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Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships (lemdro.id)
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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!

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[โ€“] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 17 hours ago (10 children)

GrapheneOS is nice, and a way to keep your phone going even longer. Also supereasy to install.

I'd go with the pixel. Even if they might be the worst on battery life ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] doc@fedia.io 6 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

Easy 24+ hour on a pixel with graphene for me. OP may not tolerate loss of tap to pay functions, though.

[โ€“] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

I use tap to pay? ๐Ÿค” A lot of bank apps do support grapheneos, but it is worth checking

Yea, is usually good enough battery life for most ppl

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What banking apps support contactless payment?

[โ€“] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

eh I got something called vipps? it is a different app yes - sry

and paypal seems to work https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/22297-paypal-tap-to-pay-coming/16

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, I didn't realize that was part of DMA. Does that apply to Google/Android as well? And will it work outside of the EU? (probably not).

[โ€“] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure about paypal, since it's a trial thing - but there are more apps listed on the banking list https://github.com/PrivSec-dev/privsec.dev/blob/main/content/posts/android/Banking%20Applications%20compatibility%20with%20GrapheneOS.md

"iCard" seems to have nfc payments f.ex and is listed as international

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but this is a "banking list", which is a different thing entirely from a "contactless payment compatibility" list.

[โ€“] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

yes, which is why I wrote that several of the apps here got that. it's banking list with all sorts of money apps. if you take a look you'll notice several are not bank apps. The apps that have contactless payment options here should work is the point.

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

if you take a look you'll notice several are not bank apps

I have no idea what kind of apps they are. iCard seems to be some kind of CC app that uses Google Pay.

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