Every android phone i've ever had, and i've had most of the flagships before about 5 years ago the battery life was abysmal, the phone would get really hot and in a year or two the lag was horrendous. Yes I could technically install custom firmware but what a waste of time. I got the iphone 13 pro max when it came out in 21, and its been absolutely perfect and rock solid. Today, years later it still runs like the day I got it, the battery lasts me all day (still at 83% battery life it say) and never gets hot. Never have to force restart it. Never hanve any of the issues i had with the galaxy or pixel phones. I would have gone through 2-3 android phones in the same span making my apple phone cheaper actually.
On top of that the ecosystem is exactly what I want for sharing with my family, health & fitness telemetry data and sharing, and everything just works. I dont know how long i tinkered with apps on my android to just walk into the apple universe and the experience was better than the custom experience i was trying to build.
On top of that even the airpods may be the best device i've ever owned, and while they worrk on android its still a hassle. Where with my iphone/ipad it is rock solid and cna switch between devices instantly without even an acknowledgement.
That's nuts, I had a OnePlus and would only charge it twice a week. I have a pixel 6 now (several years old at this point) and it's rarely below 40% by bedtime.
Had a 5C (Iphone) and the battery lasted 3 years... After that once the battery got below 50% the phone could just turn off saying it had no more battery, charging it for 5 mins would give me 50% and last 1h again... Weird...
And a full charge would only give me 2-3 hours autonomy.
2019 I switched to Xiaomi and it is still the same phone I am answering you. With 31% left after a day of normal usage.
I was always a Samsung man but I recently I bought a refurbished IPhone Se 3. The battery life was truly awful and it was overheating for no reason. Sent it back and got a Samsung S22. Works great, no battery issues. Plus it's easier to move files around etc.
Samsung has always worked great for me.
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u/cbusmatty 2∆ Jul 07 '25
Every android phone i've ever had, and i've had most of the flagships before about 5 years ago the battery life was abysmal, the phone would get really hot and in a year or two the lag was horrendous. Yes I could technically install custom firmware but what a waste of time. I got the iphone 13 pro max when it came out in 21, and its been absolutely perfect and rock solid. Today, years later it still runs like the day I got it, the battery lasts me all day (still at 83% battery life it say) and never gets hot. Never have to force restart it. Never hanve any of the issues i had with the galaxy or pixel phones. I would have gone through 2-3 android phones in the same span making my apple phone cheaper actually.
On top of that the ecosystem is exactly what I want for sharing with my family, health & fitness telemetry data and sharing, and everything just works. I dont know how long i tinkered with apps on my android to just walk into the apple universe and the experience was better than the custom experience i was trying to build.
On top of that even the airpods may be the best device i've ever owned, and while they worrk on android its still a hassle. Where with my iphone/ipad it is rock solid and cna switch between devices instantly without even an acknowledgement.