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I have been a lifelong Pixel user, but got a S25U Few months ago.

Here's what I have Have found:

One UI Overall actually Feels Smoother and more polished with more/better features (overall it feels more mature/stable)

On the Pixels I often had random glitches/bugs and it was missing quite a lot of basic features that I can now get on the Samsung.

The camera app for example is like 5x more advanced and way more reliable. Especially Video functions are so Cool on the S25U.

You can customize everything just as you want on it and the OS feels even more fluid than Pixel (Pixel also was fine before I tried the S25U but you can def tell which is the Smoother/Snappier one , also obviously 2x more powerful CPU helps with that as well).

-I have heard Pixel Users say It has a lot of Bloatware - I took me like 30seconds to uninstall 5-6 apps that I did not want on it. It feels just as Clean as Pixel OS - Infact even a bit more cleaner since I can remove the Google Search Bar from the Front of the screen...

-I always see Pixel users saying how great the Call Screening and all the Cool AI Features are, except I couldn't use any of them because I don't live in USA... :( On Samsung I now get all of these Cool features as well and I can ACTUALLY use them!

-I have heard some Say they do not like the Dual App choices on the Device, Personally I don't understand this at all, as You don't have to use them if you don't want to. More choice always is better than Less Choice. In-fact I have found some of the Samsung apps WAY better than Pixel ones.

For example Gallery App is easily 5x better & Faster than the Google Photos ( I now even dread using the Google Photos app after using the Samsung Gallery)

I could probably sell my Barely used S25U and pay about extra 250euros / $300 and buy the New one.

I don't really care about the Privacy display one bit ( Infact I'm worried about the supposedly lower screen quality due to it).

I could probably sell my Barely used S25U and pay about extra 250euros / $300 and buy the New one.

I don't really care about the Privacy display one bit ( Infact I'm worried about the supposedly lower screen quality due to it).

I could probably sell my Barely used S25U and pay about extra 250euros / $300 and buy the New one.

I don't really care about the Privacy display one bit ( Infact I'm worried about the supposedly lower screen quality due to it).

Anyone knows what's up with this?

6800mah battery should give much longer RunTime than 5000mah , but it's either exactly the same or slightly worse on the Xiaomi.

When compared to Other Smartwatches , the best ones probably for Stepcounting are Samsung and Huawei , Apple watch also is fairly decent.

If you take a long walk which is very easy for any watch - all of them will report pretty much the same & there is no problem even with the Garmin.

The problem with Garmin starts if you are just walking around in short bursts, if you just walk 20-30 steps and stop often they will never count those steps.

I have found that most of the steps you actually clock in during basic everyday chores/moving around the house/workplace etc and not the long dedicated walks.

At the end of the day if you Compare something like Samsung Galaxy watch VS Garmin you are getting probably 20-30% less steps credited to you - which can be highly un-motivating.

As a total Package Compared to Something like Samsung S25U/ S26U or Iphone 17 Pro.

I haven't had an Oppo Phone before but I have had Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Vivo X200 Pro , both have crazy good spec sheets with Supposedly Monster Cameras...

However the Reality was totally different...and the Overall Experience/usability of both were SubPar to my S25 Ultra in every possible way.

Software was just dreadful, camera experience was unreliable in every way possible. Battery on Xiaomi was worse than on my S25u even tho it has larger battery capacity.

Pictures were AI Infested and often straight up weird, videos were Janky with bunch of glitches constantly. Microphones on both for video recording were terrible.

Screen and Speaker quality again absolutely Subpar compared to Samsung or iPhone

As someone who uses a Phone Camera for 3-4h every single day to record content, the reliability of the cameras for video recording were just so incredibly unreliable compared to Samsung/Iphone that it's not even funny...

Yet, everyone praises these Phones and say they have the best cameras only because they have Nice Hardware Specs :(

I Like the look of the new X9 Ultra, but I'm worried if it also won't be the same Case...

As a total Package Compared to Something like Samsung S25U/ S26U or Iphone 17 Pro.

I have personally had Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Vivo X200 Pro , both have crazy good spec sheets with Supposedly Monster Cameras...

However the Reality was totally different...and the Overall Experience/usability of both were SubPar to my S25 Ultra in every possible way.

Software was dreadful , camera experience was just unreliable in every way possible. Battery on Xiaomi was worse than on my S25u even tho it has larger battery capacity.

Pictures were AI Infested and often straight up weird, videos were Janky with bunch of glitches constantly. Microphones on both for video recording were terrible.

Screen and Speaker quality again absolutely Subpar compared to Samsung or iPhone

As someone who uses a Phone Camera for 3-4h every single day to record content, the reliability of the cameras for video recording were just so incredibly unreliable compared to Samsung/Iphone that it's not even funny...

Yet everyone praises these Phones and say they have the best cameras only because they have Nice Hardware Specs :(

I see it can measure HRV - does it measures it even if you aren't wearing it at night? ( I hate wearing watches at night and most only measure it if you wear it at night)

Does the Regular Band 11 can Give you VO2MAX Result for Walking Exercise? ( Since it doesn't have GPS)

Trex 3 Pro or the New Cheetah are way too expensive.

This stuff also needs to be in sub $200 Watches.