$1000 is too much for a phone.

Samsung is on my shit list. Their spammy, ad riddled UI is infuriating.

I don't trust them. They lock their phones down and don't let you remove their bloatware or block their ads/notifications.

Fuck them. Never buy Samsung.

I switched from a Pixel to a Samsung and I would like to inform you that Samsung is bullshit. The phone is nice and all but I'm always fighting the software. Google Pixel software stays out of your way and occasionally helps you.

Don't spend iPhone money on an Android. Definitely don't on a Samsung unless you like having both Google and Samsung's versions of basic applications such as phone, messages, calendar, browser etc.

Motorola do a very minimally customised Android .

I am nearing the end of my rope with Android, I might suggest hanging on with your iPhone for another cycle. My P9 Pro is feeling more and more like just an advertisement data collection machine, and core features like speech to text and notifications have never been worse.

I don’t own an iPhone, but got an iPad in 2024, and most of what I do on my iPad feels more refined. I was floored this morning when speaking out a comment on the iPad that the text to speech didn’t add a bunch of random periods/caps alongside half a dozen incorrect words. iOS also has basic things like consistent first party podcast, payment, and chat apps that they don’t continually switch out every few years like what Google just did (looking at you Google Podcasts, GPay in USA, and Hangouts). We’re also losing the ability to install apps from outside the walled garden that is then play store at some point soon. I’m not looking forward to learning what that means for my Retroid/Android gaming handhelds.

If you do jump to Android, consider the Pixel 9 Pro. I hate it the least of anything I’ve tried in then Android universe. Battery life is very respectable, I can actually get 2 full days from a charge. The cameras have somehow fallen in their standard shooting mode, but the pro/high res mode is crispy AF, just a bummer that the file sizes are bigger than they are on my Sony mirrorless. Samsung makes nice hardware but the skin they put on Android is truly terrible. If you use Microsoft work apps on your phone, you’ll appreciate being able to shut them off with one button, and your employer’s limited visibility into your phone will be further reduced to what’s installed in the work container.

Honestly, if you’re coming from IPhone you won’t find any meaningful advice on Lemmy. Everyone here hates iPhones, and will try to sell you on phones with little to no market support. They’ll tell you to wipe the device and boot load your own OS.

I haven’t used an android in years but their strength is the flexibility in apps and you have a lot more options in terms of app ecosystem. That said I don’t know how long you’ve had an iPhone but if you exclusively use the apple ecosystem like MacOS, Apple Music, Apple TV it’s not worth changing it unless you are fully committed to starting over.

The other thing to consider is the camera. If you take photos every single day the Samsung phones will be your best bet.

I was a lifelong android user, mostly pixels, and switched to a an iPhone 14 pro 4 years ago. This is the first phone I've had that's lasted 3+ years, that's never crashed, and still runsas quickly and smoothly as when I bought it. Apple would have to seriously fuck something up for me to ever go back to an android.

Don't. Google has gone down the shitter for a while now and they are abandoning open source.

Since Google is about to uppend the open source community and lockdown apps to only ones from developers they approve of you may be better sticking with Apple. At least they aren't an ad company.

My pixel had massive problems with the cherry being when its modem went out when I was on my way to my first vacation in near a decade. Just… stopped working in my hands 1 month outside of warranty. I didn’t drop it, nothing.

It. Just. Stopped. Being. A. Phone.

Never the fuck again.

Samsung's phones are pretty superior but the software is pretty bloated. And i don't think anyone should trust Nothing anymore because of all the controversies going around.

Google pixels on the other hand has a good bloat free OS. Also i think those 911 call failures and overheating issues that you mentioned might get fixed via a new update. I think you should go with the Pixel 10 Pro, You could also consider installing GrapheneOS on that bad boy.

you should get pixel 9 pro, its almost identical to pixel 10 pro, but much cheaper now, my girlfriend recrntly switched from apple xs and she's quite happy. its comfortably sized phone 6.3", cameras are great, battery is ok. I own pixel 8 but i constantly lack telephoto camera. Theres new oneplus coming out, they have new type of battery that is almost twice the size of most phones.

If your wanting to switch for privacy reasons I would go for a Pixel and put a custom ROM on it.

Is there a reason you are tied to the idea of it being a flagship? I've been using the A series of Pixels forever and love them.

If you're seeking privacy, I bought a Pixel 9 from a clearance sale (at a $200 discount) and the only difference for me personally is a one year support timeline difference. You can install GrapheneOS using their official guide and never touch the Google OS.

nothing phone: are you aware that the nothing phone 3 got rid of the glyph interface?

If good multiple cameras is what you look for in a phone, you can't go wrong with a Google Pixel. It comes with a clean OS as well. Don't listen to the others who say to flash a custom ROM, as doing that will gimp the phone's experience and potentially stop some of the apps from running.