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Not a problem. I can't remember where it is in settings. It might also be for 11 only. But I know I read about call blocking feature. One of the reasons I am going back to android. I use my mobile as home phone as well.
My home Android phone is on 8.x. I just ordered a new one to replace it with Android 10. I will dig into the settings when it arrives and I set it up.

Thanks again, I always like seeing posts like this, even in those cases where there is not an immediate benefit to me - because someone benefits from good information sharing like this. 👍
 
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I don’t get this comment. If you never have owned an iPhone then why even comment? Especially since you no experience with one.

I have owned BlackBerry’s, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android and iPhones.

They all have had pluses and minuses but over all iPhone is the best IMHO.

Read enough posts on MR and you'll understand exactly why :)
 
Not surprising really. iPhones offer much better long term support - my iPhone 6S will be supported into 2022 and even 2023 with security updates, I can't name a single Android phone that matches that level of support. This then feeds into resale value and total cost of ownership.

There's nothing appealing to me regarding Android, they might get some features first like 120Hz displays but Apple always does it better. Also their performance advantage is easily a year ahead of Android. I've yet to come across iOS malware, yet this is a sizable problem on Android.

-Security
-Updates
-Performance
-User Experience
-Privacy
-Refinement

Android wins in maybe first to market with new features and competes at the bottom end where margins are razor thin. If you just want a phone and don't care about the best there's always the SE.
Sounds like you haven't use Android much, very stable OS can't keep up with the bugs on iOS. I get a monthly security update and Android 11 has added many new privacy controls. My iPhone get updates that constantly slow down my 11 pro max.
 
See, that's the beauty of Android, you can build your Os to your liking. You can create a rom completely devoid of anything to do with Google. Google Copperhead Os, for example. But personally, that kind of defeats the purpose, IMHO.

There is more to that I'm sure, and there are limites to 'what you like' you can do with Android - Security likeness, data reported in apps list of what said app would do with your content/actions on device.

I've read somewhere Google is looking to a more POSIX registered OS kernal and have been developing for 2yrs now.
 
And I can respect that, the argument has never changed, which I would have to argue is why they call iphone users, isheep. You don't care what you're giving up, just as long as it works as it should. And there is nothing wrong with that. I mean, it's not anecdotal why people chose Android, it's in the name(Android Open Source Project). There are cheap iphones as well and considering how long they are supported, you could still buy a second hand one for cheap if their os was REALLY that important. So, sorry, trying to use the price as a reason why people buy Android devices, is BS.
"So, sorry, trying to use the price as a reason why people buy Android devices, is BS".. In my experience you could not be more wrong. Nearly everyone I know who owns an Android is because iPhones cost too much. Nobody wants the lower cost iPhone SE compared to the 11 and 12.
 
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And I can respect that, the argument has never changed, which I would have to argue is why they call iphone users, isheep. You don't care what you're giving up, just as long as it works as it should. And there is nothing wrong with that. I mean, it's not anecdotal why people chose Android, it's in the name(Android Open Source Project). There are cheap iphones as well and considering how long they are supported, you could still buy a second hand one for cheap if their os was REALLY that important. So, sorry, trying to use the price as a reason why people buy Android devices, is BS.
What you've never heard people say that they won't pay $1000 for an iPhone? as far as I know there are
not any $100 iPhones, but are android phones.
 
"So, sorry, trying to use the price as a reason why people buy Android devices, is BS".. In my experience you could not be more wrong. Nearly everyone I know who owns an Android is because iPhones cost too much. Nobody wants the lower cost iPhone SE compared to the 11 and 12.
He calls us Isheep. heh I think he's got lots of time on his hands.
 
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There is more to that I'm sure, and there are limites to 'what you like' you can do with Android - Security likeness, data reported in apps list of what said app would do with your content/actions on device.

I've read somewhere Google is looking to a more POSIX registered OS kernal and have been developing for 2yrs now.
Time for apple owners to get off the security high horse...As I have said many times before, apple gives you a false sense of security. It's no more and most times, less secure than android.

And before people start claiming fake NEUZ etc. Surur is an apple lover. But knows when to call a spade a spade.

 
I can but people brings up “monopoly” more often than not and ignore “duopoly” so I just skip that.
They bring up monopoly when it's a monopoly like Android around the world. This is not a monopoly in the U.S. nor the rest of the world since it is split or less than 50% for Apple everywhere else.
 
"So, sorry, trying to use the price as a reason why people buy Android devices, is BS".. In my experience you could not be more wrong. Nearly everyone I know who owns an Android is because iPhones cost too much. Nobody wants the lower cost iPhone SE compared to the 11 and 12.

You read posts on the internet you are certain to have read almost everything. Yet even then you'll see cases where it is taken to the next level
 
They bring up monopoly when it's a monopoly like Android around the world. This is not a monopoly in the U.S. nor the rest of the world since it is split or less than 50% for Apple everywhere else.
Android is NOT a monopoly anywhere. There ARE other choices. If YOU cannot afford that option is not a factor in whether a company has a monopoly. Apple on the other hand does have a monopoly on the iPhone. You cannot get programming, entertainment etc from any other source than the app store on iOS. You can on every other device however. See the difference? I suspect you don't since you have blinders on.
 
Battery life hot garbage. It went from lasting 'over 8 hours' (apple's ambiguous claim) to less than 30 minutes per full charge in less than 1 year. This made it especially infuriating because 1) at the time, I was listening to music on the go A LOT and 2) coming from a Sony Minidisc player, I was spoiled with a minimum of 20 hours per charge on and up to 66 hours if using an additional AA battery attached battery.

Plus the lack of an EQ made is lousy.

