• AisteruA
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    16 days ago

    I tried the Mi 8 Lite, honestly I’m not impressed. It’s super cheap, which is really cool, but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware… Not sure it’s worth it

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      16 days ago

      I returned my last Samsung because it was riddled with bloatwear that could not be disabled or uninstalled

      Facebook was one such app, if I disabled it, it would re-enable itself on reboots

      And it wasn’t even a cheap phone

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        16 days ago

        when I got my S24+, it had Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Office 365, and OneDrive. I was able to uninstall all of them except OneDrive. I disabled OneDrive.

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        13 days ago

        I don’t use Samsung unless I plan to unlock and root the device. I have 70+ apps disabled on my Samsung tablet and it’s finally usable. Hopefully someone else comes along with a high spec OLED tablet sometime soon so I can stop buying Galaxy Tab S devices.

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      16 days ago

      Well until they letting to unlock bootloader,it’s nice cheap phones when u install custom os

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      16 days ago

      That’s a 6 year old phone, and they’ve cleaned that up a lot since, at least for western markets.
      The new HyperOS although it functionally looks the same, feels way better.
      Apart from the glass back, the 13T is an amazing phone IMO.

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      16 days ago

      but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware…

      As opposed to Samsung and Apple? Right…

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        16 days ago

        I’d say Samsung is comparable, but Apple… Isn’t the goal of buying an iPhone to have a closed environment? (or was)

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          15 days ago

          Yeah other commenter was incorrect. They’re sold with only a basic collection of first-party apps (even the carrier locked devices, so far).

          To get one with third-party apps pre-installed requires special provisioning meant for employee work phones. (If you come across one of these in the wild, ask the seller to reset in front of you. If the bloatware remains, odds are the device was recently stolen.)

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        16 days ago

        Samsung from a phone vendor like Verizon is bloated, but not one from Samsung (well, except the Samsung crap like Bixby).