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I’ve had a lot of Google phones: nexus s, galaxy nexus, nexus 4, 5 and 6 and a pixel 3. None of these phones lasted more than a year (I got many of them replaced at least once from the warranty). I’m not hard on the phone either, they just don’t seem to last and it’s always something stupid. On the pixel, the usb c port bent multiple times because I was still using wired headphones when I took my dogs for walks. I had enough of that and with Google basically becoming Apple anyway, I switched to an iPhone 13 three years ago. I haven’t had a single issue with it. I still think android is a much better OS. It comes down to this; if you want to mess with the phone, android is more accommodating but you may need to replace the hardware a lot more frequently. If you don’t want to mess with the phone and want something reliable, the iPhone is better.

I can recommend this one! It has incredible battery life!

If you want more bang for your $ ... Check out Xiaomi POCO

Positives ... Good AI features

Negatives ... No 4K recording on all lenses

Some people just have different priorities.

Gsmarena is a better site to use for comparison of technical specs, if you care about those.

how is "ultra-portable" a positive, when all these phone are the same size, and not even small phones at all?

The pixel, so you can put graphene on it

Fairphone 5

positives:

• nicely built
• user servicable with replaceable components
• no AI shit
• eco friendly
• 8 years of service updates

negatives:

• its a bit more expensive for its specs
• cameras are a bit on the downlow but still good enough

Those comparison charts like the one you posted are unresearched/uncritical garbage made to sell affiliate links. They'll never actually give a harsh review to anything listed because they want you to buy something

Your best bet is to ask owners' groups for each phone you're considering for reviews and buying advice and weighing that yourself.

Depends on your priorities but I'd also say Pixel even if keeping stock, best update policy

No OnePlus?

I have had OP8 for few years now and its still working perfectly fine. Battery could be better but other than that its still fast and reliable.

None. Pixel if you had to pick, but the SoC sucks. And the Asus phones have like no software support, so they are definitely not worth buying.

Fairphone if you lay weight with the environment, Pixel for Graphene if you value privacy.
Of those three otherwise, the pixel

the fourth one.

I mean, come on is it that hard to at least give us some context? What you're looking for in your next phone, why you're hesitating? Stuff like that so, you know, we can at least try to guess what kind of answer you may be looking for ;)

I feel like I could buy 8 of my phone with that money.

The Pixel

I'd seriously add the song xperia vi into that consideration. Solid audio and screen.

OOT, what site is this?

Most phones are basically the same nowadays. Even the cheapest one can run smoothly. Just make sure it got 8Go+ RAM and enough storage if it doesn't have external SD card capability. If these prior specs are met just get the one with the best camera. (In this situation, it's likely the Google pixel)