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Why do you personally prefer using an Android phone?

3 years ago by Cameri to c/android

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Everyone has their preferences, I would love to hear why you guys prefer using Android!

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yogibytes 7 points 3 years ago

On top of my mind

  • I can develop apps quickly and check how it looks on mobile (android can be built on any OS with lesser effort compared to iOS builds)
  • RetroGames!
  • Sideload apps
  • More customisation options
  • USB C

I use both Android and iOS Some features I miss on Android are

  • Long press on space bar to move text cursor around.
  • Seamless integration between Apple Devices

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starman 5 points 3 years ago

On my a android 11 / miui 12.5.2 pressing space bar to move cursor works without any problems.

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yogibytes 1 point 3 years ago

Maybe Xiaomi implemented what iOS did in their miui, however same feature is not present in GBoard or SwiftKey :/

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flagellum 5 points 3 years ago

Long press on spacebar to move text cursor around.

You're saying you don't have that on Android? I do. But I use GBoard.

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andrycake 1 point 3 years ago

I use the default Samsung keyboard and I do have that

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yogibytes 1 point 3 years ago

Looks like the UX is different on GBoard, it triggers language options when you have multiple languages set up, but works when you have only one language on. Thanks for letting me know!

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