Maybe you are new to Android, before 4.3 without trim encoded lag was a real thing even on flagships. Today many low end phones and some models that the trim encoding doesn't work correctly suffer from lag.
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Must be a magic steel locker then. Or you own magic phones that process signal dropouts differently. How do you fit insde your locker to read signal strength by the way, I'm impressed.
I owned the G1 and probably 20+ Android phones since then. Lag on phones after 2 years or so would happen because OS and apps got more resource hungry as the OS evolved and the SOC and RAM stayed the same. This is less and less of an issue in the past 3-4 years because OS and apps have stalled somewhat in terms of resources they require yet phone manufacturers keep increasing RAM and SOC capabilities.
Lag over time was also an issue in iOS devices after a few years but was less prevalent due to iPhones having better chips and the OS being more optimized to use less resources.
People who still say Android phones lag over time are the same people that still thing all Samsung phones lag. Its a notion built on outdated facts. If the SOC is sufficiently powerful and theres enough RAM, most phones wonts develop very much lag in a 2-3 timeframe unless the OS shifts a significant amount.
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People aren’t gonna to switch from iPhone to google pixel 3a. At least the common folks google is trying to target.
It’s very simple. The Trojan horse from Apple is iMessages. People like their high definition picture message and videos from other iPhone users. And no. They aren’t inclined to install WhatsApp Facebook messenger etc.
They don’t want to be the green bubble and see the grainy mms video messages.
Google continues to drop the ball in regards to developing an iMessage alternative for Android. They put faith in carriers to adopt RCS when they shouldve known full well that they wouldnt handle it well. If Google is all-in on RCS (and they shouldnt be), they should make it a server side thing that they control and get it out of carriers hands.
Even better would be just to copy iMessage. I know Google think they can make something better or at least different but sometimes you just have to admit when a competitor has nailed something which Apple has with iMessage. Android has enough differentiating factors from iOS that put it ahead IMO. Why continue to lose in messaging when you can just copy iMessage, even the playing field there, and continue to be superior in other fields such as customization, phone choices, cost, assistant, auto, etc.
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