Debate: What's your favorite phone brand? Why?

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VGFreak
VGFreak
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

Nokia N8 -> HTC One M8 -> OnePlus 5t -> Samsung S10+

Still with my S10+

The last flagship with a headphone jack and memory card expansion

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MIKHIL
MIKHIL
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

Samsung for it's hardware.

Apple for it's software.

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1y ago
↵MsPooks said:

Samsung. Quality, features, style.

Don't you feel that Samsung has been a bit lazy in the past couple of years? I can't tell one model from another anymore...

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1y ago
↵p51d007 said:

My favorite was Huawei...had the Mate 2, 8, 9, but living in the USA, and their "ban" and no google play store, had to give them up.

Huawei still pumps out decent hardware, I reviewed the Mate 50 Pro not long ago, and it's a great device. My Mate 20 Pro is still very much alive and kicking. The variable physical aperture is a great innovation.

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1y ago
↵ECPirate37 said:

This may come as a shocker for those that follow my posts, but Huawei. They've always had the best cameras, and that's important to me. And they've always had a little extra in the software department. Like their video editor is pretty much capcut. The only negative lately software side is they no longer do app drawer and I do wish they'd bring that back.


I really like the fold out design of the Xs2 better than the Fold In design of my Samsung Fold 4. The current phones I have are the Xs2, the Fold 4, and the S22Ultra (which I still call the note).


The biggest gripes people have with Huawei is 4G and no Google. I completely get that. Not many people carry two phones all the time (one for work, one for personal). I keep google things on my Samsung. With Petal Search, Huawei has overcome not having the Google Play store for the most part because almost all apps that aren't google are on there.


As far as 4G vs 5G, I've said for years I do not care about 5G. I honestly can't tell a difference between my Samsung or Huawei when watching youtube or surfing the net. I don't really online game on my phone, so maybe that would be different.


Finally, the charging on the Huawei is ridiculously fast. I feel like I usually charge my phone for 20 to 30 minutes when I wake up in the morning, and another 15 to 25 minutes at night when I get home.

Absolutely! The variable aperture feature on the latest Mate and P-series is just great!

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1y ago
↵baldilocks said:

Well, before PhoneArena went downhill, you could keep a history of the phones you've had. I've had plenty. I would try out a phone for a month or two and then come back to iPhone. Just something about the how everything works together that keeps me coming back.


GSM Arena has something similar: https://www.gsmarena.com/account.php3

Noted. We might bring this feature back soon!

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1y ago
↵stferrari said:

Samsung. Battery life, performance, build quality and Samsung ecosystem.

Don't you find OneUI a bit sluggish, though? I've always thought this is the one big drawback with Samsung phones...

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Jaywes
Jaywes
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• 1y ago

Anything Samsung!

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MsPooks
MsPooks
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Original poster
• 1y ago
↵MariyanSlavov said:

Don't you feel that Samsung has been a bit lazy in the past couple of years? I can't tell one model from another anymore...

I don't know that it's laziness, as much as companies trying to establish a model identity. Why change style for the sake of change, if it works? There's only so much you can do to a slab, and I doubt anyone is going to call the S23, iPhone, or Nothing Phone unattractive.

Car manufacturers do the same thing with cars, providing major face-lifts once every eight to ten years.

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Samchas
Samchas
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

Last few years, Pixel phones, just love the hardware Quality & smoothness of the software & the Camera picture quality is the best.

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