Samsung basically has a duplicate app installed for each stock Google app. And I think short of disabling it via adb, there is no option. But Samsung has really turned around and has a relatively good update policy in place. If not the Pixel, then Samsung is okay for me. I had love to have the Fairphone but it seems like they sell in limited markets only worldwide.
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TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 11 months agoGot a Zenphone 9 because I don’t really care about wireless charging. The hardware is great, but the software has it’s problems sometimes, like some missing QoL features. On the upside: Not nearly as much bloatware as other phones, especially Samsung ones.
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Emerald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I never buy phones without bootloader unlocking capability for that reason
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
To me I’d still say the ZenFone wasn’t a small phone. Not only is it bigger than my current phone (pixel 3) its also bigger than some phones in the 2010s that were lauded for their large screens. We were literally have no mainstream small phones, what we call small now are just smaller than the ginormous ones that have been normalised.