heatofamatch
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I kinda distrust, dislike Google, so I personally would not buy a Nexus device. (the first thing I do on every android device is to root, and disable google search/google now)
However I've got great synergy with Korean smartphones, meaning Samsung and LG's design choices and direction tend to serve my needs & the kind of person I am very well... oh wait, nobody's gonna make an LG rom for a Nexus device right? okay then don't mind me...I'm just the old fart with a tin foil hat in all of this.
The flipside of this is Sony, who I give a lot of money to every year, and they tend to be the first brand I shop, but I've had 2 expensive Sony phones in a row that were both lemons with undetectable/unfixable hardware issues. I know it doesn't mean Sony is necessarily worse than anyone else, but I haven't got the heart to go back for a 3rd try. Sony is clearly a black hole for me and now I only buy their products if it's not running an open OS.
So my view on devices is, don't just use objective things like specs to gauge a device, but also try to figure out what tends to work out for you.
However I've got great synergy with Korean smartphones, meaning Samsung and LG's design choices and direction tend to serve my needs & the kind of person I am very well... oh wait, nobody's gonna make an LG rom for a Nexus device right? okay then don't mind me...I'm just the old fart with a tin foil hat in all of this.
The flipside of this is Sony, who I give a lot of money to every year, and they tend to be the first brand I shop, but I've had 2 expensive Sony phones in a row that were both lemons with undetectable/unfixable hardware issues. I know it doesn't mean Sony is necessarily worse than anyone else, but I haven't got the heart to go back for a 3rd try. Sony is clearly a black hole for me and now I only buy their products if it's not running an open OS.
So my view on devices is, don't just use objective things like specs to gauge a device, but also try to figure out what tends to work out for you.