Seriously though, Samsung has a sleeker Android than even Google in 2023. You have to get an AOSP or similar os on a device to beat it. It’s been a long road, but the One UI is just better.
To be completely honest I have went and installed couple of Samsung replacement apps even though they were not on my device by default. Samsung’s email application is simply miles better than GMail, and more to the point doesn’t suffer from known issue like not downloading attachments. Same with notes and similar. Especially on Fold where screen is significantly bigger, default Google stuff simply can’t handle it. It looks stretched while Samsung offers better experience.
That said very few duplicates and those that you don’t need you can uninstall. It’s not that big of a deal.
Disagree, work gave me an A21s. At least once a day I’ll be staring at a blank screen for 30 seconds before it shows me the buttons to answer a call but by then the caller has hung up. Also randomly it will turn the screen brightness down so low that you can’t see to turn it up.
My over two year old a52 is buttery smooth still I don’t see the need for a switch until 2 more years. There’s a bit of junk on it but doesn’t really affect anything since I never use it, it’s all just sitting quietly in a folder.
It has honestly made me question the purpose of expensive and fragile flagship phones that I’ve been using the last decade.
I’m sceptical. With all the added complexity of a foldable, the specs are probably gonna be below average to absymal. I’d love to be proven wrong tho.
Dunno man samsung’s mid range phones are exceptionally good.
Is that before or after you remove all the extra crap that Samsung shovel on it?
2015 called, they want their talking points back.
Seriously though, Samsung has a sleeker Android than even Google in 2023. You have to get an AOSP or similar os on a device to beat it. It’s been a long road, but the One UI is just better.
How many duplicated apps are installed on modern Samsung’s?
How many browsers? How many app stores? How many games?
To be completely honest I have went and installed couple of Samsung replacement apps even though they were not on my device by default. Samsung’s email application is simply miles better than GMail, and more to the point doesn’t suffer from known issue like not downloading attachments. Same with notes and similar. Especially on Fold where screen is significantly bigger, default Google stuff simply can’t handle it. It looks stretched while Samsung offers better experience.
That said very few duplicates and those that you don’t need you can uninstall. It’s not that big of a deal.
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Samsung A series is almost unbeatable value no matter how you look at it.
Disagree, work gave me an A21s. At least once a day I’ll be staring at a blank screen for 30 seconds before it shows me the buttons to answer a call but by then the caller has hung up. Also randomly it will turn the screen brightness down so low that you can’t see to turn it up.
Heaven knows how awful the A0 and A1 series are!
Yeah sorry bud, work put tracking shit on your phone.
No there’s no tracking, stick out of box experience.
I’d say you get better value and a cleaner experience with the lenovomotos.
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My over two year old a52 is buttery smooth still I don’t see the need for a switch until 2 more years. There’s a bit of junk on it but doesn’t really affect anything since I never use it, it’s all just sitting quietly in a folder.
It has honestly made me question the purpose of expensive and fragile flagship phones that I’ve been using the last decade.
The A series is an absurd value.