Yet the subject is Samsung and I wasn’t originally just talking about the S22 when you began the debate, I did state:
The more Samsung continues to duplicate existing features of the OS, the more bloat it ads, the more it affects end user experience, and not always in a positive light.
Tell me what happens to any Android device with uptime close to 1yr (no reboots, except for OS updates from Google/manufacturer).
I literary can use this phone reliably as a travel backup - which I actually intend to use this year. .
So it becomes obvious that the problems you have with Samsung's OS are related generally to the classical prejudice iphone users have with Android and it shows an obvious lack of knowledge and hands on experience with Samsung devices and I'm not talking about playing with a Galaxy 10 minutes in a store I'm talking about owning and using one on a day to day basis.
The things you cling to are really pretty.
Samsung doesn't continue to duplicate more and more OS features, it actually improved greatly in this regard, you are just clinging to an outdated information to make a point that's irrelevant now.
And literally the subject is S22 series not Samsung in general, you were talking about phones Samsung shippes not phones it use to ship 4 years ago.
RAM management on Samsung phones is also quite good, so good actually that Samsung decided to reduce the RAM their new Ultra starts at. Again you cling to asumtions and not actuall experience with Samsung's smartphones.
Tell me what Samsung phone you can have stored for 3yrs and pickup without re-installing the OS, keeping your former setup and just start using? I can do that with a 12yr old iPhone 4S though. No I cannot run the latest versions of their apps but:
I can reliably:
Make calls,
sms/iMessage/MMS,
file management using FEExplorer or Files,
access shared drives (with the above) or online files - box, Dropbox, Mega.Nz, take your pick,
browser the internet without issues on EDGE/GPRS (until those networks become insolvent/obsolete and no longer something I can connect to),
I can hold a conversation on phone call for over an hour continuous,
i can use the headset or speakers or microphone for video calls (FaceTime, WhatsApp, etc, maybe not Zoom havent’ tried downloading).
Emails, rich html emails still work.
Maps (Apple or Google) still works and works well.
Oh wait … the APP STORE is still working! 12 yr old phone!
Your lack of knowledge about Android really obvious here.
You can pick up any Samsung smartphone or any Android phone after being stored for 3 years(or even 3 times more) and use it without any problems or limitations a all. No need to reset anything because nobody really "reinstalls android" on their phones.
System apps and Google Play services on Android get official support for more than 10 years, so from a functionality stand point you don't loose anything, this is common knowledge.
Actually on the Galaxy S2 which was launched the same year as the 4s you can get a taste of Android 12. You must admit thta that's impressive.
The Samsung Galaxy S II simply refuses to die. Released back in 2011, the smartphone has now received a port of Android 12. Read on!
www.xda-developers.com
Again the OS is not specific to the G22 series. That was my statement from the get go.
You don't make sense. The subject is the S22 series and preset phones Samsung ships. You said it yourself.
I doubt the same can be said for even a 5yr Android phone, again without re-installing the OS and pre-wipe from scratch
This doubt comes from an obvious lack of knowledge so it's not really relevant.
Why would Samsung need to duplicate an app in the first place?
Waste of R&D, waste of internal coders time and resources that can go to much better things.
I already answered, at least pay attention.
And right now Samsung doesn't really duplicate apps, more accurately it gives the option to choose between their app or Google's app but a lot of users like Samsung's apps more, it also allows Samsung to not be at Google's hands for every single system app. The problem was always the fact that users couldn't uninstall the apps they didn't want so they were stuck with 2 calendar apps, 2 calculator apps, 2 clock apps. This problem doesn't exist anymore.
IF the OS was sound, tell me why only this past week has Samsung guaranteed 4yrs of OS updates?!! As a Samsung customer of last years models I’d be super pissed about this
So the OS is not soud because Samsung only recently promissed 4 years of Android versions? What kind of logic is that? It doesn't make any sense.
Why would a Samsung customer of last year's models be pissed? They will also get 5 years of total support, Samsung anounced this for the S21 and S22 series.
