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BubbaTwo said:

I get a kick out of all the Samsung and Google bashing on AI and other Mac blogs when there are and have been so many Samsung components in Iphones past and present as well as Google services tightly integrated into the ecosystem.  Not to mention Icloud is now hosted in the Google cloud.

I have a Galaxy S8 and it is a REALLY NICE device.  Not to mention I appreciate $30 for a 128GB storage card on top of 64GB out of the box.

I have owned Iphones and IPads in the past.  They are also nice devices. 

Samsung's premium phones (with exception of the Note 8) have historically been great devices!

Blah blah blah Bubba...

The one and only reason Apple uses ANY Samesung components is that Samesung historically was the ONLY company with the capacity to supply some of the components Apple used in the time frame and quantities that Apple required for their massive sales numbers. And if you actually knew anything about what you are speaking of, you would know that Apple has been investing in other suppliers for the specific purpose of weaning themselves off of their dependence on the morally bankrupt Samesung. And even though at one time Samesung was manufacturing all or most of the iPhone processors, they were produced to Apple’s superior custom design. Apple has now shifted the majority if not all their custom processor manufacturing to TSMC of Taiwan.

May I also remind you that it is Apple that ALLOWS Google to participate in their ecosystem, along with many other direct competitors to Apple’s own applications. And that in fact Google pays Apple BILLIONS to have their apps on the iPhone. 

Your statement about iCloud being “hosted” by google is also incorrect. It is not being hosted by Google, as that takes place on Apple’s own servers. Apple is merely using them for some iCloud related storage such as photos. Something they also do with Amazon currently, and MSFT in the recent past. This is simply a scale issue and may change as Apple continues to build out their own massive data centers.

Lastly, the fact that you use a Galaxy S8 is your own problem.

Garbage company. They have to be kidding, $35 per month?!!!! ROFLOL

dcgoo said:

Well, if you want to publish on THEIR platform you will have to tow THEIR line... completely.   One other reason I have always preferred your web site over the app.

Agreed. And why the hell do you need an app anyway? Like we need more apps on our phones, especially when the website does the same thing at no extra cost? I simply create a home screen link and put all me news feeds into one folder on my home screen. Simple and more effective!

Google,do no evil. Just like Trump.

indieshack said:

These results are in line with others for the 'X'. It's a really nice phone, but yes, it's fragile.

WTF - what? After putting it through dozens of cycles in a tumbling machine???? Yes, that’s something we do everyday! Why not drive over the phones with a car a dozen times? The last group I would count on for testing of my iPhone X would be consumer reports.