Asus Zenphone 2 - There is a little Bloat

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You consider things like Clock, Contacts, System Update, etc, bloat?
 
Yes there is a lot of bloat. Didn't disable anything yet since the event and the battery life is better than my S6 as long as I don't try to match screen brightness. Once I do that I get the same battery life or worse. 442 nits max brightness still is hard in ultra bright sun.

I'm sure that once I stop being lazy I'll disable or remove the bloat. But for now this phone rocks real nice.

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jpr said:
You consider things like Clock, Contacts, System Update, etc, bloat?
Click to expand...

When they're redundant apps added by an OEM or carrier, yes. Every app on there is something that is already done by a "stock" device, so adding their own replacement app is harming the experience (in most cases). It's very rare for a replacement or additional app to add value, so yep, that list up there will be considered bloat.
 
Assassin Droid said:
When they're redundant apps added by an OEM or carrier, yes. Every app on there is something that is already done by a "stock" device, so adding their own replacement app is harming the experience (in most cases). It's very rare for a replacement or additional app to add value, so yep, that list up there will be considered bloat.
Click to expand...

I would only consider it "bloat" if there are two apps on the device that are the same. For instance, there is not a Google calculator then an Asus calculator on here. Same with contacts, gallery, etc. These are system apps. Sure, they are Asus made apps, but calling them redundant is not fair, especially since every OEM does this. "Bloat" is Clean Master, Trip Advisor, 50+ Games, etc.

Regardless, yes there is a bunch of bloat here. It was an uninstall and disable parade when I was first setting up mine.

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I disabled clean master and Dr. Security or whatever it is called.
 
Clock, calculator etc I do not count as bloat, the browser maybe.
50+ games, clean master,Dr safety,omlet chat, party link,share link, up, trip advisor, up now those are the real bloat applications. A lot of Asus applications you call bloat are settings applications which should probably just be moved to settings but they aren't bloat
 
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