Are you an android or an IOS user?

Have any of you tried the OnePlus X, or any OnePlus phones? They are great Andriod devices for cheap. A fully unlocked phone is $250, great phone, great price. 😉

a month later

I use iOS, just jailbreak it to get a bit more out of it is all 🙂 Makes it a lot like an android after that I guess

Have both, iso is faster and has less problems whoever android just more to it.

a year later

Me, I prefer Android. iOS is fine, but I feel like its overall quality is limited by the proprietary nature of its platform. The fact said platform is expensive doesn't exactly help, either.

2 years later

I just put LineageOS 16.0 (Android 9) onto my phone. Quite slick, though I don't like that I can't disable fingerprint unlock. The stock recents screen is also pretty hopeless. I have been able to enable encryption again though, which is nice.

The pie easter egg is pretty sweet too - just wish you could save from it.

Rose wrote

Samsung galaxy s10 \o/

I'm quite happy with my LG V20. It's an utter pain in the ass to tinker with, but I guess that makes it a bit more rewarding. Plus removable battery and good DAC.

Note 9! Honestly the best phone I've had since my Nexus 6. I gave the LG G6 a shot, but it was overall pretty disappointing. The Note 9 is an amazing phone and while I'm not the biggest fan of the curved screen, the S Pen does more than enough to make up for it. I never thought I'd actually use it, but being able to whip my phone out to right down a quick note or something is hands down amazing feeling. On top of that the size is perfect and the specs will last me several years.

Backlash wrote

Me, I prefer Android. iOS is fine, but I feel like its overall quality is limited by the proprietary nature of its platform. The fact said platform is expensive doesn't exactly help, either.

Pretty much this. I've refrained from buying higher end smartphones since submerging my Blackberry Passport in water (which was a bad buy anyway).

aaaargh. finally got microG working properly! had to install kinda the play store to get old in-app purchases working though :/

Am Android but I want to try iOS someday, I won't fight about if android is better than iOS, that shit makes no sense, I just want a phone to do his job, nothing else.

a month later

Android for sure, but as of late I've found myself really interested in alternative Linux-based OSes for smartphones. It's too bad that truly libre devices are still in their infancy, or I'd have picked one up instead of a Note 9.

Loko wrote

Waiting to move to the S10e, for some reason the appeal of a smaller phone captivates me again lmao

Also android for sure

Smaller phones are great! I actually dug up my old HTC Droid Incredible a little while ago, and it runs smooth as the day I bought it. Having a custom ROM probably helped.

Backlash wrote

Android for sure, but as of late I've found myself really interested in alternative Linux-based OSes for smartphones. It's too bad that truly libre devices are still in their infancy, or I'd have picked one up instead of a Note 9.

What do you think of the Librem 5? Personally, I can't really afford it, but it looks quite promising

Loko wrote
malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

Android for sure, but as of late I've found myself really interested in alternative Linux-based OSes for smartphones. It's too bad that truly libre devices are still in their infancy, or I'd have picked one up instead of a Note 9.

What do you think of the Librem 5? Personally, I can't really afford it, but it looks quite promising

Personally I'm a little disappointed I won't have access to some apps that I frequent now on it (at least not immediately), but otherwise I agree that it does look very promising. I suppose people buying this phone wouldn't exactly be looking for the top free apps on Google Play or whatnot.

Heh, the only app I wouldn't be able to replace immediately, is Signal. The rest I could proably just substitute with normal Linux programs. That being said, I think they're being a bit overly ambitious when they say that they'll update the OS over the device's entire lifetime.

2 months later
seel wrote
malmon wrote
seel wrote

Plus their security is significantly better than Android because it isn't open source

ಠ_ಠ

No amount of security is going to stop some of the most adamant from getting in. However, I'd say Apple does a good job at protecting its consumers. Android users are kind of just allowed to do whatever, want to install a modified Spotify apk that definitely does not have malware? Go for it! As far as I'm aware you can't do that with Apple and thus it's a bit more secure. What do I know though, I'm an Android user - perhaps times have changed and iPhones are less secure than they were in the past.

Apple couldn't care less about its end users

Zebronli wrote

PC master race

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Pc mater race? Don't you mean sansung S8 (SM-G950U)