Apps being able to fully work in the background may be the best fundamental reason why I prefer Android over iOS.

I'm not sure if this post violates the /r/android rules or not, because it's more about how iOS handles something vs. my Pixel 3, so feel free to delete if necessary. Maybe I should post on /r/apple instead?

For a little background, I have been an Android user since my HTC Evo OG, so I may be a bit biased here. I recently had the opportunity to get another phone on either platform, so I took a chance with an iPhone XR (to complement my Pixel 3).

There are some things I like about the XR, parti...

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PSA: You can change the Call Screen voice

I don't know how well known this is, but in the phone app's settings you can actually [change the voice for Call Screen](https://i.imgur.com/22Lj3cu.png). I just found this out by going to those settings on a whim....

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what android phone feature is a drawback for you

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Maybe I'm in the minority but in starting to like Samsung's UI over stock android

It might be very weird to say this because I have been a long time fan of stock android. All my previous android phones such as the Xiaomi MI3, S4 have all been rooted to flash stock android as I really loved the smooth software experience. But recently with my S7, I found it much less enjoyable to use than with Samsung Experience. I felt that the UI felt kinda clunky. For example the recent apps card list is kinda awkward to use because of the very big cards. In SE 9.0 the cards are a bit small...

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Apple iPhone sales look $9bn worse than expected, CEO blames China & cheap batteries
https://www.rt.com/business/447977-iphone-sales-drop-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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Compact beast: the Xperia XZ2 Compact, the best small smartphone available today
https://youtu.be/S2Eqnf05UbU

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Counterpoint premium market q3 2018
https://www.androidauthority.com/counterpoint-premium-market-q3-2018-939140/

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Xiaomi’s Redmi is now a sub-brand, 48MP smartphone teased for launch
https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-redmi-sub-brand-939021/

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Google Is Working On A Foldable Smartphone Claims Fresh Rumor
https://wccftech.com/google-fold-smartphone-rumor/

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Realme hits 4 million users
https://twitter.com/realmemobiles/status/1080076210913198080

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Motorola Moto Z4 Play leaks reveal teardrop notch, Moto Mod pins,headphone jack.
https://9to5google.com/2019/01/02/moto-z4-play-leak-notch-pins/

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Torify Android: Whonix Android Workstation
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Other_Operating_Systems#Whonix-Android-Workstation

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Apple and Samsung feel the sting of plateauing smartphones
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/3/18166399/iphone-android-apple-samsung-smartphone-sales-peak

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Google's Fuchsia OS confirmed to support Android apps
https://9to5google.com/2019/01/02/android-runtime-app-support-fuchsia/

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Samsung Galaxy S10 "Beyond 1," in the wild. - @evleaks on Twitter
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1080839947135922177?s=20

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Don’t kill my app! - Stop Crippling Background Apps (solutions for most vendors)
https://dontkillmyapp.com/

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Xperia XZ4 Geekbench scores 3497 on single core 12801 on multi
https://www.weibo.com/1748136774/HacRh7vke?from=page_1005051748136774_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime&type=comment#_rnd1546513528061

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Alleged foldable phone made by Xiaomi via Evleaks
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1080870489990590464?s=19

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Weather app harvests personal data, security experts warn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46747118

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Google Pixel 3 to get LTE Band 48 support via software update
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-3-lte-band-48-support-software-update/

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