I’ve preferred Pixel phones for the last few years but I’ve heard that Pixel 6/7 had 5G connection problems (Pixel 8 apparently has a better modem, but I think I’d rather stick to a Qualcomm design for now).
So onto looking for my next phone.
I haven’t considered a Samsung smartphone in years because I hated their TouchWiz stuff. But apparently they got rid of that like 8 years ago and have had multiple versions of updates. Can anyone comment on how good “One UI” is compared to stock Android? How much bloatware does it feel like? And what kind of customizations did Samsung do to the UI exactly?
I’m also looking at Asus Zenfone 11, but I figure the “mainstream” choice today is Samsung, so I’ll also have to seriously consider Samsung phones.
Hated TouchWiz, love One UI. I just wish I could uninstall Google and Facebook bloat.
@Melonpoly You can use ADB for that, there’s even a GUI for that called Universal Android Debloater
If you have android 11+ (which has support for wireless debug), this is the best way.
Tutorial for the uninitiated. Looks complicated at first but after you’ve done it once you’ll breeze through it from that time on
It’s great IMO, combined with Samsungs GoodLock suite you can stylize anything about the phone, I used to root my phone for this level of customization.
Edit: I would buy the zenphone because of the size and package, but OneUI is genuinely good
I used both Touchwiz and One UI. Touchwiz came with a lot of bells and whistles, wasn’t optimised, and generally ran on old phones that had limited power compared to phones nowadays.
Current One UI phones feel snappy to be honest. Also, compared to pixel phones these days, pixel phones to be less customisable out of the box with a lot of big bulky widgets, and UI wasted space. I prefer Samsung’s implementation on android where it follows a more traditional UX.
I wasn’t a fan on the S10, just felt wrong, and chose to hide OneUI with a customer launcher non-Samsung apps.
Now, with S22/23, OneUI feels just right. It’s still a Samsung with their own apps, but the overall experience is very pleasant.
