Let's break down your points, shall we? Keep in mind I own an iPhone 6s.
Derivative design? Samsung's phone designs are intuitive and nothing like other phones, especially with the S8. The iPhone has had the same design for 3 years.
Bad hardware layout? I disagree. The S8's design looks very futuristic in my opinion, several years ahead of the iPhone 7.
Bad pricing? For the hardware you're getting, I disagree. The display alone makes it a better deal. 1440p OLED display costs at least 2x as much to manufacture as the pathetic 750p LCD on the iPhone 7.
Bad OS? I agree there. This is why I'm sticking to iPhone.
Bad privacy? Maybe. It's Google.
Bad security? Samsung KNOX is certified to be used with the U.S. government. iOS is not.
Bad Security...because U.S. government agencies are known for their 'high' security standards (
that is sarcasm)....we may have solid deceptive social engineering, malware, and hacking abilities (I can't say in that regard, but I believe it likely), but based on the data-breach/loss instances of the last few years by government agencies following standard security protocols, I am not satisfied that government standards are anything to which I would willingly trust my secure information (if given the choice -- which most of us are not). Several years of IRS individual data is routinely 'lost' in transit, as is medical data. Or placed unsecured on publicly accessible Amazon servers for the curious to find and download.
Derivative design - well Samsung started off cloning the iPhone and have tried to strike out on their own. They have gotten somewhere with that. Though, I would not call a fingerprint sensor placed immediately next to a camera lens 'intuitive.' About your iPhone comment "the same design for 3 years" - 'new' is neither a facet or guarantee of quality.
Pricing - and your claim that the the tech in the Samsung phone is superior to the iPhone. The press 'tech' people (and I use the term lightly, since it seems that the majority now publish puff promo pieces for their advertisers' Android products...on some of the other sites) have all dismissed the fact that Samsung's OLED screens are still using their 'pentile' sub-pixel tech to CLAIM 1440p -- a pentile OLED 1440p is not the same as a LCD claiming the same numbers. Then there are the Samsung or Qualcomm processors (depending on the market), which year after year underperform the prior year's iPhone A series processors.
Bad OS - we are in agreement. The Android platform due to its nature requires a large amount of RAM in order to run somewhat smoothly. Samsung compounds the background-process memory and system processor usage problem in their unsuccessful attempts to customize an ugly and garish Samsung veneer to Android.
Back to security. Let's see: each year's NEW Samsung flagship model launches with LAST year's most recent Android release (at the very best it is
only one year old...sometimes I think they have been even older releases on new phones). They then
promise to update the phones on a timely basis in several months (to the Android version released at least 6 months earlier by Google). Then there is the overall poor security updates furnished by Samsung where they are required to do so. And how long will they do this for each phone model? One year? Two? From what I have read, the best an Android user can hope for is 18 months (though in forums most claim the major manufacturers don't live up to these goals without major and prolonged outcries from unhappy purchasers).
Privacy: Google is a problem - they are collecting
everything about you and your activities, movements, data access, sites visited; data-mining and profiling, and best of all storing all of this information on servers. Numerous researchers have proven that 'anonymized' data can easily (for someone who is interested in the answer) be de-anonymized and tied directly to name, social security number, date of birth, place of birth, current residence...and everything else, including your health data. It was medical researchers who published on this very subject a few years ago due to concerns about the security risks of so-called anonymized data. There really is no such thing. Samsung -- have been shown to
ignore user requests to not collect data on users...for instance with their 'smart' televisions.
Privacy: Apple does not collect all of the above information about you -- and they do not store it on their servers (unlike Google and Samsung). Your data is kept on your phone and is only accessible there (with the exception of items which
you place in the cloud).
