>be Google in 2026>announce the Pixel 11>"revolutionary upgrades">Tensor G6 literally cuts a CPU core down to a 7-core cluster to save silicon die area>pairs it with an old PowerVR GPU architecture while Qualcomm and Apple are lightyears ahead>base Pro tier gets downgraded from 16GB down to 12GB of RAM unless you pay a ransom for the 512GB tier>still shipping a ~4,850 mAh standard Li-ion battery with glacial 25W–30W charging>raises the MSRP across the entire lineup>just says the word "Gemini" 450 times during the keynote to mask the hardware stagnationMeanwhile:>Vivo is shoving 6,000+ mAh silicon-carbon (Si/C) anodes into sub-8mm chassis, pairing them with 200MP Zeiss APO telephoto sensors and 90W charging that fills the tank before you finish your morning coffee.>Oppo is casually engineering dual-periscope camera arrays with custom ISP silicon that actually push the limits of mobile glass and optical physics rather than over-sharpening 4-year-old sensors in post.The mainstream Western Android market is completely cooked. Samsung has sold the exact same chassis (other than overpriced memefolds) and 45W charging ceiling since 2020, and Google is actively cutting silicon and RAM corners while relying on cloud AI gimmicks to justify flagship prices.If you want actual hardware engineering, cutting-edge battery chemistry, and real optical innovation in 2026, you are unironically forced to buy a Chinese flagship
>>223983888I don't know what any of this means except that China won. And no I don't fall for dogshit phones. Phones are the most useless way to waste money. I use a 5year old Motorola and keep fixing it every time I drop it and break it.
I heard chinese phones in europe and developed countries don’t come with garbage.Here they come with bloatware, spyware, shit games, illegal loan apps, and other BS. You can’t uninstall or disable them. And yet they are still popular here. Partly because we have 78 IQ, and also people keep parroting useless advice like adb, etc. that don’t work.
>>223983888idkim just happy to have bought S26 for the first time after 14 years of only using budget phones until now
the truth is that software matters more than hardware on a phone. they are all fast enough for anything you want on a phone anyway but something that actually works and doesn't come preloaded with candy crush and aids is quite difficult to find these days. google pixel and iphone are the only two phones worth buying in 2026.
>>223983888I have a cheap $200 phone that I only use to communicate and sometimes shitpost on 4chan during my lunch breaksYou don't need all that shit
>>223984026Android debloater can remove even unremovable applications, but I get your point. I don't know why people like Samsung, one of the worst phones I used. Same with huawei but no one likes it anyway.>>223984087True, phones are powerful enough these days. But they add more shit and slow it down instead of letting people use the responsiveness
>>223984186>Android debloater can remove even unremovable applicationsNo, it can’t. That’s what I keep trying to tell people. But people just parrot old stuff they read on the internet. That may not even work back then. There are many ways for the manufacturers to make things uninstallable.
>>223984403>un-uninstallable
>>223984403I have done it that's why I say this. You can't remove apps on the /system partition though. That's where the system update and similar apps reside
>>223984087Chinese software is better than Google and Samsung now
>>223984507Holy shit. Are you legitimately retarded?If it never happened to you, then it’s impossible to happen?Is manufacturers having ways to stop you to uninstall bullshit just beyond your imagination?Do you literally ignored all the posts on xda forums, stackexchange, reddit that tried everything and couldn’t uninstall the garbage on their chinese phone?Again, just a reminder. The situation is worse in shithole countries. And better in EU and other developed countries, where all of the usual methods work. Perhaps india is one of those fortunate countries.Fucking retard.
