Android

17677 readers

35 users here now

The new home of /r/Android on Lemmy and the Fediverse!

Android news, reviews, tips, and discussions about rooting, tutorials, and apps.

💡Content Philosophy:

Content which benefits the community (news, rumours, and discussions) is generally allowed and is valued over content which benefits only the individual (technical questions, help buying/selling, rants, self-promotion, etc.) which will be removed if it's in violation of the rules.

Support, technical, or app related questions belong in: [email protected]

For fresh communities, lemmy apps, and instance updates: [email protected]

💬Matrix Chat

💬Telegram channels / chats

📰Our communities below

Rules

Stay on topic: All posts should be related to the Android OS or ecosystem.
No support questions, recommendation requests, rants, or bug reports: Posts must benefit the community rather than the individual. Please post to [email protected].
Describe images/videos, no memes: Please include a text description when sharing images or videos. Post memes to [email protected].
No self-promotion spam: Active community members can post their apps if they answer any questions in the comments. Please do not post links to your own website, YouTube, blog content, or communities.
No reposts or rehosted content: Share only the original source of an article, unless it's not available in English or requires logging in (like Twitter). Avoid reposting the same topic from other sources.
No editorializing titles: You can add the author or website's name if helpful, but keep article titles unchanged.
No piracy or unverified APKs: Do not share links or direct people to pirated content or unverified APKs, which may contain malicious code.
No unauthorized polls, bots, or giveaways: Do not create polls, use bots, or organize giveaways without first contacting mods for approval.
No offensive or low-effort content: Don't post offensive or unhelpful content. Keep it civil and friendly!
No affiliate links: Posting affiliate links is not allowed.

Quick Links

Our Communities

Lemmy App List

See thread

Chat and More

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

369

While Android as a whole continues to shrink in the US, Google Pixel keeps growing (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

295 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market.

Counterpoint Research reports that, in Q2 2023, US smartphone shipments dropped by 24% year-over-year. That includes both iPhones and Android phones, and virtually every brand saw a drop in shipments. Samsung saw US shipments drop by 37% while Motorola saw a 17% drop. TCL saw the biggest decline at just shy of 70% year-over-year, and even Apple saw a 6% drop.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To answer the iMessage thing.

I’m from the states but live in a different country. It’s the easiest free way to stay in touch with family and friends.

A number of people have been like “just move to X and if they don’t follow, then forget about them.”

But it’s not really realistic to ask all the people I might contact throughout the year to switch to a new app in case I contact them.

So I truly feel locked in because of that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please elaborate further. What's so special about iMessage that it can be used in other countries, but every single messaging app for Android can't? Google Messages is free too. Again, not trying to hate. Just trying to understand.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know anyone who uses google messages and I’m not going to convince the 20 people on my group chat to switch to it since we only catch up a few times per year.

Random acquaintances that I contact a few times per year will also not bother to figure it out as it will just idle 9 months of the year.

It’s just a real roadblock that locked people into the platform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Google Messages to chat with my family who mostly use iMessage. I can see all the reactions and stuff so there aren't really any compatibility issues. You don't need an iphone or iMessage to communicate with people on iMessage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But if I use google messages, it will be sent as an sms. So suddenly I have to pay for every international text and call made.

I’m from the states, but I do not live there at the moment.

It’s much easier for me to keep iOS instead of trying to convert 100 people to use some other messaging app.

Where I live, no one uses iMessage and I have all the major chat apps installed. So it’s not a problem for me, but even my parents struggled to understand what WhatsApp was and they are decently tech savvy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

One thing about iMessage is that you can reply and send messages from all your Apple devices. I know the https://messages.google.com/ but the you need to keep it open on your computer for notification to come. Then there is the Facetime video/audio quality, it's miles better than Whatsapp, Google Meet or any other video calling app. You can easily share your screens, you can even start a call on iPhone and transfer the call easily to a Mac or iPad seamlessly without even cutting the call. Also the Whatsapp and Google Meet video call quality is like 140p vs 1080p on Facetime. For the average the user who has never used iMessage and Facetime they will never understand what they are missing but for others it's different case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't really have to choose. I have WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and Threema installed all at the same time. I don't like Apple and since there's no iMessage for Android (I guess), I can't use that. But that's not really my choice, it's Apple's choice. I won't let them lock me down into their ecosystem. Just send SMSes to the people you only have on iMessage and that don't understand why they are implicitly forcing their opinion on others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

99% of my contacts are iMessage only. It would be cheaper to just buy a second phone than to pay international calling and sms rates.

I have like 10 chat apps installed for local contacts. It’s just US contacts that don’t understand his to get off iMessage.