How China rips off the iPhone and reinvents Android

as declared in The concept of stock Android is now blurrier, with Google's own Pixel line running exclusive software not found on the company's canonical stripped-back OS, Android One. To put it another way, Chinese Android phones don't really run superficial skins like TouchWiz; they run whole new operating systems that happen to support Android apps. In many ways, it's the archetypal Chinese phone OS with its simple colors, lack of app drawer, and focus on shortcuts. But what is true today is that not all Chinese phone software is bad. The Chinese phone market is a spiraling behemoth of innovation and audacity, unlike anything we've ever seen.

iPhone versus Android users: Two completely different people

iPhone users will shell out $117 on average every month on clothes — nearly double what an Android user will spend ($62). Amusingly, iPhone users were also found to be vainer — taking 12 selfies every day, which is five more than Android users take. iPhone users also clearly value an optimal tech experience, spending a whopping $101 every month on tech-related purchases — Android users will spend half that ($51). iPhone users were also found to be happier with their current job than Android users, with only 20 percent of Android users saying they were very happy with their job, compared to 33 percent of iPhone users. Not only do iPhone users consider themselves more personable and sociable than Android users, but they also have more friends, according to the results — iPhone users say they have five very close friends on average, and Android users claim to have only three.

iPhone XR teardown finds common repairs are easier than most Android phones

as informed in The iPhone XR teardown is in. Though the phone is similar in many ways to Apple's new flagships, the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, there are a few important differences. All in all, iFixit rated the iPhone XR a 6/10 in repairability, which is the same score given to the iPhone XS and and iPhone XS Max. The phone has characteristics of two recent iPhones: the iPhone X and the iPhone 8. Instead of the L-shaped battery of the iPhone X and XS, it has a rectangular battery, like the iPhone 8.

The iPhone XR is 25% faster than the fastest Android phones in Geekbench 4

The iPhone XR scored about 25% better than Android's best in Geekbench 4's multi-core benchmark. Rather, the more reasonably priced iPhone XR is about 25% faster than the best Android phones, at least in Geekbench 4. The iPhone XR, priced at $750 for 64 GB of storage, has managed to beat the best Android phone by about 25% in Geekbench 4. Considering that most high-end Android phones cost upwards of $800, that may make the iPhone XR look like a good deal on paper. Several outlets are starting to sell refurbished models of the iPhone 8, which scored about 10% below the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max in Geekbench 4.

collected by :Clara William