I’ve been thinking about how all androids tend to give off a weak brand. I know many people like samsung, but I always think of them as cheap (I’ve had galaxys before).

I don’t care about whether they are premium or not, I am interested in what the brand invokes.

When I think iphone I think quality, does any android brand give you this perception? I was thinking Sony, what do you think?

  • TheNateAust@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    OP is asking for opinions on what we THINK is a premium brand and then shitting all over that brand for not being premium enough or not having cool enough commercials 😂😂

  • DebateNo8443@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    google pixel in the first place: clever marketing, excellent industrial design, great software.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Literally no current phone gives me that feeling, android, apple, or otherwise.

    I just can’t the apple ui so I don’t, and I feel ill when fanglorbs praise me for having an iphone. Why does that even happen. Android is untrust so I use graphene but it has a lot of tradeoff. Pure Linux phones are still far from ready both hardware and software.

    Early iphones were cool because everything actually was new. When android custom ROM devs started making cool new features that after a year or two became new iphone features praised as being never been done before I couldn’t see them as the status symbol all the street thugs in my area considered them to be.

    Meanwhile Android phone makers ditched microsd on all flagship level phones and massively overpriced the permanent storage to be almost if not just as bullshit as apples pricing.

    At this point I just want a smallish phone I can one handedly reach my thumb over the whole screen without carpel tunnel, microsd or honestly even nvme phone thickness could be half an inch and I wouldn’t mind, I don’t use 3.5 jack anymore so w.e to that, some OLED variant with at least 70hz refresh, no rounded screen edges so tempered glass actually can be used, and a fingerprint reader that isn’t shit. Given several of these exist on different phones it’s not like it would be a big ask but all the manufacturers, or their suits at least, are irredeemably stupid and people just keep making them money anyway.

  • alecdvnpt@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I’ve held the new latest Sony models and they feel really premium in hand. It’s sad that Sony has been pretty understated with their marketing.

    • inflated_ballsack@alien.topOPBEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah it’s true but to be honest I think they are just trying to keep it profitable.

      Nobody is going to see a Sony phone ad and then drop 2k on it. The enthusiats know about it whether there is an advertisement or not. Olus not to mention their youtube exposure. For example I think a video on Sony phones have like 5 times as many viewers as there are sales for their phones 🤣

  • Nerfo2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve not considered which android phone I consider premium in over a decade. I simply haven’t thought about it. Last time I did… it was an HTC phone. But that was a LOOOOONG time ago.

  • MallGuidix@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, that’s one of the key reasons why i switched to iPhone. What ever the size, quality and iOS is great. One phone though is Pixel. It does mimic the quality, but whenever I download some app which is 1gb it crashes

  • stef_brl_aesthetic@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    the high end sony phones have really good build quality and they are shipped with stock android. sony overall is a premium brand.

  • iguessineedanaltnow@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    It depends on what lens you’re viewing this through. Apple only has such a strong stranglehold in the US and Canada in my experience. I moved from the states to Australia and almost nobody that I know has an iPhone here, and a lot of people seem to dislike Apple.

    The Pixel and the Galaxy S series of phones would be the high end name brands on Android. Xiaomi is trying to add themselves to that group as well. We will see if they succeed.

  • markaznar@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Sony and Samsung. HTC is also a premium brand, but then again, they aren’t focused on building Android devices anymore. The same goes with LG. Sadly, the Android market is filled with Chinese companies which I don’t consider premium.

    • inflated_ballsack@alien.topOPBEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I agree the android market got uglier and uglier. Since LG left I considerd moving to apple for the first time in my life

      • markaznar@alien.topBEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I moved to iPhone full time when HTC left the Android scene. I believe HTC still makes Android devices, albeit in very limited quality and on the lower end in very select markets. HTC made such classy looking phones with awesome ui skin. When I think of HTC, i think weather widgets.

    • inflated_ballsack@alien.topOPBEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah Sony gives me the premium “apple-esque” vibe, maybe even more so than apple itself. It was always known for their high end xperia lines and their still pretty damn premium (like 2k)