I Phones V Android...

[Steve]

I loves my Pixel 6 with Stock Android... 

   In English....?

Google Pixel phones have pure Android - most other makes have their own shell or user interface on top of Android, often with a load of bloatware that you don't need or want...

Buying a Google phone gets you the updates fastest too - I'm running Android 13...

Well that's my new fact of the day.  Still not changing from iOS though

[Grumpmeister]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

[Barman]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

What do you have now...? 

[Grumpmeister]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

What do you have now...? 

Honor 9 on whatever version of Android they've adapted for it. It's an older phone but does everything I need it to so I haven't had much of an urge to change it for now at least.

[Steve]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

[Grumpmeister]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

Like I said, wait and see. But something tells me that the modular design of some of the compatible phones combined with the ability to easily update or even swap to another distro depending on your requirements may appeal to a portion of the market.

[Barman]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

Like I said, wait and see. But something tells me that the modular design of some of the compatible phones combined with the ability to easily update or even swap to another distro depending on your requirements may appeal to a young nerd like me.

 

[Grumpmeister]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

Like I said, wait and see. But something tells me that the modular design of some of the compatible phones combined with the ability to easily update or even swap to another distro depending on your requirements may appeal to a young nerd like me.

 

As opposed to an ancient nerd with a massive collection of cupboardware... 

[Barman]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

Like I said, wait and see. But something tells me that the modular design of some of the compatible phones combined with the ability to easily update or even swap to another distro depending on your requirements may appeal to a young nerd like me.

 

As opposed to an ancient nerd with a massive collection of cupboardware... 

 

[Steve]

I'm taking a wait and see approach at the moment but I may end up moving to a linux phone eventually.

https://www.debugpoint.com/best-linux-phones/

Like buying a Betamax after VHS had dominated.

Like I said, wait and see. But something tells me that the modular design of some of the compatible phones combined with the ability to easily update or even swap to another distro depending on your requirements may appeal to a portion of the market.

I think the issue is it takes a mass market to fund the R&D to get all the goodies into what really are remarkably small packages.  And with all those existing Apps in the Apple and Google stores they're going to be like that massive VHS film stocks drove the much superior Betamax (and V2000) into oblivion.  Microsoft failed to make phones work for them.

FWIW I can't see Apple beating out Android forever either unless they stop locking their iOS to their hardware.  The Google business model is better.

[Grumpmeister]

Well it's good news for Nick, depending on the iphone model he has it should be far cheaper to fix the phone when it gets gubbed by him mysteriously breaks for no reason whatsoever... 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13300343/iphone-repair-used-parts-apple.html

[Steve]

Well it's good news for Nick, depending on the iphone model he has it should be far cheaper to fix the phone when it gets gubbed by him mysteriously breaks for no reason whatsoever... 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13300343/iphone-repair-used-parts-apple.html

I bet you still won't be able to change the battery though, damn things are glued together now.  Mine's already down to 82% of original capacity

[Grumpmeister]

Unfortunately most phones are like that nowadays.

[Steve]

Unfortunately most phones are like that nowadays.

And a lot of laptops

[apc2010]

Unfortunately most phones are like that nowadays.

And a lot of laptops

Nearly all 5 of our laptop batteries are done … but we only really use them plugged in for work ..but still a pain …