Why is Android "slowdown" still around?

[TheSkywalker77]

One word, optimisation.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Only phone I've experienced slow down with was the Samsung S3 after 2 years...it was severe. Never had any slowdown issues with any other android phone.

Only getting slow down after 2 years on an older phone like the S3 is pretty good going.

 

[Blaze4G]

Only getting slow down after 2 years on an older phone like the S3 is pretty good going.

I wouldn't really have called it slow down though, more like unusable lol. I actually just went to check my Amazon orders, I bought it on April 20th, 2013 and then got the nexus 5 February 2014. So it was actually less than a year. Not sure why I thought I had it so long.

That made me stay away from Samsung until 2019 where I now have a s10e.

 

[Shanghaichica]

I wouldn't really have called it slow down though, more like unusable lol. I actually just went to check my Amazon orders, I bought it on April 20th, 2013 and then got the nexus 5 February 2013. So it was actually less than a year. Not sure why I thought I had it so long.

That made me stay away from Samsung until 2019 where I now have a s10e.

The only Samsung phone that slowed down and was buggy for me was the original galaxy note. It was awful but it’s still one of if not my favourite smartphone of all time. The other Samsung phones I’ve used: S4, S5, note 3, note 4, note 8 and S9+ were fine.

 

[Tsepz]

That was probably cause it didn't have trim support for the nand storage.

TRIM!!! This is the Android feature I was trying to remember early in this thread thanks a lot!

Yep, yep!
Here it is: https://www.extremetech.com/computi...s-trim-support-into-android-4-3-to-end-io-lag

 

[1050792]

I remember the S3 being so smooth on ICS then Jelly Bean released and broke everything.