What’s Happening To Android?

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  @bevvy.bee9 · 3 years ago

  My biggest reason for sticking to Android is that as a developer, developing on Android is a lot easier and I am able to install any useful apks not on the app store

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  @thomasfriedl3137 · 3 years ago

  How did you not mention the demise of Huawei? Millions of people switched from Huawei to Apple

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• BR

  @brickman409 · 2 years ago

  My biggest gripe that I have been having with Android phones lately is that they have been basically copying Apple in all of the wrong ways. I&apos;ve noticed this as early as the Galaxy S6. In that phone they took out the removable battery and the SD card slot. I remember being very upset about that, and that was all the way back in 2015. The next model, the S7, brought back the SD card slot, but it still didn&apos;t have the removable battery. Eventually they removed the SD card slot again in the S21 and haven&apos;t brought it back since. That to me is one of the biggest features of Android, and I don&apos;t think any of the major flagships this year have it. My current phone is an S20, which is the last Samsung Galaxy to have an SD card slot. It&apos;s been 3 years since I got it and I&apos;m hesitant to upgrade to anything because of this. <br><br>And then of course there&apos;s stuff like removing the headphone jack, not including a charger in the box, etc. that Apple started and for some reason Android developers followed. Seems to me like it would be such an easy thing to just not do that stuff and they could easily regain market share.

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• HU

  @hugoleyton785 · 3 years ago

  This is missing an importante point: reliability. Support in the lifetime of the device is also relevant today more than ever. Overall good video!

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• LL

  @llydrsn · 3 years ago (edited)

  Agree on the points why Android is losing out. The pricing is one part, of course. Performance really is not that distinguishable anymore, aside from the most serious users. My biggest complaint is with customization: they played Apple&apos;s game by following them in taking out expandable storage, removable batteries, charging bricks, etc. Instead of being the one putting pressure on Apple, they followed Apple and tried to be like them. Samsung even had the gall to throw shade at Apple about not removing the charger on their boxes, but they quickly followed suit. The things that made Android the anti-Apple has been slowly stripped off. If they have basically the same stuff as Apple, then people would then considering going the other way instead of Android having them on their hands.

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• RA

  @RAGAJALANG · 2 years ago

  As an Android user, it bothers me a lot to see how companies choose to go with &apos;the Apple way&apos; instead of keep doing what had been working for them years prior. I get how they want to achieve the perceived higher status with the pricing of their flagship models or anything, but removing accessories (including charging brick) from the boxes is not the correct way. Also, as much as I enjoy the flexible and customisable nature of Android phones, I want them to put more effort into app supports. I don&apos;t even use Instagram that much, but I&apos;d be lying if I say I don&apos;t envy how Instagram and many more apps look and feel better in iPhones.

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• OL

  @OldAR-or5kl · 3 years ago

  I feel like there’s another important point that wasn’t touched on: segmentation. Android users can hear about about really cool features coming to Android, just to have to wait a year or more to even get the beta versions of them because each vendor has their own way of doing things

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  @MegasXLR · 3 years ago

  The moment Android phones bring back what customers actually liked them for in the first place is when they&apos;ll get more popular. I don&apos;t know a person who would say they don&apos;t want a SD Card slot if they have one, same for removable batteries. Right now Android phones are the same as iPhones in that regard. Only difference is the OS.

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  @olafb6445 · 2 years ago

  I think one point that you&apos;ve missed out on is that when people were getting just the cheapest phone - like many of the Samsung phones you could have gotten for very silly money - they associate their extremely poor experience with those super cheap phones with the brand. So once a person finds themselves at a place where they want to invest into a good experience they will not be going back to the brand they served them the budget experience.

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• WE

  @West_Anderson · 3 years ago

  Really the situation here is that Flagship Android phones do not make sense at their crazy prices. You can absolutely still find great Android phones at good prices like $400 from Motorola.

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• AJ

  @ajbXYZcool · 3 years ago

  I chose Android mainly due to the customizability years ago, and due to the fact that I didn&apos;t have any other Apple products. Still don&apos;t - that, and familiarity, is what&apos;s going to keep me on Android.

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• TR

  @tropicfanta6213 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I once was a diehard Android user, but the straw finally broke when the Camera of my one of my phones had a software based focusing issue. I waited months for a fix to finally be released by Samsung, but nothing came. It was just one of many things that piled up over the years, things like small and major bugs to Android loosing its ability to access the deeper folder structure without the need of a 3rd party app and root access. <br><br>Also, it&apos;s really convenient to just plop in an Apple Store and having your phone repaired in hours or days instead of having to send your phone halfway around the globe, waiting for weeks just to be told your phone is beyond repairable when a previously separate charging port board borked your whole phone.

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