[AceJohnny2]

> I really wish Android phone makers would get their act together and give Apple better competition

Google and Samsung tried and failed. Google with their flagship Pixel line, which just doesn't sell well, so they moved downmarket. Samsung with their Galaxy line, but they're always playing catchup/copycat to Apple.

The sad fact is that 1) Google sucks at hardware, 2) Samsung sucks at taste.

Apple really has a magical combination of (arguably) good taste, and operating chops to deliver the hardware at scale.

[epolanski]

The list of innovations that Samsung/Android got to market first and iOS copied is long and one google search away.

People really paint Apple and Android ecosystems in auras that weren't true already a decade ago.

[shiroiushi]

LG had great hardware and great taste. Unfortunately, consumers weren't interested, outside of a small minority who liked some of the somewhat geeky features that LG pioneered (like always-on screen display) or added (like fancy audio DACs).

Agreed that Samsung is just playing copycat to Apple. They used to make great, innovative phones without being a copycat, like back in the S4/S5 days, but then they just decided to copy everything Apple did, like eliminating the headphone jack.

[zombiwoof]

Dunno I switched from iPhone 15 after almost as many years as an iPhone user to a new Pixel and find it more superior