Flashback: a look back at the "pure Android" Google Play Edition phones and why they failed
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- 10 Oct 2021
PaliKE, 10 Oct 2021The result confirms the reason of the people's behavio... moreAre you connected to a modem or a network provider? Don't worry, your data has been in the hands of here for a long time.
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- hari120
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- 10 Oct 2021
PaliKE, 10 Oct 2021The result confirms the reason of the people's behavio... moreBetter than giving to any american company like google, facebook. God they are privacy nightmaresl
- Razr 5G Fan
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- 10 Oct 2021
I saw less than 5 people carry an HTC One M7 not including Nick Fury in The Winter Soldier. I saw maybe one person use the M8. HTC was never ever that popular even in their heyday. They catered to a niche, phone geek audience like Nexus did or what Pixel or mini iPhones do now.
Let's face it, Americans' only two choices are Apple or Samsung. The rest you need to worry how much they can support you after your warranty is over.
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- 10 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 10 Oct 2021Android One is the only way for me to get Pixel-like experi... moreCustom rom and GSI is always doable.
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- 10 Oct 2021
The result confirms the reason of the people's behavior: Let Google make the software, others to make the hardware.
The software features are late because Google tests them in more ways than others do. Moreover I'm not that person who would calmly give my usage data to a Korean or Chinese company
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- 10 Oct 2021
Higher cost and having to buy the phone outright at a time when most phones were heavily subsidized is ultimately why it failed. The software was not the issue one bit. Most people would take less features over heavy bloat, slow performance, and extremely delayed updates. Take phones like Xiaomi's Mi A1 and Mi A2. These phones were extremely popular because they offered good value for the money and ran stock Android. Apple is extremely slow to add new features, but iPhones continue to sell. Features are not the problem.
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- 10 Oct 2021
I can't imagine getting the S4 Google Play edition back then and losing half of all the functions and features that I was normally using. They were the reason I bought S4 in the first place!
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- 10 Oct 2021
While I love my bloatless phone, lackluster feature is what irks me from being in stock Android, even until now. For example, I can't monitor what device that uses my hotspot, Bluetooth file transfer is limited to certain file types, no further button customization, limited floating window capability (I'm in Pixel Experience right now and compared to MIUI, it's definitely underwhelming since the UI scale is unchanged). Some of these are still unavailable even with those various of custom ROMs.
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- 10 Oct 2021
solided, 10 Oct 2021I wished Xiaomi or Motorola would release an Android One ph... moreHMD plans to have flagship phone again.
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- chooyaochuen
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- 10 Oct 2021
Razr 5G Fan, 10 Oct 2021I probably was one of the few who enjoyed BlinkFeed. It loo... moreYup, agree with you. Blinkfeed was awesome.
- SuuperBaka
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- 10 Oct 2021
"Most manufacturers dont put too much bloatware crap on their phones now."
Lmao they still do, but we have better processors and much more RAM and memory to handle it. Maybe it's a bit more optimized now, but the hardware is what helps the most.
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- 10 Oct 2021
The reason why stock android based phones failed is that they never offered to the same feature set that other Android skins offered.
The time when stock android was relevant has been long gone...
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- 10 Oct 2021
solided, 10 Oct 2021I wished Xiaomi or Motorola would release an Android One ph... moreXiaomi did but doesn't want to again, even while it failed because of Xiaomi they blame MIUI is the reason it failed or something like that.
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Oct 2021
GPE died because of Google
Just like most stuff Google made, that website with a lost that mentions what Google killed through the years (a lot) does exist for a reason.
Yet I hope something more competent than GPE would come out, but as long Google makes Android that will never happen.
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- 10 Oct 2021
I wished Xiaomi or Motorola would release an Android One phone with decent specs, not average like Nokia.
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- 10 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 10 Oct 2021Samsung doesn't bake ads in their os. They have ads in... moreMan have Xiaomi Mi 11 lite 5G and have no ads.
All can be disabled either when you first time start your phone or in settings.
No matter the country you buy your phone all ads can be disabled permanently.
Same goes for brownser and many else.
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- 10 Oct 2021
AnonD-1014095, 10 Oct 2021It's much better too have 16gb ram do no matter how ma... moreMan samsung UI and their extreme habit to put tons of bloatware along with 16GB of ram.
Without that bloatware even 4GB ram would be suficient for Samsung phones.
Lets users decide what they want and use and not forcing them.
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- 10 Oct 2021
IpsDisplay, 10 Oct 2021Stock android sucks I have to download to many other app... moreYou're kidding right? It's not bloated when you decide to install it yourself. It's bloated when anything you won't need or use is installed without your consent, or cannot be uninstalled.
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Oct 2021
IpsDisplay, 10 Oct 2021Stock android sucks I have to download to many other app... moreUhhh, so you download apps that bloat your phone? What are you even saying?
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Oct 2021
IpsDisplay, 10 Oct 2021Stock android sucks I have to download to many other app... moreIts true for android 11 and below