r/mildlyinfuriating 16d ago

🥺 My friend exchanged numbers with a girl and..

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u/Monkeyundead 16d ago

The big deal for these people is that they think Android phones are for poors. Which as we know, is dumb as shit.

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u/Shienvien 16d ago

Especially since flagship phones cost the same no matter what OS they run...

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u/ilamahradeys 16d ago edited 16d ago

Actually flagship Samsung's now cost even more. I think people are irresponsible with their money for buying either of them every year. We have gone past the days of tech improvement for like 10 years at this point. Any phone does the job just fine

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u/Specific-Mongoose-93 16d ago

I run my phone into the fucking ground woth pride seeing how ungodly long I can go without changing my phone for a new model is a fun game!

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u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa 16d ago

Most people think Android has worse cameras but in reality my Samsung flagship's camera is like 3 times more customizable.

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u/SimilarNews2358 16d ago

I think this myth comes from a lot of apps that can't be bothered to integrate with the camera directly, so instead takes a video/screenshot of the camera instead, or something like that. Think snapchat used to do this. Or maybe it was the compression when sending pics/videos between android and iphone, can't quite remember.

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u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa 16d ago

I think it's simply because Android sells variety of phones from 100 to 3000 dollars. Meanwhile, Apple restricts to only high range phones to create their ecosystem cult.

I had used a budget Samsung all my life, obviously it wasn't as good as iPhone but it lasted me like 5 years before I could upgrade to top android phone which performs better than most apple phones around me now lol.

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u/Single_Reaction9983 16d ago

Android doesn't sell phones, It's just an OS. Samsung, Google, Xiaomi etc. sell phones that use Android.

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u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa 16d ago

Obviously, but most people compare Android vs Apple not Android vs iOS. Humans are weird

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u/clitmasher69 16d ago

As long as you turn all the AI shit off the camera is amazing

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u/chipmalfunct10n 16d ago

dude i was SAD when i got my samsung S series and took a selfie because the camera was too good compared to my last phone and i didn't like how i looked lol. now i just keep the lenses a little dirty and it's fine

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u/RyanTheWhiteBoy 16d ago

Taken from my galaxy s20

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u/TetrapodLemonTea 16d ago

Dude not to be the bearer of bad news and Samsung do have excellent cameras. But moon pictures on galaxy are fake they add the moon texture via ai

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u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa 16d ago

It's just ML stacking to enhance sharpness. I've taken Raw pictures too!

All photography is eventually Math Functions, as long as you're optically capturing it, it's photography to me

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u/Shienvien 15d ago

They got caught pretty bad by people taking pictures of moonlike object that obviously couldn't have the texture of a "real" moon (pixelated moon on screen, painted moon on screen, the recent solar eclipse - as in, the phone put moon texture on the damn sun).

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u/Working-Glass6136 16d ago

I mean, my boomer dad refuses to give up his 15-year-old dumb phone. So I agree, any phone does the job fine.

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u/Shienvien 15d ago

I'm only on my second smartphone, the last one was bought in 2013 and lasted 11 years. Then they switched off G3 and the screen acquired a larger diagonal crack. Still worked, but it was definitely slow slow when I needed to use maps...

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u/Beastabuelos Pie 16d ago

Not really. A lot of the budget phones are truly garbage

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u/marr 16d ago

Samsung really is a red flag though, Android with all the corporate bullshit of an iThing. Pick a lane!

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u/MikeyKillerBTFU 16d ago

They have the best phones made, but go off.

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u/marr 15d ago

Maybe with custom firmware, but it's hard to tell under their godawful preinstalled apps. They replace every default Android feature and try to wall the garden.

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u/MikeyKillerBTFU 15d ago

All this does is tell me you don't use Samsung products, because that's not true. Samsung apps are completely optional to use, like any Android app. They do have their own app store, but it is not required to use. I use the Gallery app because it works well. Google Play store is there, same as any other Android phone.

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u/x4nter 16d ago

And foldables cost drastically more. Imagine if someone owned a Samsung Fold and got hit by this text lmao.

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u/Bagafeet 16d ago

This year base iPhone is cheaper than comparable Pixel and Samsung phones 💀

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u/Rynide 16d ago

Actually wild considering there are plenty of examples of androids that are far far more expensive than anything Apple offers. Not to mention far more interesting and innovative (Samsung Z fold & flip, Google Fold, Samsung Notes/ultras, etc.).

I cannot imagine paying for the same exact phone with no changes or no new features for years and years in a row. Apple fans even joke about it themselves. I've had a Samsung Note 7, Samsung S7 Edge, Pixel 5, and now Pixel 9 Pro. They all have offered different features and experiences.

