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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
What exactly is the difference? I have an s4 and it seems fine to me
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The pure Android devices are infinitely better than the ones that the manufacturers and/or carriers are allowed to mess around with.
When it comes to phones, there are usually four layers involved...
Hardware
Operating System
Manufacturer Settings Applications
Carrier Settings and Applications
The goal is (ideally, at least) to minimize the amount of stuff between you and the hardware layer. The OS layer is a necessity, but the final two are not. Those are the layers that are most responsible for crashes, poor performance, locked-out features, etc etc.