The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

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Oh I know, I'm just amazed that the carriers still try to get away with it. I remember back in the day of flip phones (Razr-era) Verizon was installing their own shitty OS on everything, instead of letting the OEMs run their own at all. Completely ruined the phones.

Like, in this day and age do people really get a Verizon or AT&T $Droidtastic and think "oh yes, I will use AT&T Communicator instead of this button that says Email, and I would love to use VZW Navigator for another $9 per month, never heard of this Google Maps thing before!" and use/pay for the apps?

I'd slip in an "Apple > others" but even they give you apps that can't be removed entirely. At least they prevent carrier bullshit.

I think a Nexus is the only Android phone I could stomach, just because it's so non-BS and gets updates on time, yadda yadda. Very curious what you think of the S7 though, Lee. Reviews have it pegged as a really sweet phone.

Yeah I completely agree! Like even visual voicemail, why round I pay for that when there are free apps I can download if it's really important? Phones might change but bloatware seems to be a constant every generation. I'll definitely report back after I snag one and give y'all my thoughts