Some manufacturers do that and it sucks. But 1) that’s a midrange phone that costs about half of what an iphone would cost 2) it’s very gimmicky. The accesories idea is cool but it was never going to work and it made the phone overpriced for the chipset 3) this is something the manufacturer did, it’s “android’s” fault.
Next time buy from a brand that has a better reputation and stay away from gimmicks.
Well, sort of. The iPhone is a good option for people that have no idea what they’re doing precisely because you’re heavily restricted. Android gives you a lot more freedom. Which is why some people (or manufacturers) mess up their phones and then the users end up blaming the OS, even if it had nothing to do with their issues.
S9 is a crappy phone?
The hw? No. Samsung’s android skin? Yes. One of the worst.
Regarding “my group”, it’s roughly 70% of the people that have a smartphone and I rarely hear people complain about their phone. The ones that do complain have a $150 5-year old phone usually.
I have stock android as well and it runs perfectly fine. Also, the OS does not need to be updated as much as it used to because it’s been separated into modules that you can update from the Play Store. Only major changes require an OS update. Regardless of that, you do not need to update often to keep android running smoothly.
I don’t know which phone you had because you’re being very vague but it’s likely that it wasn’t actually vanilla android and the actual issue was either the skin from your manufacturer, the hw or both.
My dude, that’s your carrier only. Buy an unlocked phone from a different store, it’s not that hard.
You either picked crappy phones or installed random stuff on them that caused issues. Neither I nor anyone else that I personally know has had those issues with android.
You’re right, they’re not happy, they’re dead. And delicious.
A christian asking for facts. Lol.
For example? I mean, it is expensive but there are literally no other phones with the same chipset, an sd card slot and a headphone jack. Vote with your wallet, etc.
Tbf, I also got it for about $600 so in my case it wasn’t that expensive.
Sony Xperia 5V?
Don’t know about that camera stuff but mobile banking doesn’t have any issues. I have the Sony phone I mentioned above, I rooted it and it has the grand total of 0 issues.
Yeah, that has a locked bootloader and even though they promised you’d be able to unlock it, they never provided a way to do so. There’s at least 1 case in which a user sued them over it and asus had to reimburse them.
Not to mention all of the issues with their pc hardware. They’re a shit company and everyone should avoid them.
They’re also from asus. Big no-no
They should also have a wired option. But I guess that they removed the headphone jack from their latest phone for a reason.
Asus respects you as a customer? That’s why they just lost a lawsuit because they wouldn’t provide a bootloader unlocking method?
Apple handles Android phones the same exact way.
No, it doesn’t. You need a 3rd party app (like Android File Transfer) to access general files and that’s because Apple decided to make it harder for their users to use an android with a Mac. Why? Because they want to sell you an iPhone.
If you connect an Android device to a linux or windows pc, it simply shows up as an external device. No apps needed.
Default file browser integration exists, but only for the mobile platform they’ve invested in. MS has it out of the box for Android, Mac OS has it out of the box for iPhone.
Again, what? Windows did not invest in Android (they even tried to create their own mobile OS) and this has absolutely nothing to do with that. The only reason why you can’t access your files from an iPhone or your Android files from a Mac is because Apple makes it deliberately inconvenient. There are no other reasons.
Android uses a standard communication protocol. There was no specific android “integration”. It’s like saying that a thumbdrive working on a given OS requires specific integration for each manufacturer.
You do realize that you’re telling me to use an “app” when it would be a lot easier if it just showed up as an external drive in the file explorer, right? Not to mention that media is just an example. What if I want to use it as a thumbdrive for random files? It’s very stupid limitation and there’s no way to justify it.
this is apparently a user group of “apple enthusiasts.”
enthusiast =/= blind
When I was doing that I often had to get screenshots/videos that I needed to report the issues and sharing files in iOS sucks if you’re not using their ecosystem. We’re in 2024 and you can’t just plug your iphone to a usb port and just view the damn files on the thing.
They’ve been doing scummy stuff since forever. Like when the iPod touch 2nd gen had Bluetooth but you could only use it for the retarded Nike+ features some shoes had back then. It was inaccesible if you wanted to share files for example. Back then it was also a new “feature” when they finally decided to let people use a custom wallpaper.
Seriously, Apple is a like the capitalist equivalent of a toxic relationship. Maybe this video better illustrates my point.
I also worked in software QA with iOS devices for 4 years. Does that make my opinion more “legitimate”?
iOS is like using an operating system with parental controls and it sucks ass.
My gf has an iPhone 14 which I bought for her. I’ve had to use it several times and I hate the damn thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Apple is a shitty company but ok, as long as you’re happy.