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		arvinsim on April 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LG is getting out of the mobile phone business Androids have become iPhone sheep. That is, whatever iPhone decides to do, they just copy it. I don't know if it is because the business just decide to follow market trends or if the designers are secretly Apple fanboys.

deadmutex on April 5, 2021 [–]

Umm, there is a lot of useful tech that iPhone is missing/Android phones had first:

E.g. - >60Hz displays - 5G (e.g. S10 5G was released >1 year before iPhone with a 5G). - Notchless phones, etc.

This is why if you watch Apple presentations, they'll always say "best iPhone ever", not "best phone ever".

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