I need a new cell phone.

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I have never had an iPhone before. Is the 16 any good? Is the standard, plus, pro, or pro max a better choice than the others?
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There is absolutely no reason to buy a current iPhone.
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Anything you would suggest instead? I currently have a Samsung s21, but the newest Samsung update broke a lot of things on my phone, so I'm avoiding upgrading to a newer galaxy model. The Google pixel was a consideration, but the iPhone has a better voice engine and I use tts a lot. So I had been leaning towards the iPhone even though as a whole I prefer android os.
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Pixel + clicks
?huh?........ it's just a box.
Whenever my phone dies I'll just buy whatever new Pixel phone that costs in the $200-$300 range.
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what broke on the s21, the update didn't break anything on mine
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ConfusedTorchic posted...
what broke on the s21, the update didn't break anything on mine
The text to speech was the big thing. Not only did it remove the Samsung voice engine from working on anything other than bixby, it has also started to cause even the google voice engine (horrible options, I tried to buy a better one and while the voice was better it had the same problems the google engine did.) to start to pronounce words wrong and even just spelling out random words instead of reading them. Besides that the change to the navigation buttons has them blocking the menu or various options in some of my apps as the navigation buttons are always there and always on top.

My battery is dying incredibly fast since the update. A full battery will drain in about 3 hours instead of lasting most of the day.

I have a few other nitpicks on aesthetics, but those I could have got used to.

The reason I need to start looking at a new phone is more of a hardware issue though. It has a damaged charging port. Damaged not dirty. I've tried cleaning it and the other do it yourself fixes a google search recommends, but none of them work. Got a qoute for a repair but it was about as much as buying a new s21.

Samsung also apparently announced that last update was the last major update for the s21 and security updates will stop in january of 2026, so I figured I might as well take the opportunity to upgrade.

ultra_magnus13 posted...
Pixel + clicks

Judgmenl posted...
Whenever my phone dies I'll just buy whatever new Pixel phone that costs in the $200-$300 range.
Pixel is the other one I'm considering. It's definitely cheaper than the iphone and the android os is more what I'm used to. If the iphone didn't have a USB c charger I'd grab the pixel without a second thought, but since I won't have to buy all new charging cords anymore I'm more open to giving it a try.
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Apple is an atrocious company. Just get a Samsung. So long as it can make calls and send texts, it will be a worthwhile phone to have. The only big difference is that iphones have better cameras. But everyone I know who has owned an iphone says that they seem to get buggy suspiciously over time. The planned obsolescence is atrocious. You can't really even get them repaired, so if anything happens to it you just have to buy a new one. That's what Apple wants. They're overpriced and overrated.
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Just get a Samsung or Pixel. I've been using Pixels since Gen 1, and they've been great. Samsung has a lot of variety and expandable memory. If you want to save a few bucks, you can always go pre-owned.

Flappers posted...
The only big difference is that iphones have better cameras.

From what I understand, the difference between the Google Pixels & iPhones
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Flappers posted...
Just get a Samsung.

The only big difference is that iphones have better cameras.
Samsungs generally have extremely good cameras, especially on the S series phones.
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One important thing to remember if you're going to switch from Android to iPhone, or vice versa, is that you'll have to repurchase any paid apps that you had because purchases won't carry over from one system to the other.
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OHJOY90 posted...


From what I understand, the difference between the Google Pixels & iPhones
Lol, forgot to finish my thought. The difference between the cameras is negligible, certainly to the average person, and you could only really tell if you took the same picture with both cameras and had them up side by side, and even then, there isn't much in it. Unless, of course, you're really into photography, but for people who are bothered about it that much, I would think they would opt for a dedicated camera instead.
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Kinda keeping my eye on a Samsung A56 (what I currently have is the A34).
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The only reason to have gone with Apple originally was because they had a better app store. That is no longer an issue so Samsung would be better.
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There seem to be a bunch of green text bubbles in here that dislike iPhones. I've never had issues with mine. Battery life eventually diminishes, but not until after 4+ years of use does that seem to be an issue for me.

That said, I would have had something Android most likely if my family hadn't all converted to iPhone years ago. I was anti-Apple for the most part. Like I had a Zune instead of an iPod.
hockey7318 posted...
There seem to be a bunch of green text bubbles in here that dislike iPhones. I've never had issues with mine. Battery life eventually diminishes, but not until after 4+ years of use does that seem to be an issue for me.

That said, I would have had something Android most likely if my family hadn't all converted to iPhone years ago. I was anti-Apple for the most part. Like I had a Zune instead of an iPod.


It would be too late for me to switch to Android. Also Zune was better because it didn't convert your music to something only an iPod could play.
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hockey7318 posted...
There seem to be a bunch of green text bubbles in here that dislike iPhones. I've never had issues with mine. Battery life eventually diminishes, but not until after 4+ years of use does that seem to be an issue for me.

That said, I would have had something Android most likely if my family hadn't all converted to iPhone years ago. I was anti-Apple for the most part. Like I had a Zune instead of an iPod.
TBH, as someone who's had both, I don't feel like it matters much what you go with.

The last thing I cared about that iOS was missing (easy access to emulators) has been taken care of by this point.
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If the rest of your family or friends has an iphone then you should get one. Apple Group Text is such a great platform

That makes nerds really mad tho. iphone can't beat the best Android phones technically but socially (connecting you to others) it can't be beat. That is what I care about when getting a phone tbh, I have other devices of when I need a lot of power
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Revelation34 posted...
It would be too late for me to switch to Android. Also Zune was better because it didn't convert your music to something only an iPod could play.
Zune was better, but I don't have a ZunePhone in my pocket.
what if you did though wouldn't that be awesome
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hockey7318 posted...

Zune was better, but I don't have a ZunePhone in my pocket.


I heard the Windows phones were actually good.
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Pixel.
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My current Samsung A15, bought last December for 182 EUR, came in as the previous was stuck on an Android version that had been unsupported for a while and I started running into apps I wanted but could no longer run. This one's an Android 14, so I should be good for a while, my use case demanding nothing more powerful. Assuming no trouble it should be withy me until, at the least, Android 14 goes unsupported. That's presumably not around the corner.
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Sashanan posted...
My current Samsung A15, bought last December for 182 EUR, came in as the previous was stuck on an Android version that had been unsupported for a while and I started running into apps I wanted but could no longer run. This one's an Android 14, so I should be good for a while, my use case demanding nothing more powerful. Assuming no trouble it should be withy me until, at the least, Android 14 goes unsupported. That's presumably not around the corner.
The way Android deletes apps from stores now if they don't get updates kind of makes me hate them again. Don't buy any apps on android, if it stops being updated, in a few years it disappears.
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That's a mess for something you bought! I never have, though.
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SinisterSlay posted...

The way Android deletes apps from stores now if they don't get updates kind of makes me hate them again. Don't buy any apps on android, if it stops being updated, in a few years it disappears.

You can backup apps as APKs using apps like File Manager+. You may run into compatibility issues running old apps on newer OSs but otherwise you should be able preserve them that way.
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SinisterSlay posted...
The way Android deletes apps from stores now if they don't get updates kind of makes me hate them again. Don't buy any apps on android, if it stops being updated, in a few years it disappears.
You can't blame Amazon, who is constantly updating their coding, to drop apps where it seems the developer has stopped providing support for its app, even when the bare minimum is to recode so it is current to Amazon coding.
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what does amazon got to do with android
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ConfusedTorchic posted...
what does amazon got to do with android
Pretty sure my new phone auto corrected that weirdly but you know what the point I was making and that it is valid for every app store.
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