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The good things in Chinese smartphones are their price and that they sometimes have clean Android version without bloatware. Why do vendors like Samsung make their ugly buggy shells and pre-install software I don't need? Do they think they have better designers and developers that Google has? They are horribly wrong. Stop pretending that you are making something unique and maybe I will consider buying a non-chinese phone next time.

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They do it do differentiate their phones. If all phones look the same and basically have the same hardware - why bother buying Samsung, when a cheap Oppo is the exact same phone?

Then Samsung won't make lots of money. This way you can have Samsung fanboys that'll swear that Samsung stuff is better and will keep buying it.

Wrong. I buy the Samsung Notebecause it has a pen. And I also hate all the Samsung Android Addons.

There are other manufacturers that so pens as well...

> If all phones look the same and basically have the same hardware - why bother buying Samsung, when a cheap Oppo is the exact same phone?

Because Samsung is made outside of China and will not be tariffed.

Countries outside of the US exist.

"Why do vendors like Samsung make their ugly buggy shells and pre-install software I don't need? Do they think they have better designers and developers that Google has?" They have to be VALUE provider, not just maker a rather common and brick-looking gadget

Does TouchWiz == value though? I don't find that to be the case.

Samsung still sold for some premium relative to chinese competition - thus, what they provided as a package has (maybe perceived) value

If you want a bloat-free phone that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, at Android One phones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_One

My experience with Android One phones from Xiaomi is that they have no bloat when they are released (probably because they have to have no bloat for them to be certified by Google) but then they keep sneaking bloat with every little update they make.

I have a Nokia 6.1 and my wife has a Nokia 7.?, and this has not been my experience. We've had no bloat, it's been great.

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