Any time I would listen to a tech podcast, they'd discuss Apple/its products for a majority of the time, despite OSX having less than 20% market share (and iOS having like half of Android's as well). But obviously since their products are the priciest as well as the most """prestigious""" they deserve an inordinate amount of attention and hype.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I kinda wanna buy a Huawei phone just to own the libs

    • Randomdog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They're also just really good. Their hardware is consistently a good couple of years ahead of everyone else.

      Software wise... Ehhh it's a bad version of Android, but it's still Android so you can remove a lot of the jank yourself.

        • Randomdog [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Depends on budget. Xiaomi (and sub-brands like 'redmi' and 'poco') are much better at the low end to the midrange. Huawei's cheaper offerings aren't nearly as good, but their flagships are MASTERWORKS of phones.

          That said, if you want a Chinese phone you shouldn't discount BBK either - You're more likely to know them by the sub-brands 'Oppo' or 'OnePlus'. As an all rounder I'd say the Oppo Find X 2 Pro (bad name) is the best phone out of China this year. IMO it beats out the Huawei P40 Pro just because the curved display on that one is way TOO curved. It looks amazing but it's just too annoying when you're actually holding the thing.

          If you're on a budget though it's got to be the Redmi 9 - it's, and I'm not shitting you here, it's £160 and for basic use it is more than good enough.

    • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly my p20 lite was the best phone I ever had, even after 2 years it showed no signs of slowing down, battery lifetime was still the same, apart from a few scratches (which were my fault). I actually broke it by accidentally dropping it out of a window on the fourth floor (lol) and evne though the screen was completely shattered it was still working and I could extract all my data from it. Only problem they have now is that they can't use the Google play store anymore which makes installing apps a bit of a pain but otherwise they're top notch

    • lvysaur [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm interested in buying a huawei laptop to own the whites, any suggestions?

      • skeletorsass [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        They're extremely nice, especially the AMD ones. Beautiful construction. Taobao has a lot of models.