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Philip Berne

What Google I/O needs to fix most about Android is its reputation

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What do my kid, the former editor-in-chief of Android Police, and the Mayor of New York City all have in common? There’s no way they would use an Android phone. Android phones are carrying serious baggage, and the situation is getting worse. When Google talks about adding features to Android at Google I/O, maybe first it should remove the stigma of using Android in the first place.

It’s hard to be an Android fan these days. We get no respect, I tell you. No respect. This hasn’t always been … Haha, just kidding. Of course, it has. Android has always been the also-ran, the cheap imitator, or the whatever-that-is. The iPhone is not just the phone world leader, it is the status quo for smartphones. 

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