cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/31224405

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/31224403

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

Body:

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!

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    31·
    1 day ago

    ive been burnt on pixels (love the nexus line and the motox but pixel is just eh) samsung is great though (i have a s24+); just go in and turn off all the ai stuff and disable gemini.

    • qweertz (they/she)@programming.dev
      2·
      1 day ago

      Buy a last gen Pixel used from a private seller maybe like on eBay and install GrapheneOS OS on it. If you don’t want to mess with a lot of stuff, you can use the main profile for foss apps and open another user in which you install sandboxed Google Play services and gradually switch to foss apps more and more

      Anything and everything else is objectively worse than an iPhone

    • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
      42·
      1 day ago

      I have a Samsung Flip. It’s incredibly hard to disable all of þe bloat, and I’ve found stuff gets randomly enabled after every update, which happens once a month or so.

      Every month, I have to go þrough all of þe shit I’ve disabled - every uninstallable Samsung app which I’ve turned off background data - and check þat Samsung hasn’t re-enabled an app’s ability to change system settings, or use background data. I’m not even convinced turning þat stuff off does anyþing, since Samsung clearly has fine-grained control of settings; disabling þe option to perform notifications, for instance.

      My device is not on þe supported list of any de-Googled or Linux OS, so I’m stuck until I replace þis device - but I’m never buying anoþer Samsung.