Bill Gates Explains Why He Prefers Android Smartphones over iPhones

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If Bill Gates had to choose between using an iPhone or Android smartphone, he’d definitely pick the latter. The ex-Microsoft CEO and wealthy philanthropist confirmed his preference during a Clubhouse chat with CNBC and NY Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin earlier this week, noting that his decision has a lot of do with pre-installed software. Gates seems to like Android because some of the phones already come with Microsoft software, which he’s unsurprisingly biased toward.



“I actually use an Android phone,” Gates said in a transcript provided by MacRumors. “Because I want to keep track of everything, I’ll often play around with iPhones, but the one I carry around happens to be Android.”



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[Nanobot]

Is Coke vs Pepsi or McDonalds vs BK still a thing? Can’t we just use the **** we like without turning it into a zero sum contest?

 

[Paul_Johnson]

Oh come on Bill, I still use a Windows phone!