The branding is whatever. A lot of times you get a case. The thing I think most people overlook is bloat ware!! Just got my girlfriends dad an LG Intuition for a steal and in the applications thing it had almost 3 pages of crap that you can't remove. Of course the apps aren't actually installed but you can't remove the damn icons and it just adds so much clutter!
This.... This x5000000. ^^ Highlight this. This is what drove me from 3 years of Android (Rooting, even helping beta test roms). I was so tired of having to root to get rid of Adware on a $700 device that I PAID FOR. Good job Android, you helped me, my family, my friends move to Apple. <clap clap>
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@AFDoc and @pat park
I don't usually enjoy those soaps on TV but reading your posts while drinking coffee before starting my work day was kinda fun. Thanks. lol.