[mohamed_5090]

what is your best iphon
And why do you prefer tohaving an iphon than your Android phone
and what is your fav iphone
also I want to change my phone from iphon to an Android phone, what do you advise me to do?

and I want What did he choose from Android phones

[Hammad23]

stay on your phone unless you're going to upgrade to
samsung s22 u

[mohamed_5090]

@Hammad23 WHAT abot samsung s23 ultra

[MustafaM7moud]

it's a subjective thing, for me I never been a fan of IOS
suggestions are related to your budget!

[Saka]

I never liked iOS myself, just not my cup of tea.

Recommendations for Android phones depend on your budget. If you can afford a flagship, then Samsung is great. Lower end devices from Samsung tend to be disappointing though.

Google Pixel provides excellent value for money and is usually the first to get new Android features implemented.

[DracoTarot]

@muhmaed50913333 I am not a fan of IOS. Apple is also too expensive and I'll instead buy two Android phones for the price of one Apple phone.

There are great Android phones out there. I have a Xiaomi 12T Pro 256GB 5G and so far have no issues with it.

[GoLLuM13]

I never liked iOS, and I'm not a fan of Apple either, too expensive for what it is. And I can't advise anybody to go the Samsung road because they're the Apple of Android.

If you aim for a flagship you have the Pixel 6 or 7 lineup phones, the OnePlus (not the Nord series) with the OnePlus 11 that was introduced yesterday with the same chip as the Samsung S23 and cheaper, and you also have the Xiaomi 12 or 13 lineup phones.

But in order to make the good choice, you'll have to tell us more about what are your priorities on a phone, what you like, what you don't ?

[Saka]

@GoLLuM13 I haven't checked the OP 11 yet, but I've been feeling that the brand lately went away from providing affordable devices that would be only slightly behind the expensive flagships and is getting more and more expensive with not-so-great QC lately. I have OP9 and there have been some annoying bugs in the OS making the experience less nice than my previous OP6. They are getting patched up, but very slowly. The camera on that phone is great though.

I do agree that Samsung is overpriced. They are pretty reliable and offer good features though. One of the two brands that I am aware of offering dual audio, which is good for people using mismatched hearing devices.

[GoLLuM13]

@Saka the only thing I don't like about the OP 11 is that there isn't the wireless charge anymore which is a step back, and it's officially rated IP64 (while it's allegedly IP68) all this to cut some charges, but on the other hand we still have the 100W charger in the box.

You are right about the fact that OnePlus isn't a "flagship killer" anymore, it's becoming a flagship like any other brand can have, and even it's somehow expensive, it's still cheaper than brands like Samsung.
As for the software, I can't tell much, I have a OP 7T Pro McLaren with Android 12, and so far, so good. But I heard about a major bug in Android 13 with OP 9 series. And it's true, I was disappointed when they announced the "fusion" with Oppo that was supposed to get things better, but it's the opposite that we're seeing for some versions.

Excuse my ignorance, what do you mean by "dual audio" is it dual speakers ?

[Saka]

@GoLLuM13 Dual Audio is a feature that allows you to output the sound to two devices simultaneously. Samsung was the first one to offer the feature, and Google Pixel is offering it nowadays too. Unfortunately, OP does not offer it and many users on the forums are just dismissing the requests with "buy Samsung phones if you want Samsung features".

This would be an example of a more polite reply, but still a good display of how people don't understand the problem:

Why? I only have one set of ears, so I only need to listen to one source of sound at a time.

As usual, able bodied people don't stop for a moment to think about the accessibility. For example someone with single sided hearing loss can have a Bluetooth-enabled hearing aid (or a hearing implant) but use a normal earbud in the other ear. With the Dual Audio they can connect both their devices and enjoy the music or even phone call in both ears. Asymmetrical hearing loss requiring different solutions for each side comes with this compatibility problem - by default the current iteration of BT only allows sending audio to one device. If you can't pair the devices themselves to communicate, you are SOL.

Before someone smart comes up with "BUT YOU CAN WEAR A HEADSET OVER YOUR DEVICES" - alas, that's not always the case. Hearing aids can have feedback issues, making headset use extremely difficult (speaking from experience). On top of that, the headsets pushing the hearing devices onto the head can be very uncomfortable. Some hearing implants also don't sit over the ear, so you can't put the earcup over them.

Here's a bit about the dual audio (although not from HoH perspective):
https://www.headphonesty.com/2022/09...hones-android/

Another feature that the phone makers are very hesitant to support is ASHA, the protocol that allows streaming to hearing devices in the first place:
https://source.android.com/docs/core...bluetooth/asha

OP is one of the few brands that do support it. They were a bit late to the party - official support came late 2020 with OP8, 7T Pro was patched to have it mid 2021. Same 💙💙💙💙 came up on forums: "But who needs it? Hearing aid users are a minority! Blahblah". Argh.

No hard feelings, just ranting!