UI though, was amazing at the time. Doesn't matter anymore though.
Ahhhh the Sony Minidisc or Hi-MD discs. Great in their day, but man I had wished I upgraded to the NetMD of the mini-disc to get lots of DJ mixes and songs not available outside of white labels ti get into digital format.
 
That’s just because no Android brands other than Samsung were seriously allowed to enter into the US smartphone market. HTC tried, only to be shot down by the legal system. ZTE tried, only to be shot down by NSA. I don’t see any other big Android brands dare to try, any time soon. "How about One-Plus", you say, well, come on, that’s a tier 3 player. meaningless.
 
That’s just because no Android brands other than Samsung were seriously allowed to enter into the US smartphone market. HTC tried, only to be shot down by the legal system. ZTE tried, only to be shot down by NSA. I don’t see any other big Android brands dare to try, any time soon. "How about One-Plus", you say, well, come on, that’s a tier 3 player. meaningless.
HTC were shut down by selling inferior devices to samsung....nothing more. ZTE, Huawei and others were shut down by the orange nimrod. For no good reason. But hey, samsung have been laughing to the bank ever since. There are many android phone sellers. Most don't get into the N/A market because most here have more disposable income than many other parts of the world, so samsung makes the BEST android phones, and therefore sells more here.
 
don't forget iPhones are fully integrated into the ecosystem, that's a major benefit!

You're right but IMO it's more than just a benefit, it's the result of the Apple ease of use eco customer business plan that has been in place for years. They forego the sure money market spaces to offer not just hardware, software, services but an unmatched interop ecosystem. That's not just Apple fan Internet chatter, that's a fact.

What Apple has done is a singular hi tech corporate accomplishment. Spupply/Invetory Control->Main Chips->Various Hardware->Software->HW/SW Interop->Apps and Services under one engineering roof? It's one of the most if not the most incredible technical and financial accomplishment of modern business. Of course Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Intel etc etc would all give their left arm to be able to profitably deliver the A-Z end consumer goods under their own roof. The only problem with it? It is virtually impossible. The scale and scope and cost of doing this is mind numbingly colossal. Even these fabulously wealthy companies can't do this. That Apple actually did? It's page 1 of the tech corp. history book.

Like Apple or not (excepting the trolls), that Apple does what it does is beyond measure, peerless. This is why profligate and incredible companies in their own right, Microsoft and Google and Samsung to name a few, have top lines ar 120B, 160B, 190B while Apple has a top line at an upcoming 350 Billion.
 
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Time for apple owners to get off the security high horse...As I have said many times before, apple gives you a false sense of security. It's no more and most times, less secure than android.

And before people start claiming fake NEUZ etc. Surur is an apple lover. But knows when to call a spade a spade.


I stopped reading at “spade a spade”.
 
Not surprising really. iPhones offer much better long term support - my iPhone 6S will be supported into 2022 and even 2023 with security updates, I can't name a single Android phone that matches that level of support. This then feeds into resale value and total cost of ownership.

There's nothing appealing to me regarding Android, they might get some features first like 120Hz displays but Apple always does it better. Also their performance advantage is easily a year ahead of Android. I've yet to come across iOS malware, yet this is a sizable problem on Android.

-Security
-Updates
-Performance
-User Experience
-Privacy
-Refinement

Android wins in maybe first to market with new features and competes at the bottom end where margins are razor thin. If you just want a phone and don't care about the best there's always the SE.
I use Android never encountered the malware you speak of. I sideload apps from F-Droid, XDA, etc. Better than being stuck in a walled garden that forces you to go through the AppStore with arbitrary rules. I can repurpose my old device into automated testing device when developing websites/apps through `adb` interface.
 
Android is NOT a monopoly anywhere. There ARE other choices. If YOU cannot afford that option is not a factor in whether a company has a monopoly. Apple on the other hand does have a monopoly on the iPhone. You cannot get programming, entertainment etc from any other source than the app store on iOS. You can on every other device however. See the difference? I suspect you don't since you have blinders on.
Android is NOT a monopoly anywhere. There ARE other choices. If YOU cannot afford that option is not a factor in whether a company has a monopoly. Apple on the other hand does have a monopoly on the iPhone. You cannot get programming, entertainment etc from any other source than the app store on iOS. You can on every other device however. See the difference? I suspect you don't since you have blinders on.
When you start to claim that a company has a monopoly on their own platform, you strip the word of any meaning. Every company is a monopoly because every company has their own platform/product that they control completely.
 
Huawei is not a significant player when it comes to market share they are nowhere close to be taken seriously at all. The tech giants over at Apple and Samsung kind of won the smartphone race a long time ago and samsung's market share is increasing taking over more ios users.

Huawei and these other chinese tech companies are growing in the lower tier smartphones, sub $300 in developing countries like China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc etc. But nobody is spending over $800 for a Huawei or a Xiaomi because it doesn't make any sense.. people flock to Apple or Samsung when it comes to expensive phones.

In terms of revenue and size, Samsung can (it won't because of the CCP wont' let it) can buy out Huawei 20 times over. Huawei is trying to compete with the big dogs but it just cannot compete and yes they use stolen intellectual properties and copies relentlessly from Apple and Samsung. Chinese = Copy & Cheap.
This may be true pre-2010. Huawei today is at the cutting-edge in terms of R&D investment and patent holding from cellular base stations all the way to end-user devices, and to in-house ARM chip design. It's the only player in the world that has that capability. Huawei is insanely popular in Europe too.

They are banned for a reason.

Making custom-designed cheap products for low-end US companies like Walmart is only a way for China to buy time. That was never the end goal. It's like a long con, if you know what I mean. Products made-in-China for the domestic market or custom-ordered by premium and luxury Western brands are incredibly good. You get what you pay for.

The most expensive Huawei phone model is much more expensive than the most expensive iPhone. (not b/c exclusive or limited edition or storage, just the base model)
 
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