I guess I love restocking fees

[Adam Frix]

Well Google phones started out as bare bones Android as you could get and they have matured a little. It's still a lot less frills than most other devices. I have the 3XL and the S10+ and it feels to me like they have both headed towards the middle with Pixel still closer to stock Android.
It's sometimes hard switching phones because I forget which one I'm using and the gestures throw me off. Unlike like when I use my iPhone and know where I am.

https://gizmodo.com/samsung-one-ui-vs-stock-android-whats-the-best-version-1833556973

What caught my eye was this:

We’ve been putting One UI through its paces on a Galaxy S10e to see just how well it works versus the stock-Android-with-a-few-little-twists that Google uses on its Pixel phones

Now it's down to how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Where's the line between "stock-Android-with-a-few-little-twists" and "manufacturer skin"?

There really is no such thing as stock Android. Every manufacturer, even Google, puts its own skin on things.

 

[recDNA]

The only thing that keeps me Android is the file storage system. I don't like that files I download from a browser remain in the browser as opposed to one accessible download folder. I download a lot of files then modify then save then upload to google drive or one drive. It is too cumbersome in iPhone. No true push in iPhone either right? Everything is pop?

 

[Mike Dee]

https://gizmodo.com/samsung-one-ui-vs-stock-android-whats-the-best-version-1833556973

What caught my eye was this:



Now it's down to how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Where's the line between "stock-Android-with-a-few-little-twists" and "manufacturer skin"?

There really is no such thing as stock Android. Every manufacturer, even Google, puts its own skin on things.

The line is wherever you want it to be.

You can't change facts though....Google still has the cleanest interface.

In the end it doesn't matter though really. People can choose whatever their happiest with and I believe that's what the OP did regardless of how you feel about Android versions.

 

[recDNA]

One thing I grant to iPhones is security. Even the FBI experts couldn't hack in. I suspect Android would give them less resistance.

 

[dtones39]

So I normally do not post but I thought I'd share my experience over the last few weeks. A little backstory, I own the pixel XL, pixel 2XL, S9 and note 8 so I'm not necessarily in one camp for the other. I've had a pixel 3XL since the release date and contemplated going to the S10 plus at release. I guess in my mind I wanted bigger and better and listened to the hype machine. So for a few weeks I struggled with the decision and then two weeks ago I bought one from Verizon store. Well I ended up returning it two days later and paying the restocking fee and going back to the pixel 3 XL. and then because I hadn't learned from that experience, last week I ordered a S10+ from Samsung with the trade-in deal. Got it on Monday and shocker it's in a box ready to go back to Samsung today. I'm not sure if I'm over critical but I still prefer the pixel 3XL. Yes I know it has a smaller battery, lot less RAM and the mother of all notches... But.. I just keep fighting myself going back to the "experience" that is a pixel device. There's something to be said about minimalistic design and user interface. While Samsung's new UI has a greatly improved for the touch wiz days, I sometimes still feel that it's more of a burden to flow through then stock. Please don't get me wrong The S10+ is a beast and a great phone. Coming from any other phone I probably would have been extremely happy and kept it. In the end I just found myself trying to find apps and launchers to mimic my pixel experience. Maybe I didn't give the S10+ enough time in hand to truly appreciate what Samsung has done. I guess I'm kind of looking for advice from all of you as to what your experience has been if you've come from a pixel phone to this phone and if you regret or are glad you made the jump. Thanks

I am a phone addict, I constantly switch phones because I get bored of one and like to switch between Android and iOS. I love the pixel experience with Android and love the ease of use and eco system of the Apple world. It got to the point where I keep 2 phones, one of each. I have owned 2 Samsung phones (s6 and s8+), each time the Samsung is gone in less than a month and back on a Google phone.

However, this time around, I sold my Pixel and decided to force myself to stay with Samsung and the stock Samsung experience. No launchers, no trying to make it look and feel like a Pixel. I've had the s10+ since day one and besides a little Samsung remorse after a few days, I stuck with it and happy that I did. The hardware is amazing and now comparing it to a buddy's Pixel 3 XL, there's no way I could go back. The new OS runs just as good, if not better as the "stock" experience. I think if you force yourself to stick with it for a few weeks, you would be just as happy. Worst case, sell the Samsung and get your pixel back.

 

[Almeuit]

Gotta buy what you love.

I use one phone at a time. I can't handle having more then 1 phone.

 

[Mike Dee]

One thing I grant to iPhones is security. Even the FBI experts couldn't hack in. I suspect Android would give them less resistance.

So because the FBI couldn't hack an iPhone you assume that they could hack any Android?

 

[recDNA]

So because the FBI couldn't hack an iPhone you assume that they could hack any Android?

pretty sure they already have. did you hear about the Italian police aps in the Playstore no less that hack peoples' phones?