I bought an iPhone.

[mikedt]

After 16 years of using Android phones. I bought a new iPhone 17. My Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is starting to show signs of old age, the back fell off, the middle camera seems to have developed myopia, and the battery no longer holds as much charge as it used to. But it is the longest lasting phone I've ever had. Main reason for buying an iPhone, is that recent versions of Chinese Android can no longer install and use Google Play Services(Donald Trump to blame?), which is a show stopper for me.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out-

 

[Hadron]

Well iPhones have come along, and more importantly so has iOS. Still less flexible than android, but I could live with it if I had to (I have an iPad, so have some working familiarity with how the OS is these days).

I traded my 5 year old s21 for a Pixel 11 Pro. I didn't think that the Galaxy would last me another year, and with so-called AI companies driving component prices up for everyone I doubted prices will drop as much through the year as they have historically, so figured the enhanced trade-in deals for the release (£480 for a 2021 handset) might well be the best discount I'd see.

 

[mikedt]

Something took me a little while to get used to with the iPhone. When making purchases with Wechat Pay,, I was instinctively going for a fingerprint sensor that's not there. The iPhone uses face recognition, which so far seems to be reliable. All the apps I used regularly on the Samsung, I've been able to install. Including Foobar2000, my favourite music player.