Updates are not timely. We often get updates a month behind, sometimes even two. I remember in early Jan we were still on the Nov security patch. Google is faster, and often Oneplus is faster. They are probably 2nd or 3rd for update timeliness. Better than Moto, at least.
Bloatware...depends on your definition. I consider their stupid Google app copies of everything bloatware, but maybe not everyone does. Most cannot be uninstalled.
Other bloatware...I seem to remember it had FB, LinkedIn, and some Microsoft apps. Last time they also wanted to install TikTok.
That said, I was able to disable everything via adb and got it to a state I like, so it is possible. But it would be nice to be able to do so without resorting to adb.
I like the phone fine, but my next phone will not be a Samsung.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/the-samsung-galaxy-s...
It's not that comforting just being able to uninstall/disable things after paying ~$1000 for hardware loaded with apps that benefit everyone but the customer.
Basically, higher the storage size, more the inaccuracies and more number of ghost storage will appear in system. It does this because [Android basically computes](https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1622706823940698114...) all files 'f' and empty size 'e' separately and finds the difference of given total size and (f+e) and assigns that to system.
https://twitter.com/Golden_Reviewer/status/16228515345634713...
https://www.notebookcheck.net/One-UI-5-1-bloatware-is-not-co...
Holy moly that’s crazy.
That’s three full 64bit win10 installs!
It doesn’t even have the a/b partitions! Which is just as well at 60GB!
What about Emergency SOS?
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/11/emergency-sos-via-sat...