Best Android make in 2023?

Do Samsung still put their own skin on top of stock Android? Over the years I've had Android phones from Huawei, Google, Samsung, Nokia, Xiaomi, Motorola. Of all of them Samsung annoyed me the most. It was slow and bloated and had custom stuff on top of stock Android which I found annoying. This was a decade ago though in the early S series days. Motorola seem good but had bugs. Google for me were sound. Huawei and Xiaomi were ace but MIUI on Xiamoi doesn't seem to play nice with Android Auto for me on my POCO F2 which puts me off them for the future. I used to have a Nokia Android from around 2018 and it was stunning and better spec'd than many more expensive competitors.
If I bought new now, I'd probably get a Pixel or a Nokia running close to stock android.
 
jaybee said:
Do Samsung still put their own skin on top of stock Android? Over the years I've had Android phones from Huawei, Google, Samsung, Nokia, Xiaomi, Motorola. Of all of them Samsung annoyed me the most. It was slow and bloated and had custom stuff on top of stock Android which I found annoying. This was a decade ago though in the early S series days. Motorola seem good but had bugs. Google for me were sound. Huawei and Xiaomi were ace but MIUI on Xiamoi doesn't seem to play nice with Android Auto for me on my POCO F2 which puts me off them for the future. I used to have a Nokia Android from around 2018 and it was stunning and better spec'd than many more expensive competitors.
If I bought new now, I'd probably get a Pixel or a Nokia running close to stock android.
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Yes they do, it's much better than it used to be but the whole thing of having multiple messaging or notes apps or whatever plus then it bugging you to get a Samsung account to sync something else etc. just really annoys me which is why I switched back to Pixels after having the S21 Ultra for a couple of months.
 
tom_e said:
Yes they do, it's much better than it used to be but the whole thing of having multiple messaging or notes apps or whatever plus then it bugging you to get a Samsung account to sync something else etc. just really annoys me which is why I switched back to Pixels after having the S21 Ultra for a couple of months.
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I just get the main Apps notifying me.
I have a Samsung account from about two decades ago but haven't logged in with it so get nothing from them except "There is a new update".
My S21 ultra thinks it's a Pixel on a Google Account :)
 
I've always found Sony phones to be great and long lasting. My experience of Samsung phones (S2, S8, and something else I've forgotten) was that whilst they are good, they don't last as long as the Sony phones I've had. With Samsung I've had broken microphones, speakers, failing touchscreens.
But with Sony my experience is the phone hardware lasts longer
 
rangor gubbins said:
I've always found Sony phones to be great and long lasting. My experience of Samsung phones (S2, S8, and something else I've forgotten) was that whilst they are good, they don't last as long as the Sony phones I've had. With Samsung I've had broken microphones, speakers, failing touchscreens.
But with Sony my experience is the phone hardware lasts longer
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I've had good experiences with Sony too, hardware wise at least. Software is fine too and is actually not too far from the Pixel UI. Only issue I had was they only supported the phone with 2 years of updates.
 
My current goto are Xiaomi/ OnePlus mainly because can get Chinese version cheaper and flash either EU or global rom, get a lot of hardware for the money imo , used to buy Samsung but now find them over priced
 
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OnePlus has been my go to since the 3T. Though my current one is the 7T, and I hear that they went a bit downhill after that - so currently strongly considering the Pixel instead. I would also like a good camera, which I've never really prioritized previously.

I have Samsung for my work phone and never quite liked it as much. Though my Samsung Tablet, I think is brilliant :cry:
 
OnePlus broke and removed various features and introduced bugs with their final update for the OnePlus 7T Pro, so I'd be hard-pushed to ever go back. Great piece of hardware but their software went rapidly downhill while I owned it.

Switched to a Nothing Phone 2 and am very happy with it.
 
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