phone I'm aware that there are some other brands but they all have issues which not necessarily place them in competitive place vs Samsung, some examples: Motorola (horrible updates policy, even worse than Samsung) Sony (small selection of models, pricey, no idea about updates), Pixel (not available in some countries, bad battery life, quality issues, price)
  - zamalek 4y ago
    There are decent brands, but they aren't as well known. OnePlus (although they are currently forgetting what made them great), nothing (if you can actually purchase one), ASUS (they were doing some really neat stuff with the front camera). If you seek out near-stock phones they really do exist.
- arglebargle123 4y ago
  They're well built, they don't have the bizarro quality issues that every google device seems to, they aren't built in China if that's important to someone, and for the most part all of their software works without much fuss (even if much of it is crappy compared to Google's implementation.) They're the sort of predictably usable and well built device you'd buy for a parent or non-technical relative. They were also basically the only game in town for high end android tablets with OLED displays for years. I'm really happy with the hardware and build quality of my Samsung tablet, it's the software that's a pain in the ass, and I'd have no problem recommending their devices to people if LineageOS support were more reliably available. Tl;dr- they're basically the go-to consumer Android mfgr, people are used to buying from them and their devices are generally a safe choice.

acchow 4y ago

How does Samsung continue to sell so many phones every year? It is baffling to me.

questime 4y ago
The other android devices are even worse, Apple is eating their lunch
pxtail 4y ago
In a very simple way: it's basically single remaining option if someone doesn't want to live in Apple dreamland for some reason (there can be multiple from economical to ideological) AND do not want to own "chineese" phone I'm aware that there are some other brands but they all have issues which not necessarily place them in competitive place vs Samsung, some examples: Motorola (horrible updates policy, even worse than Samsung) Sony (small selection of models, pricey, no idea about updates), Pixel (not available in some countries, bad battery life, quality issues, price)
- zamalek 4y ago
  There are decent brands, but they aren't as well known. OnePlus (although they are currently forgetting what made them great), nothing (if you can actually purchase one), ASUS (they were doing some really neat stuff with the front camera). If you seek out near-stock phones they really do exist.
arglebargle123 4y ago
They're well built, they don't have the bizarro quality issues that every google device seems to, they aren't built in China if that's important to someone, and for the most part all of their software works without much fuss (even if much of it is crappy compared to Google's implementation.) They're the sort of predictably usable and well built device you'd buy for a parent or non-technical relative. They were also basically the only game in town for high end android tablets with OLED displays for years. I'm really happy with the hardware and build quality of my Samsung tablet, it's the software that's a pain in the ass, and I'd have no problem recommending their devices to people if LineageOS support were more reliably available. Tl;dr- they're basically the go-to consumer Android mfgr, people are used to buying from them and their devices are generally a safe choice.