In South Korea, 69 percent of adult smartphone users use a Samsung device, while only 23 percent use iPhones, a Gallup survey of 1,001 adults found. But the survey reveals a starkly different trend in one demographic: younger millennials and Gen Z. Among the younger generation, aged 18 to 29, iPhone’s share rises to 65 percent, double the Samsung's 32 percent, the survey found. This represents a 13 percent...
    • i-liek-french-toast@exploding-heads.com
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      1 year ago

      I hate them both too but since blackberry is slow af and dead, Windows phone is dead, and Linux phones aren’t ready for prime time yet… I’m kinda stuck with Android for now unless I want to go back to dumb phones.

      I’m also one of those removable battery fanatics which makes it even more of a pain in the ass. Fairphone 4 finally released in the US awhile ago (only compatible with T-Mobile) but I don’t have an extra $700 to throw at a new phone right now (US version runs e/OS which is degoogled, open-source android)

      • ohwfrsrrnd@exploding-heads.com
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        1 year ago

        I daily drive my PinePhone running Mobian, but I don’t do much with my phone except make calls, text people, and do an occasional web search. It has it’s issues and idiosynchrasies (and learning curve if you don’t know Linux), but I’m willing to deal with them for the ability to eliminate Google and Apple. I have a PP Pro too, but had to switch to the OG because I was having too many issues with the Pro.

        • i-liek-french-toast@exploding-heads.com
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          1 year ago

          I have a PP Community edition that I have never used. Had grand plans when I bought the thing but I got busy and forgot about it live a dipshit. But yeah, I’m waiting for it to get to the point that I can daily drive it for phone, sms/mms, signal, mobile web, flashlight, audio, and maps.

          Especially the phone, sms, and maps are critical for me to be daily driving it. Love the idea, but from everything I’ve read the stability has a little way to go yet.

          I’ve heard the PP Pro has fixed most of my annoyances with PP hw but that the sw is still very much on the buggy side, especially compared to the PP. From your comment, sounds like that isn’t too far off the mark.

          Really like the idea of Linux smartphone and hope they get daily drivable even for non-techies sometime in the near future.

        • Masterofballs@exploding-heads.com
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          1 year ago

          I tried real hard to make pinephone work. After buying a pp1, pp pro, trying over and over with all settings nobody could fucking understand me speak. And it never rang. Now I could live with that but everyone who depends on me was enraged. I couldn’t type other languages. I gave up, bought a pixil 6a and put grapheneOS on it. Google maps only intermittently works on GrapheneOS. My banking apps sometimes stop working But the web browser and most other things are ok. Battery life kinda sucks. I want a headphone jack and a removable battery but this is about as good as it gets not having google see everything you do.

    • Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com
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      1 year ago

      With the stock rom, yes. If you go the custom rom path you are a flash away from getting “private” android.

      If you have the money you can even get a Google Pixel phone and flash it with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS which are considered the most private and secure phone OSs on the market