Back in the day I was given a Motorola phone. Best thing was it had on board voice message service. Didnt need to dial out to get messages. It probably still works but the cell network was phased out.
Had several flip phones both mobile and land line based all died either battery or flip hinge caused the wires to break etc. Didnt help being squashed between chest and a piece of machinery I was working on either.
Got a Samsung 4 mini after much deliberation.
It was good but lots of crap. Just ignored that.
Later got a iPad it's been great for surfing the web but that's all I use it for. Would recommend it just for that.
Battery life is good and software updates aren't that often now.
The Samsung phones are released they are not complete. The marketing people want to make sales but the manufacturing dept hasn't finished, so they smash something together to get it out the door. The reviewers only day good things so they get asked back again next release. Over the next few months the software is upgraded/completed. They have been getting better with their later releases, having found that lots of crapware really doesnt help fix bugs etc. And most people dont use aot of it.
Mates of mine swear by their Apples. Always looks like nice tech, I just never seem to be their market.
As usual the marketing dept hypes up devices which the manufacturing dept always playing catchup.
Sounds like motorbike reviews on web. Lots of gloss not a lot of long term in depth reviews.
Really how does your machine perform at night in the dark?
Other hardware/software is just the same.
The Samsung stuff has improved IMHO but I only use the basic stuff. The first 6 months had been frustrating now after a few updates it's running much smoother and how it was promised.
The apple basically runs as promised from the day I got it.
Apart from me learning how to use it.
This goes for any manfacturer:
Far too many security updates.
And
A!@#holes who like to create havoc with viruses and ransomware.
And
Subscription based payments.
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