I review plenty of Chinese smartphones, from brands like Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo, Oppo and more, and a common complaint I level at them is bloatware, or pre-installed apps. You turn on your brand-new smartphone, and the home screen is chock-full of different functions, tools, and apps, sometimes even third-party ones, and you’re left wondering “wait, is this a second-hand phone?”. The lack of bloatware is one reason so many people love stock Android.
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