Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mudkip@lemdro.id⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

Title: Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships

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Hey everyone, I’m looking at phones around the $1000 price point and would love some input. I’ve been an iOS user for years but I’m seriously considering making the jump to Android this time.

Here’s what I’m looking at:

iPhone 17 Pro - The safe choice since I’m already in the ecosystem

Samsung Galaxy S25 - Hearing good things about this generation

Pixel 10 Pro - Probably crossing this one off the list due to the stability issues I’ve been reading about (the 911 call failures, overheating problems, etc.)

Nothing Phone - The design looks really cool, but I’m not sure if they have anything in this price range

For those who’ve made the switch from iOS to Android (or vice versa), what would you recommend? Any major gotchas I should know about? And is the Nothing Phone even worth considering as a daily driver at this price point?

Thanks in advance!

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fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I made the switch from iPhone to Samsung Galaxy several generations ago and I’ve been very happy with it. I just got the S25 Ultra a few weeks ago, coming from the S20+ I got in 2020. These phones don’t slow down over time, the S20+ felt very usable despite being 5 years old. And I upgraded from S8 to S20 without being forced to because the S8 became slow.

The bloat situation is great, you can uninstall Facebook and the other crap on day one and never see it again. There’s a lot of features I’ll never use on this phone but they don’t get in my way.

I’ve never had a Samsung account. I’ll never accidentally use any of the AI or other Samsung cloud features because they require a Samsung account.

You may want to use the Samsung account for their backup and other features and that’s fine, it’s just impressive how optional it is.

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Nima@leminal.space ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I use a oneplus 8 and their phones are quite good. I highly recommend them.

I’ve not needed to upgrade cause this thing has been excellent since I bought it.

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SpeedRunner@europe.pub ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
All devices are going through enshittification. Android and iOS alike.

Feature wise, you can pretty much get everything on both. One is maybe a bit more bouncy and the other a bit more squishy when you pull from the edge. But that’s about it.

Android provides a bit more customisation, iOS has better defaults and more embedded ecosystem.

Apple will now be forced to allow “side loading” (installing apps, actually) which Android had for ages. Google, on the other hand is making installations from non-Google Play sources more difficult.

Everybody will have their own preferences, but in the end on the Pro spectrum, differences are minimal.

Basically: pick your poison.

I’ve personally had Samsungs for a while and quite happy with them, even with some a annoyances. Still miss my S3. Others might have had different experiences.

There are Fairphones, PostmarketOS and other alternatives. Unfortunately though, if you’re looking for a premium phone, these are not there yet.

TL;DR Both suck about the same. Differences are in details. You’ll be about the same miserable with both.

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- mudkip@lemdro.id ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Thanks for the detailed answer.
  
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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
the xiaomi 17 pro is getting a lot of hype for its display on the back, and this is the company well known for emulating an apple feel quite well on android... and being Chinese

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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
i'm surprised that the fediverse manifestation here has not recommended the fairphone yet

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- Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Not sure they’d be happy with the hardware performance and camera if they are the type willing to drop $1000 on a phone coming from the iPhone. So that’s probably the main reason.
  
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- Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  the fairphone has it’s place but I think it’s not what op is looking for.
  
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  - Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    the inclusion of nothing phone in the lineup makes me unsure what op is looking for so i just assumed they was looking for general phone recommendations lol
    
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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
nothing phone: are you aware that the nothing phone 3 got rid of the glyph interface?

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- mudkip@lemdro.id ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yes, it’s sad. I thought it was great
  
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architect@thelemmy.club ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My pixel has 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.

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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why not neither?

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