What do you prefer: Samsung or Apple?

[Alexy18]

Apple

Samsung

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I meant in phones my bad I should've specified

[SkyRez]

Samsung. Phones are great, I've owned or used every gen S from the 5, all the notes, the edges etc. From that point on. Currently I have the note 9, and love it. My favorite thing about the phone itself is all the quirky features. I can tap my phone to ANY NFC enabled android, and send pictures, link etc. Airdrop is great, fast, etc. But it doesn't have that cool feeling. That's what it is for me, I feel cool using my phone. Apples all look exactly the same. They operate the same etc. Its all the same. Any two Samsungs will be slightly, or largely, different, and yet still perfectly easy to transfer to a new phone.

I also actually like having a new phone every other, or every three years. Mostly because I am in the samsung ecosystem and each new phone has a mass of new features, hardware etc.

And that is the reason I will never go BACK to apple (I had 2 in the past), Samsung innovates. Apple is purely a tech company, samsung does many, many things in its subsidiaries. This follows their model of being diverse, creating new ideas, etc. Looking at samsung progression is like looking at population growth over the last decade, apple's is like a population graph for the 1700s

[shephardjhon]

Anyone here tried Gear VR? The cheapest and best option to get into VR and only Samsung has it. Cardboard and Daydream doesn't even compare.
There are even ways to connect it to Steam VR.
Also no notch and it has headphones and, as a developer, you can develop software for it on any computer Linux, Mac or Windows while iOS only works with XCode even if you use Flutter, React Native or Xamerian. You can't even test Apple's CoreML on Linux. Not to mention the stupidity of throwing away OpenCL for Apple-only Metal which means even fewer people can dedicate themselves to development for Mac/iOS. Lastly, there is easy way to use CUDA for entirely stupid reasons of Apple just fighting with Nvidia and simply refusing to sign Nvidia drivers for even e-GPUs.
I love Apple's pro-privacy stance but as a developer, I can't support that company and they need to learn a LOT from Microsoft about supporting their devs.

[musicbrain5]

I recently went back to iPhone after 3 years with an Android. I had a Samsung. While it was a good phone and the OS was good, it became nearly obsolete sooner than I would have liked. It didn’t allow me to update the OS to the latest versions of Android, and most of the apps I enjoyed were no longer supported because of that. And the battery sucked after a year - I went through 3 batteries.

Now I have an iPhone XR and I love it. Even my old iPhone 5S lasted longer and worked better than the Samsung.

[SkyRez]

I'd like to point out 2 things about your samsung. It was either the S5, or one of Samsung's lower end phones. Either way you are comparing a phone that was either developed several years ago with shitty batteries, or a low end phone, to a high end phone. The XR is top of apple's line, of course it will be better than either of those.

[musicbrain5]

@SkyRez I can’t remember which one it was, but obviously it was a cheap one. I was broke as hell when I got it. I got my first cell phone in 2001, and since then I’ve had a lot of different phones. My favourites have been Apple and LG. I know I’m comparing a low end phone to a high end phone 🙄

[SkyRez]

I am an avid defender of samsung, and have successfully converted 23 from apple. I just wanted all the fact to be straight :) have a good one!

[musicbrain5]

@SkyRez Good for you. I happen to like Apple. We can agree to disagree I guess.

[latinabutterfly96]

apple. idgaf. it works for me, it has always worked for me, so i like it.

what i find hilarious are android users who claim to know better about technology than u. like dude sit down, u don’t even know the basics of how ur phone works internally. pls take a seat.

[Shamalien]

Its funny cause all the developers i know use iphones and the non techies use droids

[latinabutterfly96]

@Shamalien Exactly! I hate how so many android users look down on iPhone users and try to act like they’re these tech gurus or something. It’s hilarious!

[morimeme1]

I asked a question just like that a while ago and results were quite different lol Do you prefer iOS or Android? ↗

[bolverk]

Samsung if I had a choice, even when they are provided by an employer, Had too many Apple products go belly up on me at critical times, at lest on a android phone I can keep Critical data on removable storage and if its a laptop I can usually coax them back into life without having to perform major surgery.
I cannot understand why some people are so wedded to Apple products especially the macbooks when the internal engineering is so crap I’d rather have a Toughbook or another ruggedised laptop and any android IP7 phone.

[MostPaloney23]

Samsung/Android. I'll stay in my Lane but I don't get the allure of paying more to get features they'll brag about getting that Android has 1-3 years ahead of them. Plus I like my OS not being restrictive

[WhiteSteve]

I’ve only had apple products. I’m not necessarily partial to them, I just took my gf’s old iPhone 4 way back when as my first smartphone, and I’m just used to the interface now and I don’t really like change, even if it’s for the better, haha. I’m a man of routine.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Both? I like Samsung monitors and HDTV's. I like Apple computers. I'm kinda "meh" on phones. Don't really care about that.

[John_Doesnt]

I prefer Sony, they have better customer service.

[JHNS98]

Valid point. Haven't heard good things about Apple customer service...

[John_Doesnt]

@JHNS98

[CandacePerry]

I got iPad but Also got a Google pixel 3 phone. One my friend has Samsung phone.

[SarahsSummer]

I’ve been an Apple girl my whole life. It’s jyst easier. Everything’s easier w/Apple. 🍎

[HaveNoName]

Fuck Apple.

Apple is just jewelery for women or a gadget for the technically challenged.

[Nic1330]

That's like asking gamers PlayStation or Xbox, you have died hard idiots on both sides. Personally I prefer Android over Apple

[SkipStop]

Samsung. I have had my Samsung S7 for 3 years. All good. Apple products are more expensive but in no way better than Android products. Plus, Android products have more accessories.

[Adam1978]

Neither. I never own a apple product, to expensive for what you get, samsung is alright but not special, so I have had some computer utilities from them.

[R_Cakes91]

Apple just because I have more apple products and it’s so easy to use. I’ve also never had a Samsung so I can’t say if I would prefer that more.

[Cuppo_Mode]

I use a god dam Nokia, the heck, why don't you have Nokia and black berry? And also the calculator? And the game boy? Game boy colour? Game boy advanced? A cell phone? My Wii mote specifically my one? A tablet? A chocolate phone?

[Zombie_Pigdragon]

I don't have either, but I voted Samsung because I want one of those. iPhones don't let me mess them up as much.

[Guanfei]

Both are the same now, overpriced stuff more obsessed by a brand and marketing than quality.
Got myself a Mate 20 2 months ago, best phone i've ever had, and for half the price of any of those 2 brands.

[CassMi]

Never heard of the Mate. I do agree though, apple and Samsung are silly prices for what they are. I have a oneplus 5 it cost me 200 off of eBay but there isn't a mark on it. I love buying tech that is different from the leading brands. Companies like OnePlus are really good and are as good as big brands if not better.

[CassMi]

I can't actually vote on this as I have a oneplus, however I would probably say Samsung in my opinion as Apple haven't done anything new.

[talltom94]

Always stuck with samsung, only apple thing I own is an ipod touch, I don't like the operating system and I think apple are just too expensive without a justifiable reason apart from "because we can charge that much"

[AmandaYVR]

I don't have much to say here, but I like the picture you chose.

[JHNS98]

All my smartphones until now have been Samsung, and I'm rocking my second iPad as well. Rest of family has iPhones, and my mother has a MacBook.

[motownplayer2000]

Apple, they have the best integrated system of anything.. and I can streamline my projects through all my devices. Which is great for my work. So apple more so. Samsung is just for fun