Android

That is not the only big thing of pixels. To me it's the openness. These are, ironically, the best and easiest phones to leave google. Or at least root them without the evergrowing hassles of each iteration of samcraps.

Noone would ever buy a PC if they wouldn't get admin-access and mustn't install Linux or whatever. With phones they managed to keep us out.

Samsung could easily win me over if their bootloader was unlock able.
Edit: Apparently it's just US variants that can't be unlocked

To talk about the article instead of ranting on about niche wants:

• 7 years of updates would be really good. Given how mature the hardware is nowadays, I can see a phone doing 7 years, save for the battery. Will Samsung be able to keep batteries in production?
• I'm less sold on the AI things, I guess that's the buzzword now. AI AI AI everywhere. Also the two features mentioned are already in Google products, and I'd rather use those if I have to, unless Samsung pulls out a surprise and show that they are better at software development than Google is.

Is it repairability? Do I get root access to my own personal property? Maybe a headphone jack? How about IR blaster so my missing Roku remote doesn't matter? Can we go so far as a replaceable battery?

Ok I got you. You don't need to add anything you previously took away. Just give me a public apology for trying to make the phone repair industry die as collateral damage in your vendetta against Apple's other screen supplier.

unless that comes with either a 600-700$ decrease in price or the readdition of a microSD card slot I'm not interested.

Miss me with that AI bullshit, just make the screen completely flat on S24U and I'll be more than happy.

Will they be bringing SD support back? I don't get how people can use phones without SD support...

Full disclosure: I didn't read the article and only read the bulletin points. However, that last point really convinced me leave Scamsung. When I got my current S21 Ultra, I was bummed to find out that I couldn't root it. I'm about to buy a Pixel 7 Pro and never look back.

7 years of updates is the tour of competition I like to see

Nickle and diming “AI” features isn’t.

I hope someone releases a build of LineageOS or any AOSP based custom ROM for the s23 series.

I mean, just have 65W+ charging. It's the single biggest feature that neither offers.

It's as if the whole world is split between those who could not live without it and those who haven't yet experience it.

I was at an airport recently where my flight was delayed a few hours. There were so many anxious people waiting to use plug sockets, the fear of a dead battery making the atmosphere tense everywhere, you could almost smell it.

I waited for the queues to form when the flight was called to board and eventually a plug socket near my seat in the bar became free. 20% to 80% in 15 minutes, onto the plane and sorted.

Google, Samsung & Apple are useless for me until they have that.