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Which Android mobile phone brand brings less pre-loaded 3rd-party apps? (lemmy.lukeog.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Please write the 3 phone brands (in order please) which you think they bring the least number of third-party apps.

Notes:

1- PrivacyGuides recommends Google Pixel. But it is not selling on my country. I can not bring it from other countries because it will not have warrant.
2- We also don't have fair-phone and nothing-phone (i can not bring it from another country).
3- we only have: general-mobile, huawei, samsung, asus, tcl, htc, xiaomi, vivo, infinix, oneplus.
4- please dont recomend custom ROM. Its technically difficult for me. Also I will recommend the device to my friend (they don't have even an idead what is custom-rom)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

This is a bit of a pickle. Apart from Google, I think only Motorola and Nokia have stock-ish android. But they don't have stellar software upgrade promises. Oh and Sony makes some very good phones with clean android

[–] seaQueue 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

OnePlus offers mostly stock android too

[–] BuckenBerry 6 points 7 months ago

It used to but oxygen OS is pretty far from stock now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You mean other than forced Facebook and shit?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Amazon and Facebook app managers come preinstalled as System apps on so many android phones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a real pain in the ass, for sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

In some cases adb can't uninstall them, so even worse

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I had a Galaxy Note 10 die on me after just a little over 2 years (such a shitty fucking phone) and then, swearing I would never pay so much for a phone again, switched to a Motorola Edge 30. It cost less than a third of the Samsung, and it even came without the bloating bullshit. Highly recommend it.

[–] slazer2au 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is a German manufacturer called GigaSet which does stock. I am rather happy with their GS5 phone and they even have a senior option if you want a not as smart smartphone for a parent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I had no idea Gigaset manufactured cell phones. I have a set of their DECT home phones, and they are amazing. Have had them for over 6 years now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

My Sony xz2c does have bloats installed, namely amazon and facebook. Don't know what the state they're in now tho.