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Philip Michaels

I'd switch from iPhone to Android if it wasn't for this one thing — and it’s not iMessage

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IPhone 17 Pro vs Galaxy S25 Ultra held in the hand.

I'm an iPhone guy, having used Apple's smartphones from 2008's iPhone 3G onward. But that doesn't stop me from occasionally wondering how the other half lives.

Because I test handsets for a living, I have the opportunity to spend some time with the best Android phones, and there are some pretty impressive devices out there that would tempt me to switch. Google and Samsung both make excellent camera phones,; the battery life of Motorola's devices never fails to wow me; and anyone who values AI features above all is going to find the tools available on Android phones to be far ahead of what Apple Intelligence offers.

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