I am intrigued by the Xiaomi 14.
Looks definitely like great overall package with top level chipset, big (for phone size class) battery and top level camera configuration below big size phones.
I'm myself looking upgrade options from Galaxy S8, whose Exynos chipset sucks absolutely ridiculous 1% per hour for doing nothing but maintaining network standby connection.
Only way to get it more reasonable is to disable 4G network, which halves power draw.
But even that is worser than in previous Snapdragon based Sony Xperia Z3 Compact which even had smaller battery.
With Samsung's return to feeding Europe Exynos, Galaxy S24 is again sidegrade from last year's great Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 based S23.
While CPU and GPU of Exynos 2400 are strong and efficient, Samsung's modem/network connectivity parts are inferior to Qualcomm and despite of slightly bigger battery call time dropped 20%:
The Galaxy S24 packs a 6.2-inch Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X display, up from 6.1-inch non-LTPO screen. It now has thinner bezels, has the same resolution...
www.gsmarena.com
That doesn't promise good for standby endurance.
(also cameras are still same from S22)
So that puts it to second row behind S23
And Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has still higher maximum performance along with improved power efficiency for fixed workloads.
With Xiaomi 14 having gotten higher resolution screen, Notebookcheck's review with Chinese import version shows certainly very impressive endurance compared to Gen 2 based Xiaomi 13. (or Galaxy S23)
The Xiaomi 14 is a 6.36-inch high-end smartphone with the HyperOS operating system based on Android 14. It is powered by up to 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage. The display and back of the IP68-certified Xiaomi 14 are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. The OLED...
www.notebookcheck.net
Pretty sure also Qualcomm's modem is at least as efficient as in last year's Gen 2.
Chinese version just lacks frequency bands for Europe, so hopefully global release is soon.
keep me posted if you do buy - s21 starting to show it's age and looking at this as replacement
As another option Xiaomi 14 would be similar in size to S21.