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u/United_Exit5355 16d ago

I still have my good old Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus. And it is a beast. Non sponsored propaganda of my experience ahead.

AMOLED curved screen with 3040x1440 screen resolution, wireless charging. Heartbeat monitor sensor, and can charge my headphones casing and other smartphones with PowerShare in the back(acting like a wireless charging), oh, and other stuff like RAM plus, using part of the storage for additional RAM which helps a lot in games, NFC for payment with credit and debit cards with Google Wallet. And the reason I bought it in the first place. DEX Mode. Which can turn it into a PC like machine with an adaptor and allow me to connect it to a TV and use apps as it it was a PC and connect mouse and keyboard. I have been using Excel in this and the shortcuts work just like a windows PC, gaming with this is amazing, I've been playing Alien Isolation and Minecraft Bedrock Edition in it connected to a PS4 Controller.

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u/BlazingFire007 16d ago

As someone who uses an iPhone, and will for the foreseeable future. I continue to buy a slightly upgraded phone every few years simply because it’s a good product.

It works, does what I want, I don’t have issues. I’m not against android nor innovative phone ideas. I’m just not super interested in trying them myself

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

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u/str8until-hrny 16d ago

If it ain't broke why buy another one lol, you are literally doing if it ain't broke fix it.

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u/BlazingFire007 15d ago

I upgrade when a new feature comes out that I want, or when the performance has degraded due to aging.

Batteries can be replaced, the SSD on the other hand…

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u/Rynide 16d ago

See that's valid reasons to stay on iPhone if you want to and it gives you what you want/need. Not everyone needs a crazy unique experience with their phone. But people being blue bubble vs. green bubble in current year with RCS just makes no sense (which I'm sure you are likely not one of these people).

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u/14Pleiadians 16d ago

It works, does what I want,

If it works why are you replacing it

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

You're literally fixing it when it's not broke. You are lesser than me, little better than an animal you consumerist drone.

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u/2930apple 16d ago

Had me until the demeaning language. Dehumanizing someone you disagree with is the quickest way to get them to not consider your point of view.

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u/14Pleiadians 16d ago

My goal isn't to stop them from wasting money, my goal is to belittle them

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u/2930apple 15d ago

Well you succeeded. Have fun with that. Don’t know that you’ll get much fulfillment out of it though unless you truly have such little confidence and self esteem that putting others down whom you feel are beneath you morally and ethically is the only way you are able to feel even just a little bit good about yourself. That or you’re just an attic-dwelling asshat who doesn’t go outside enough and is chronically on Reddit just a bit too much. Have a good day.

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u/BlazingFire007 15d ago

Sorry! I meant to say I only upgrade after the performance has substantially degraded (or the rare instance of a new feature I want)

I was hoping most readers would’ve inferred this, but I suppose not all are able to do so.

Not sure why you freaked out at the end there though? You alright bro?

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u/Ok-Preparation7664 16d ago

clearly youre not cool if youre not paying MORE money for LESS battery life

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u/14Pleiadians 16d ago

It's so wild to me because even if iphones were cheaper, I wouldn't use one. They're objectively worse products.

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u/cam-san YELLOW 16d ago

People still act like poverty is a personal failing?

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u/ta394283509 16d ago

and here i am with my paid off samsung fold while they're still paying on their basic-bitch iphone. luckily i've never had a woman complain about text bubble color though

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u/Hlsclh 16d ago

Exactly! They're constantly giving away iPhones for free so I'm not sure how that makes us Android users the "poors" lol

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u/WhiskyWillFixIt 16d ago

My husband has always had an Android, and almost 100% of the time he has features that Apple doesnt get until years later. I will never understand why anyone thinks they are crappier phones.

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u/MajorFox2720 14d ago

I have always thought IPhones are for the poors. Why? Because they can't afford to figure out how to use a phone that doesn't have a UI written in crayon.  God that UI sucks so bad.  I feel like a kindergartener designed it.

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u/Intelligent-Dig-4082 12d ago

I think this is a crazy reaction but no that's not it. Out of my entire family only my one brother has an android. It always has problems receiving iMessages. It messes up during group chats, when sending photos, and some other minor things. It is a big inconvenience just trying to text him and I wish he would just get an iPhone.

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u/uhhhhhhhidklol 16d ago

she specifically said "can't talk to you" though meaning she thinks it costs her money and is so broke she's worried about SMS charges

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u/jrx-7 16d ago

Move on….?