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!

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    1 day ago

    Agree with this. Samsung has great hardware but I hate their software. I switched from them to iOS. Only thing I really hate in iOS is swipe typing and fucking awful autocorrect. Everything else is better than Samsung. They might also have a better camera but it’s hard to keep up with all the leapfrog.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      23·
      1 day ago

      As an Android user, the iOS keyboard is fucking horrendous and I don’t understand how people deal with that every single day.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        23 hours ago

        I’m literally questioning my life choices right now thanks to this keyboard. Somehow they managed to make it worse in iOS 26. I regret ever installing this OS.

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        The keyboard is bugged and someone JUST caught it on slow mo changing the user input. It’s a wild bug and explains a lot because the iOS keyboard and autocorrect used to the gold standard. It was sooooo good pre-ML.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          1·
          20 hours ago

          My complaints are not ones of bugginess. It’s 1. the size and 2. having to switch layers every 3 characters.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          20 hours ago

          Maybe they’re better now, but every other one I tried also sucked. Especially compared to the likes of GBoard or heliboard or FUTO keyboard or many other FOSS Android ones.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          22 hours ago

          I recall Swiftkey being less awful, but with the side benefit of a keylogger, courtesy of Microsoft.

          • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            20 hours ago

            It definitely is. I’m not sure how to overcome this. The app offers the option to use it without an online account, but nothing guarantees that it won’t phone home every second anyway.